Slowly but surely Joseph Muscat is losing ground. His intransigence to keep Michael Falzon and now Ian Borg, to retain their respective portfolios is costing him a quite lot. He is fully aware that...

It is 1517 in a small town in Germany and a humble Augustinian monk is nailing a paper with some thoughts to the chapel door in the town’s castle. These thoughts had been preying on his...

One of the reasons why the PN is totally against the AUM project – contrary to what some of the PN’s MPs said in Parliament – is that the financier behind this project has no...

In the past, cribs were mainly found in private homes rather than in public places. In mid 1950s Malta, the popularity of cribs waned and Christmas trees became popular. Along the High Street in...

Much has been said about the young dropouts from state education system. The root of the problem has been traced back to primary education and poor family background. Many organizations have...

This year’s Advent pastoral letter written by Mgr Charles Scicluna and Mgr Mario Grech also marked the beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy, which brought to mind that famous verse of the Prophet...

Sitting on the terrace of a quiet cafe in Mdina, I kept thinking and wondering why Islamic State terrorists killed scores of people in Paris who were guilty only of enjoying themselves on a Friday...

Tampering with our national language, our unique indigenous tongue, no matter where the agitation originates from, inflicts undesirable harm with long-lasting repercussions. True lovers of Maltese,...

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the pontifical household, delivered the first Advent sermon which centred on two important points. First, the urgent need of loving Christ. Second, the...

Recently the poem "The Higher Mathematics" by G.K. Chesterton, for some reason, came to mind. The first stanza reads as follows:   TWICE one is two, Twice two is...