The Maltese electorate has been master in its own home since 1964. There is no denying the fact that, as the saying goes, self-government is better than good government....

Another scholastic year has passed. Hundreds of students will be moving from primary to secondary and from secondary to tertiary education. Latest stati...

In my regular cyberspace contact with friends all over the world, songs seem to continue to play an incredibly important, albeit irrelevant, part. ...

Every morning on my way to work, I pass under a bridge that was recently finished. Over the weeks, I’ve seen the foundations being plastered, stones moved around, and the scaffolding taken down. And it didn’t take me long to notice that many, if not most,...

On 25 June, in a historic vote, the Spanish parliament’s Commission for the Environment, Agriculture, and Fisheries declared its support for The Great Ape Project, a proposal to grant rights to life, liberty, and protection from torture ...

On Monday 7 July, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi introduced the second reading of the proposed Public Administration Bill. This bill is indeed a milestone development in the workings of the Public Sector. The Public Administration Bill ...

Many an interesting episode is taking place in Malta these days....

Liberalisation of the hearse service market has let loose what seems an over and disproportionate reaction by other transport service operators including public buses...

When it comes to global warming, extreme scare stories abound. Al Gore, for example, famously claimed that a whopping six metres of sea-level rise would flood major cities around the world. ...

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has just published its annual report for 2007 ...