Last week I formed the ‘Integrated Maritime National Strategy Committee’.  Its main aim is to setup a sustainable strategy for Government’s vision and goals in this critical...

The government has appointed a cook to the Malta Council of Science and Technology (a cook married to Jesmond Mugliett, who has been appointed to the boards of the Foundation for Tomorrow’s...

Life is all about choices.   Sometimes you make good decisions, at other times they turn out to be the wrong ones.   Many of our choices concern little things, with not much of a...

While in Malta and elsewhere concerns about irregular migration have topped the political agenda, leaders of the eurozone, especially those of the main member states, have been making brave statements...

A new term has been coined – ‘the chairman’s territory’. It was born concurrently with baby Prince George of Cambridge – the future King George VII (assuming that the...

Last Monday, the European Union placed the military wing of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group and political party, on its terror list in a major policy change toward the Middle...

Don’t you just love the illustration accompanying the call for the public to be part of the revision of Mepa’s Local Plans. It is so insultingly ‘in your dreams’. That is what...

A bill recently presented in Parliament with much fanfare was the one regarding the Protection of the Whistleblower. Apart from a few added frills, it’s almost identical to a bill presented in...

The internet has profoundly shaped modern society. It facilitates interconnectivity between individuals and information and has an important impact on society, the economy and culture. It is high time...

Obviously, the man in the street expects that Minister Joe Mizzi, now responsible for oil and gas exploration, makes it a priority to seriously consider a proper investment strategy and draw up a...