The clock at home has just struck twelve, letting us know that Sunday has now turned into Monday - Budget Day. At this hour the Budget speech is ready and is securely under wraps in the briefcase of...

Astrid Vella’s moan-machine is grinding up again as the government begins to relax controls on construction of major projects in rural areas and village and town cores. What can I say?...

If people are going to be arrested on the flimsy suspicion that they took photos of two government communications officers in the airport’s departure lounge, then I wonder where we’re...

As I followed the unrolling of the European Council in Brussels last week, I looked around me and considered not just the developments that affected Malta but also those treated on a vaster level by...

My, how some unexpected things are changing fast, while others, where reform was promised, are not. When I think of all the palaver we had to go through with certificates to prove that our...

Successful businesses control strong brands. The brand value, although not found anywhere on the balance sheet or financial statements, is, along with technology and intellectual property rights, the...

From the inspiring to the soporific, from the well-prepared to the hastily put together, in more than a decade as a Member of the House of Representatives, I think I have seen all the shapes and sizes...

The recent debacle over the Norman Vella affair has thrown the police force, and the political masters who oversee it, back years. This is 2013, not 1981! Since when has taking a photograph with...

The decisions we take shape our lives, and the ability to take the right decisions early in life will help our young people build a future for themselves. It is up to us, however, to ensure that we...

The European Union offers a great many possibilities to young adults, students in particular, and students at both the University of Malta and at MCAST, Malta’s technical university, qualify....