When you think about it, we are a different type of nation. Not only do we live on an island – and there seems to be the “island mentality” (isolated communities that perceive...

The International AIDS Conference continues to provide key findings in the development of HIV treatment and prevention, but not just that. It also brings clinicians, researchers, and activists...

The Prime Minister has enough popular backing that he should be taking the opportunity to make crucial but difficult choices. Malta's mounting challenges are being papered over, but there will come a...

When I visited Canada a couple of years ago in summer, I was walking through a particular town and noticed long red and white striped poles lying along either side of the road. Perplexed, I asked my...

There is a higher court than the courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. When saying this, the great Mahatma Gandhi must have assumed that all people have a conscience. Recent...

Continuity is the key factor in any strategy where a healthy structure and good practice are in place. A clear vision, supported by the necessary framework, will eventually reach higher standards and...

In the wake of the Egrant Inquiry, and the Nationalist Civil War, more questions remain unanswered than ever before and more questions continue to be asked. At the same time, one wonders, what...

Like thousands of others, I watched Michelle Muscat being interviewed by Saviour Balzan on the state TV channel, and I found it hilarious. Not Mrs Muscat's performance, but the show itself. I...

In terms of our Civil Code, Chapter 16 of the Laws of Malta, an action for damages can arise either consequent to a breach of a contractual obligation or consequent to a tortious act. While the former...

In religious studies today, research goes far beyond theology. It incorporates history, sociology and often social psychology. The dedicated, objective scholar of religion today cannot simply be a...