It is not just because on Christmas Eve one has to try to be positive. It is mainly because I do believe that, for all the economic travails that are finally widely acknowledged, we can, if we really want to, return to a sustainable growth path within a r...

The mechanism of social dialogue, in existence in Malta since 1990 and legally institutionalised in 2001 through the MCESD Act, offers a platform where different interests of workers and employers are recognised and collective representation of their inte...

No matter how hard some of the local media might have tried to play down the award of Lm2,000 in libel damages to the opposition leader after Magistrate Silvio Meli upheld ...

Weird isn’t it. The Nationalists collected over Lm161,000 for their new headquarters and suddenly there is a new bounce in the Nationalist camp. Suddenly people start whispering that maybe they could win again especially as Labour collected less, much les...

On Friday the House rose for the Christmas holidays. ...

Dr Lawrence Gonzi has been in the cockpit as Malta’s new Prime Minister for some time now, but his real first test of leadership had to wait until he presented his government’s first budget. It so happened that when the time came for the test, he was also...

The tragedy of the Egyptian man who drowned off Ghar Lapsi as his brother watched only serves to remind us that there are no facile solutions to what is rapidly becoming a ‘boat people’ problem. The term ‘boat people’ was coined in the late 1970s, when Au...

As this year heads towards its dying days, it might be worthwhile to remember that it marked the 50th anniversary of the birth of rock 'n roll. It is been half a century since Elvis recorded Its alright mama for Sun Records. ...

A year has passed since the present Minister of Justice inaugurated the Family Court building in Strait Street, Valletta, on 16 December 2003. The plastic plaque commemorating the inauguration of the Family Court building was prophetic because a building ...

Having analysed, in past contributions, the general orientation of the 2005 budget and its insufficiency to even come anywhere near addressing our economic ailments, I propose today to comment specifically on two budget measures which appear to have been ...