From the onset, the Secretariat for Youth and Sport expressed its intention to create a new sport culture and to increase participation in physical activities and sport....

‘Special purpose vehicle’ seems to be the political phrase of the week, with the government and the opposition seemingly in agreement about the possibility of setting up such an instrument to help Enemalta pay back its debt....

Last month, members of staff and ex-employees of the Gozo Public Libraries gave a farewell dinner in honour of George Borg on the occasion of his retirement from the service. ...

A cursory glance at statistics on feasts in Malta shows that 48 per cent are dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, 45 per cent to Catholic saints and just seven per cent dedicated to ...

Those of us who are keen to learn more about our island’s past and contemporary history, on reflection, cannot but feel amazed ...

According to the Gozo ministry, a study by a UK consulting company six years ago confirmed that the collapse of Dwejra’s Azure Window was “inevitable”. ...

Wow! This year we have a new slogan – “European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations”. However, around 6,000 pensioners will find this more of an insult than anything else. These are a large ...

The Prime Minister is crawling precariously on a weak limb when he defends Richard Cachia Caruana so robustly. Either Lawrence Gonzi does not know Mr Cachia Caruana’s character well, ...

On 22 April, in a letter entitled ‘The Pubic Service Management Code and the EU Charter of Human Rights’, Diane Oswald claimed that a letter to The Malta Independent on Sunday of 25 March questioning a public officer’s...

In today’s world of commercialism, Mother’s Day should be celebrated not only as the day when mothers are given flowers, gifts and pampered, not that this is not appreciated by many mothers, but mothers should ...