The main issue in preparing this year’s budget speech must have been how to tackle the country’s economy in the wider context of the credit squeeze and consequent financial turmoil in the world....

Today is Budget Day. This evening, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech will read out the speech for Budget 2009 and the public will find out what is going to be spent, where it is going to be spent and why it is going to be spent....

Walk through any street and look around you. At most times of the day you will be surprised by the number of people dashing around going about their daily work. ...

A few weeks into what was described as the new local television season, it is clear that while there is little that can be called “new”, the standard of the productions continues to fall below the expectations of the average public....

The Malta Labour Party is saying that the government has voluntarily taken the country into a crisis by introducing staggering utility bills that will cripple the economy. ...

With all the discussion that was taking place on the new water and electricity rates and how these will be affecting industry and households...

The drop in sales of bread has fallen by about five to eight per cent since the increase in the price of Maltese loaves earlier this year. And, as the day when the market is liberalised draws nearer...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has said that unless the government meets the demands it has set by this Friday, it is prepared to take industrial action to safeguard the interests of its members....

The decision made by Karl Chircop and his family on the Labour MP’s deathbed – that his organs were to be donated to others in need – was the last significant gesture of a man who truly believed in solidarity, of helping others....

All that we seem to hear about these days is the forthcoming Budget Speech. Isn’t it so predictable that when we are in growth years all seem to compete and push for giveaways but now that the whole world is in ...