There is a strong perception that workers employed with the government or with one of its entities do not work as hard as others employed in the private sector....

The practice of presenting a pre-budget document – this is the second year running that the government has chosen to do so – has removed much of the aura around the actual budget day....

For many people, purple is not a lovely colour....

The government’s decision last Wednesday to indefinitely put the brakes on the Bank of Valletta privatisation process after nearly two years of work is wise and to be commended....

The start of the scholastic year has brought with it the same traffic problems that are always experienced in Malta at peak hours, particularly in the mornings....

The engineered landfill at Taz-Zwejra will soon be full to capacity and this will usher in the seven-year plan for Ghallis, which will shortly start receiving non-hazardous waste....

Plaintiff was a diver and in January 1985 was requested by defendant company to assist in the salvage of the ship Argonaftis, which found herself in difficulty outside Grand Harbour....

Smiling grandfathers are known to have picked up their crying grandchildren onto their lap, dipped a dummy into a glass of wine and put it into the infant’s mouth. “It helps them to calm down,” they would say....

Air Malta has been unfortunate this year in the fact that it has registered Lm6.353 in losses – up by almost a million on the previous year....

There is an uncanny silence this year about preparations for the Budget....