With the beginning of 2015, our work towards achieving our 2015 goals is already in gear as well. First off this month we will be officially opening the second refurbished ward at St Vincent de...

I am writing this piece very early on 1st January, literally at the dawn of a new year. 2014 is already history but is still very fresh in our minds. It will therefore be a good thing to look back for...

On assuming my watch as Gozo Minister twenty-two months ago, I knew full well what I was letting myself in for. It is no exaggeration to say that it was a moribund island that I inherited from my...

"One day we will see our pets in the eternity of Christ," said Pope Paul the VI (died 1978) to a disconsolate boy who had lost his pet recently. Since then we have had several theological...

This Malta Community Chest Fund has become somewhat of a Cash for Citizens Scheme to compete with the Cash for Passports Scheme, when we go to Midnight Mass at St. John's co-Cathedral and get turned...

Around this time of the year between receptions and other social gatherings people from every walk of life from different age brackets try to find time to pause for a while and reflect on their...

So we might be there to hail in a New Year,  soon. More precious time, perhaps. Time that has to be used as soon as it is given or lost forever. A New Year is...

The police are back in the news with yet another story about blatant abuse on several counts. The way the victim - Karl Baldacchino - has reported matters to the newspapers (and to the police...

As 2014 draws to a close, it is a good opportunity to look back at its highlights. We knew beforehand that this year would mark some important political anniversaries. Malta celebrated half a century...

This year has been a particularly special year for me. On my appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for the Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing last April, I started a new phase in my...