According to a recent report in The Malta Independent on Sunday, the Office of the Ombudsman concluded that a permit issued on a site owned by Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg is surrounded by a...

Biology is its own science. I do not blame outsiders who have little or no knowledge of the subject, to jump to conclusions based on the wrong premise. To the untrained human eye, all human cells look...

When one speaks of development, it is obligatory to look at the numerous factors that have contributed to this experience. Development, by whatever indicator is measured, is largely determined by the...

During the past week we have witnessed various positive events to tangibly verify the hard work put by my Secretariat. Each event meant that not only are we on the right track but that we are...

It has been quite a hectic week for the whole country both at home and in the international scenario. The preliminary and experts’ fora preceding the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,...

The “nigi ghalik u nifqak” threat is destined to join other notorious sound bites, of the “ok siehbi” and “it-traffiku percezzjoni” calibre, which have come to mark...

In the few days following the Paris attacks, I have been repeatedly asked to imagine myself having a coffee there at the time, and whether I would have liked to be caught up in the massacre. Now while...

One of the victims of last week's Paris massacre by ISIL terrorists was the wife of 12 years of a man with a very young child. I was impressed by what he said after the loss of his wife. He...

Return visitors to Malta often comment on how the country has changed since the last time they were here. They tend to notice the improvement in the quality of our public spaces, the distinct changes...

Chris Said   Labour has done a full circle on the Gozo tunnel issue.  They have spent their two and a half years in government going round in a circle, and ending up exactly in the...