March has started and it will be the last full month with George Vella as President of the Republic. His five-year term will expire on 4 April, and in the remaining weeks the government and the...

It could not have been a more contrasting scenario. And the fact that it all happened in the same week made it all the more surreal. On the one hand, we had politicians elbowing each other...

When in Rome, do as the Romans do, an old adage says. This is perhaps why the results of a survey which was published last week show that 85 per cent of the Maltese believe that foreigners who...

Now we have it black on white from the Speaker of the House of Representatives too. PBS and its news bulletin were not fair with the Opposition Leader in its report about his parliamentary speech...

A Bill introducing electronic tagging is expected to be discussed in Parliament in the coming weeks, The Malta Independent on Sunday revealed. The long-proposed ‘Electric Monitoring...

News last week that catches the eye when it comes to the construction industry is that new rules for the construction of freestanding buildings are being introduced, thereby closing a number of...

Archbishop Charles Scicluna last month opened the debate, at least in Malta, saying that priests should have the option to marry. It is high time to discuss the issue seriously, he told another...

Last week, Parliament discussed and agreed upon the setting up of a new Climate Change Authority to monitor climate action on the island.   It came after an agreement was reached on it in...

The first tobacco control strategy is being developed, Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela said in Parliament recently, in response to a question by PN MP Albert Buttigieg. The harmful effects of...

The government has a clear majority in the House of Representatives. An eight-seat lead – make that nine, given that independent Rosianne Cutajar still sits on the government side in spite of...