Last Sunday’s leading article in this newspaper with the title “Mishandling the country” was singularly perceptive. It referred to three successive faux pas committed by the Gonzi administration....

In summer, we socialise more, therefore we eat more and we have to look at the ravages of all this when our fellow Maltese and few Gozitans expose their bodies on the beach ...

I read a story in The Observer about how Lampedusa – an island much smaller than Malta and with far fewer resources – is coping with the illegal immigrants who are washed up on its shores. ...

There is a scene in Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 which – like many scenes in that novel, come to think of it – will always survive in my memory because it so poignantly epitomises the shabby little world we inhabit. For those unfamiliar with the book, ...

Information from official police sources communicated to the press disclosed that, in the first six months of this year, the Economic Crimes Unit carried out 119 raids and seized 19,839 DVDs, 1,524 PlayStation games and 3,980 audio CDs....

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....