Children are the most treasured possession, if I’m permitted to refer to them as such, that we ever have in our lifetime. In fact they are a priority not only for us parents and carers but also for the government....

While calls are being made on politicians not to politicise the oil hedging issue, and to steer clear of such a technical subject, we have meanwhile heard a government parliamentary secretary claim that we should go back to the time when the politician de...

A recent editorial in The Times urged the government to essentially not do anything to cushion the effect of the recent rise in the cost of electricity, which has translated into our new and massive electricity bills. ...

A couple of weeks ago, in another Sunday newspaper, I called for the resignation of the Tourism Minister. This I did for two particular reasons....

It’s been a long haul since 1987, when a Nationalist administration, hungry for power after long years in Opposition, and led by Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami, took over the Government, determ-ined to navigate towards membership of the European Union ....

I am baffled, confused, hurt.After all, I’m a good-looking townhouse, double-fronted (although that works against you these days because apparently I’m more suitable for redevelopment into flats that way), ...

A recent survey found that 47 per cent of Maltese people never leave the island. This doesn’t mean that they take a short trip once every five years, when they can afford it. It means exactly what it says: they never leave Malta. Ever....

It is becoming increasingly difficult and embarrassing to accept Europe’s current thinking over the Palestinian question, for two major reasons: 1) it is too American-inspired for anyone’s liking, and 2) it is being used to punish innocent men, women and ...

Ever since the end of World War Two, when Malta had to come to grips with the massive problem of reconstruction, and more so since independence, when responsibility for sorting out this problem was ...

Over the long weekend and Easter holidays, many could have overlooked a disturbing noise from the Labour camp, stating veiled comments on the future of foreign investment into Malta....