Today I am going to discuss a historic election taking place in Mexico right now, which will in all likelihood show that clientelism can be overcome. In Malta, clientelism is something we take for...

It makes me shudder with excitement to think that I am actually rapidly rising from impressing my society to literally leaving the cosmos breathless. My cosmopolitan dream is not wrong simply...

Malta's tourism sector continues to be a key economic contributor both in terms of value-added and employment. Recent economic indicators confirm this. However, complacency is not an option. For Malta...

Since childhood and all throughout life, we are offered lessons and we often like to say: I/we have no lessons to learn from anyone. Lessons are offered and or refused at all levels of society –...

A few days ago Henry Frendo, history professor at the University of Malta, wrote a letter to another newspaper complaining about punditry and the frequent peddling of factoids. I wrote an online...

In serving the people through public projects, each phase is a step forward in the implementation process of a set goal. Locally, periodic achievements are more welcome when aimed at the completion of...

The devastation sweeping Malta is not the Black Plague. One could be fooled however, into thinking the land itself is groaning and sweating in some epidemic. Our government seems to be made up of...

I overheard someone say: “Did you hear the one about the three Italians speaking about Malta?” I felt like running away in boredom, as I thought that the person cracking the Italian joke...

It is said that a smooth sea never made a skilful sailor. I am proud of the skills of the Armed Forces of Malta, who time after time they proved themselves skilful in surpassing the hurdles in...

There are three kinds of euphoric idealists: the dreamers, the rich and the complex. The dreamers take great pleasure out of imagining massive progress at the flick of a finger. The rich are...