Minister-of-failures Austin Gatt had boasted on Radio 101 that his wager, made some eight years ago, that “I am willing to bet that within 10 years all clothing factories will have...

It is right and proper to exploit the potential undersea resources buried deep under the seabed in our territorial waters.   It is equally right and proper and in Malta’s interest to...

In the space of 30 years he travelled a distance equal to 35 times around the world, visiting 102 countries and many out of the way islands where tourists never go. On one occasion in 1933, while he...

    The pastoral letter for this Advent entitled “Entrusting You to God and His Word”, which Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. and Bishop Mario Grech issued on 21 November...

I recently graduated with a Masters degree in Design Management from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.   As part of my degree degree, I closely examined ways to...

Reference is made to the article that appeared on The Malta Independent on December 5, 2012, entitled ‘Maltese Government does not budge’ written by Mr Vince Farrugia, Director General,...

Gozo provides the setting to an unusual thriller which is now available in paperback format.   The novel, “The Sea of Forgotten Memories” revolves around the tragedy of a missing...

The heyday of Daphne’s column are long past and it can only that the impetus to reads the column nowadays is satisfaction of morbid curiosity rather than enlightenment.   Such was...

On 1 December, the universal Church entered into the first of its seasons that form its liturgical year: Advent. We encounter this word in St Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians. In this...

I have mixed emotions regarding last Saturday’s European Film Awards, broadcast live on TVM2. A pleasant evening but three things were irritating and offensive.   Firstly, I...