Meeting Peter Van Wood again after so many years was a moving event. Together with the Net TV crew of Opinjonisti, Roberto Runza, Anna Maria Grima and Sergio Mallia, I travelled for a day and a half to Rome to be able to interview this international mast...

Well, this puts things into perspective, doesn’t it? We moan and groan, we rush around and complain, we wipe our brow at the thought of all the things that we have had to prepare for Christmas and still have to get ready for the year’s end, and then, whil...

The complaintFollowing the issue of a call for applications and interviews for the post of secretary to the Development Control Commission (DCC) of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa), an employee of the Authority lodged a complaint with...

Socialists – whether dyed-in-the-wool or social democrats – are usually non-conformists. But please allow me – at least this once – to be a traditionalist and stick to my past practice of the last few years of dedicating this column to some of the best b...

The process of structural reform that has been initiated within the Malta Maritime Authority continues to gather pace, with its impact being felt not only within the Authority itself, but also in the various economic sectors in the maritime community. The...

Best media momentsThe release two young Italian girls and the two Frenchmen who were released by their Iraqi captors. No Brits or Americans were as lucky, sadly....

This certainly was the year of the villain. Saddam Hussein was finally captured and arrived on our screens looking like the criminal he is. But in a year where political correctness went mad the Pope expressed his concern at these images, and said his dig...

As another year bites the dust and we start the 41st calendar year after independence, we ought to make an honest national assessment of where we really stand. ...

As one gets older one treasures more and more catching up with past acquaintances and freshening up old relationships. ...

Theologians ought to be in a position to understand and evaluate systems of political economy. There have been many such in human history, ranging from the feudal system, based on grants of land to the nobility, to mercantilist systems, to several forms o...