Not exactly an appropriate salutation to a very dear friend and a brilliant scholar. Neither would via con dios be suitable in this case, seeing both Spanish emphases imply divine intercedence. I will...

Today is Trinity Sunday! What exactly is the Trinity? How can we define it? Is the Trinity detached from our daily life? Can we reach it? Or does it reach us perhaps without us being aware of...

The article published by this newspaper on Sunday on the discovery of a new document relating to Vassalli carried Professor Frans Ciappara's explanation that "that in 1796, while preparing to print...

This comment is an extension to my contribution called “Citizenship or ethics” but it can stand on its own. Everybody starts forming an opinion of what is right and wrong from an...

It is being estimated that by 2020 there may be one billion cars on the roads in this beautiful world of ours. While there are no easy answers to continue modifying and improve global living...

Marthese Portelli has revealed the PN’s real aim behind its continuous objections to the American University of Malta project, when she said that she is not concerned if the Jordanian investor,...

I refer to the article by Therese Bonnici entitled “Document promoting M.A. Vassalli’s unpublished dictionary discovered” (TMIS, 24 May). While I would like to thank Therese and The...

The Floriana Local Council, whose budget is so small that it is unable to pay for sufficient street sweepers to keep the community clean, decided in its infinite wisdom and against sound advice...

Democracy can be dangerous as recent events have shown in North Africa. We in Malta are fortunate that we shared in governing ourselves for many years before gaining independence. But democracy...

I was overfilled with joy when I recently heard that the beatification process of Monsignor Mikiel Azzopardi, the founder of Dar tal-Providenza, could commence if the diocesan request is accepted by...