Cannabis is one of the oldest cultivated plants in East Asia, grown for grain and fibre as well as for recreational, medical, and ritual purposes for over 2000 years. By the late 1800s, cannabis...

Without any shadow of a doubt, an essential and fundamental component in keeping a society and a nation strong is infrastructure. Without infrastructure there is no civilisation. It is as simple as...

Knowingly or not, Mark Laurence Zammit is conducting what in the realm of academic research is referred to as oral history. The current sequence of interviewing past prime ministers to revisit their...

The military mindset cannot be activated with the push of a button. Being a soldier cannot be just a job, it is a way of life, and it is through formation training that a recruit starts his soldiering...

The news that the European Court of Justice has declared that the Maltese Government is clearly following EU law when it comes to the appointing of the judiciary is highly significant in a number of...

If you’re not earning enough money to live decently, whatever the reasons and circumstances that led you to be in that state, society is morally obliged to intervene to help you. It is simply a...

The pandemic has presented the world with unprecedented challenges to our health, our economy and the way we live and work. But the crisis also presents us with an extraordinary opportunity as we...

Following an interminable saga characterised by procrastination and dragging of feet, Parliament finally came round to enact the Standards in Public Life Act, 2018, now Chapter 570 of the Laws of...

Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth and essential for life. Biodiversity loss is indeed a danger to humanity.  Yet, report after report we are presented with shocking figures of...

This week, as a member of ADPD's Executive Committee, I decided to vote in favour of legal action before the Constitutional Court. We will be asking it to declare that the corrective mechanisms on...