So the “A” level results are out in the UK, with record numbers of “A” grade results, which have been met in some quarters with huge scepticism and derision. Some scoff that the UK “A” ...

It happened like this. Way back in 1934, a couple of pranksters up in the Scottish highlands devised a ingenious hoax that would radically alter their country’s tourism fortunes forever. ...

The month-long war between Israel and Hizbullah is thankfully over. Whether it is a mere pause or something more permanent remains to be seen....

I have deliberately kept myself out of the sharp controversy surrounding Tourism Minister Francis Zammit Dimech because I felt that with my record as Minister of Tourism some years before him, any comments I...

The dire situation in which Malta’s tourism sector finds itself has rightly become a national concern. The government can no longer continue pretending that all is well. ...

Tom Cruise’s contract with Paramount Pictures has been severed after 14 years. No specific reason was given, but apparently he has suffered a significant decline in popularity....

Someone, God knows who it was, wrote on a wall in the city of Bogota: “Let’s leave pessimism for better times.” Is our local pessimism as grounded in ...

In Malta, there is never a dull moment, although our economic climate risks becoming more and more dull with every passing day. ...

When people are frustrated beyond endurance because their quality of life has deteriorated, it becomes as natural as breathing to blame everything that goes wrong on the government. ...

Hammer blowsWhen George Abela, then deputy leader of the MLP, resigned from his post, it was a big blow to Labour and its credibility....