The continuous arrival of irregular immigrants this summer has, once again, led to debate. ...

Regular readers of my column probably judge that I am nagging too much about the broad chasm between flowery intentions expressed in nicely bound reports and hard reality....

Many flats and houses stand vacant because their owners cannot be bothered with the angst and problems of renting them out, for small returns, or even for returns that others might consider worthwhile. ...

Picture the following scenarios in your home or establishment:...

The past few weeks have exposed the government at its weakest in the domain of news and media management....

While the costs of standards development can indeed be quite expensive for industry, surveys commissioned in advanced industrial countries have shown that costs are highly compensated by the benefits....

Typical village scene on a Saturday late afternoon or early evening. Group of men on the cint of the parish church, gossiping about some football result, the dwindling value of their pension cheque and yesterday’s Xarabank. ...

There is no place like Malta. It is the only place on earth where competition works to disadvantage the consumer rather than to provide more value for money....

It should be common knowledge by now that tourism is what keeps our economy afloat. But for the past ten years no improvements have been registered in both quantity and quality of tourists....

Caught as we are, at least the majority of us, between a genuine concern for the plight of the hundreds of illegal immigrants trying to gain a foothold to build a new future in Europe, and the embarrassingly huge ...