Looks quite likely that this year will be exceptional because, besides having the traditional feasts, we will have another set of similar events.   Carnival started very early, with our...

For more than 50 years, on the last Sunday of January, thousands of people across the globe have stopped to remember those who suffer the horrendous effects of leprosy. It was Raoul Follereau who...

As the election campaign progresses, Dr Gonzi keeps increasing the number of “panic” statements! The most incredible one to date is his claim that the PL’s plans for a new gas power...

It’s amazing, isn’t it – the Labour Party, excoriated over the months to come out with its energy plan, published it as soon as the election campaign got under way. It did not mind...

Reference is made to a Sonja and John Besford’s letter entitled “Mepa keeps on ignoring citizens’ interests” (TMIS, 13 January).   The case the Besfords refer to in...

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) is celebrated in the northern hemisphere from 18 to 25 January. The theme chosen for this year centres on an extremely topical question put by the...

During the Labour Party mass meeting in Gozo, Joseph Muscat drew himself up to his full height and dramatically recounted how a grandmother he spoke to in Marsaxlokk told him that eight of her nine...

I presume Noel Grima is familiar with the text of Luke Ch 7 vv 31-33:   What description then, can I find for the men of this generation? … They are like children shouting to one...

If Lawrence Gonzi wants to learn something about people-people relations, in which he seems to be wholly deficient, he should watch that highly entertaining American civil war film ‘Friendly...

With Malta having absolutely no resources, it is indebted to the tune of €5,000 million, but the Nationalist Party keeps proclaiming that Malta’s finances are sound.   The US, on...