This week’s meeting of the European Council has come and gone and carried with it the mountain of hype with which it was surrounded.   The Prime Minister was said – I do not know...

Culturally deviant. Possessed by the devil. Sick. Genetically disturbed. Biochemically imbalanced. Possessed by the Devil himself (or herself!). Throughout history, attitudes toward homosexuality have...

Increasing the pace from that of the previous administration, the new government is driving the island towards another building bonanza with fast-fisted fury. If not managed properly and if all...

During the European Council meeting held this week, we had to hear these dreaded words yet again. Our Prime Minister insisted that “Malta would protect its national interests, should the EU fail...

Dearest Helen,   My pen and heart never felt so heavy as today!   I struggle to write these reflections but you have given so much goodness to so many of us that I cannot let you...

“Take this, put it in your pocket,” she told me. “Take this with you at tomorrow’s exam. You will sail through your surgical viva.” Then she said, “Let me give you...

Prior to every election, Gozo features prominently on the political manifesto of both parties. No doubt the island needs extra attention to balance the insular challenges it faces. Gozitans also...

Recently, during one of the morning live broadcasts, MPs Owen Bonnici and Jason Azzopardi were discussing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) grilling of the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report...

I must first declare an interest. I am Maltese. I was born Maltese. But the country of my adoption for over 32 years was Britain. Britain to a large extent formed the person I am today. I am both...

It had been long in coming, but it is certainly with us now. Most people have suddenly come to realise the traffic situation on these islands has reached a state of utter panic.   Up to a...