It's about time we changed the name of the Traffic Police to another one more adaptable and more suitable in the circumstances. Driving on the streets of Malta has gone from bad to worse in...

Yet again, Ghar id-Dud Street in Sliema is closed to traffic without a warden on site. I have just called the local council again and I was given the same response: that the secretary of the...

The Leader of the Opposition never ceases to amaze me with the kind of nonsensical arguments he makes in order to try and show our Prime Minister and his government in the worst possible light. His...

The bad weather we experienced on Sunday 6 October caused one of the ships berthed at the Freeport to cut its moorings and drift away from the jetty. This is obviously never a good thing but, in this...

Josephine Gatt-Ciancio’s letter of 5th October entitled “The future educational system” was thought provoking, but ultimately unproductive. Her proposal that a Leaving Certificate...

Since the 1958 riots, we Tarxien residents seem to have lost the right of having a decent Police Station. It’s true there is a flat in Betta Street serving as a Police Station with the national...

In the midst of the daily tragedies we read about in the news, religious believers are strangely silent about their "loving and merciful" God.  The God they believe in is not merciful when...

A spiritual guide for our times Last week, the Church celebrated the feast of. This 19th century Discalced Carmelite nun, also popularly known as "The Little Flower", is one of the most loved...

Between 23 September and 2 October there are two interesting feasts which are worth remembering. The first one is that of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina and the second one is that of the Guardian...

There are many education systems that have been tried, such as grammar, comprehensive, streaming, trade schools, banding and so on.  They all have their drawbacks. What usually happens is that we...