Politicians love statistics. They enjoy twiddling around with them to their benefit, and always seem to mention those figures that suit their purposes...

The Malta Labour Party’s annual general conference will be meeting as from tonight in what will be the start of a crucial time for the party in opposition....

They were at each other’s throats all through last week, neither of them missing an opportunity to issue statements or make public addresses on what should, after all, be something they both agree upon....

The market price of medicines continues to serve as a well-worn political football, with both the government and the opposition producing their own contrasting and diametrically opposed lists of price ...

Cruise liner passengers have become a familiar site in Malta, perhaps even more noticeable in the winter months, as they seem to make up the bulk of tourists in Valletta on the morning....

We will leave all speculation regarding the real state of Dr Sant’s health aside, although we will most probably be the only ones to do so....

The news that the company operating the Malta Freeport will be investing e130 million and increase its complement by 500 employees over the next five years is most welcome....

The Malta Labour Party has been in election mode ever since Alfred Sant was confirmed as the party leader soon after the 2003 electoral defeat. ...

The Nationalist Party’s greatest fears for the forthcoming election is not the number of votes that the Malta Labour Party will be getting, but the number of votes that the PN will be losing to the smaller parties...

Malta Labour Party leader Alfred Sant washed away all the doubts and insinuations about his political future last Monday when he said – in the simplest but most effective way he could – “I am coming back”....