Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant last Monday made a suggestion that should be taken up. The Labour MEP said that budget speeches should not last more than one hour, and that the Opposition...

No, Malta is not more beautiful than it was 20 years ago, as the president of the Malta Development Association would like us to believe. Interviewed a few days ago, Michael Stivala said that...

The recent news regarding teen gangs causing problems in Valletta is worrying. Not too long ago, in March, videos had appeared online about youths causing problems in Sliema. A video at the time...

A total of 3,793 applications have been submitted for the newly required building contractors licence, Public Works Minister Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi told Parliament on Wednesday. During an...

It was a budget that was typical of the Labour Party of the last decade – hand out as much as you can, possibly more than you can afford, to instil a feel-good factor that has progressively been...

It is common knowledge that court cases take too long to conclude.   Tackling this issue must be a main priority for the government. Indeed certain reforms, such as those regarding appeals...

Malta is currently at a crossroads when it comes to its labour market situation. Record employment levels and record economic growth levels for a number of years has powered a job market the...

The Cost of Living Adjustment that will be handed out as from 1 January 2024 is the highest ever to be given. It is the second record COLA in a row. For 2023, workers were each given €9.90...

Last Friday, Peppi Azzopardi, producer and presenter of what was Malta’s most popular and most talked-about programme Xarabank, uploaded a Facebook post with an advert of what would have been...

The Budget for 2024 was presented yesterday by Finance Minister Clyde Caruana. The Budget for next year is aimed at keeping families afloat. But then one must point out that some of the social...