The key word in the Nationalist Party leadership election, perhaps in any leadership election, is change. It is really very easy to preach it but how can one implement it? Can we change a complex...

Am I alone in being regularly accosted by 19-year-old plus girls (or their mothers) to pay for a service which should not be relegated to being just a service but is the world's loveliest expression...

Words are essential for day-to-day communication, especially because it is, of course, verbal. The power of the word is, in fact, indisputable. A word can be easily memorized and referred to in...

On 13 June, 2008 Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that he did not believe in marriage between people of the same sex. On 17 June, 2011 he also had said that “love me or hate me, the term...

Controls are so tight in the advertising industry on the kind of pitch one is permitted to make about one's product, that such qualifications as "the best in the market" or "better than any other of...

Clearly there can be no argument with Prime Minister Muscat's recent pronouncements on the ugly face of racism. Fresh from a massive electoral victory, the Prime Minister is riding the crest of a...

On 13 June, 2008 Muscat said that he did not believe in marriage between people of the same sex. On 17 June, 2011 he also had said that "love me or hate me, the term marriage is only for a union...

The stern warning delivered by US President Donald Trump to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un: "All options are on the table. Kim Jong-un and his regime have again signalled their contempt for their...

The decorative style favoured by the Maltese for their "Catholic" festas include garish red and gold pavaljuni (the more ornate swirls on them the better), plus kitsch-baroque pedestals, on...

Most people do not directly access EU funds but I believe many of them benefit from them. Before Malta joined the EU, new roads had been built, so I will not go into this subject. However, several...