The prevailing debacle on the proposed removal of the entitlement to additional vacation leave for public holidays that fall at weekends is symptomatic of the political stasis that has pervaded institutional life in this country over the last few years. ...

The public holidays issue has been bubbling underneath the surface for a number of years....

Is public broadcasting serving its true purpose? Unfortunately, no authority seems to dare answer the intriguing question....

Now that the New Year is in full swing, we need all the strength we can muster to cope with the barrage of usually bad news that will hit us in the media. ...

While several pundits have spent most of the past year commenting on the difficult task Malta is experiencing as it goes through a process of economic restructuring and reform as if this were a result of EU membership, the truth is rather different. Malta...

A wave of disillusionment seems to have overwhelmed the Maltese scene as the launch of Dr Gonzi’s first budget started to bite, to the accompaniment of a rash of sudden price increases that never got a mention during the recent budget debate....

It was a scene straight out of the panic-stricken Labour government years of the 1980s. It brought back memories so many of us would prefer to forget, but tell ourselves not to do so. Soldiers beating on riot shields, bearing down on unarmed, peaceful pro...

The government has given the trade unions a fortnight to come up with proposals on how the public and national holidays issue is to be resolved. Whatever the proposals, says government, the target of increasing productivity must be met....

“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” – so goes one of Newton’s laws of physics, but more and more it seems to be applicable to everything this administration is doing....

“...And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The winner of this year’s ‘Most Incredibly Cheeky Headline in a Local Newspaper’ award. And boy, I can tell you the competition this year was tough. ...