Often in the administration of public projects, apart from the delays they accumulate beyond their estimated time for completion, major cost overruns occur compared to planned targets. Later, defects...

On Sunday, MIDI plc, the company holding a 99-year concession for Manoel Island granted in 2000, acknowledged the growing public and governmental pressure for a rethinking of the island's future....

Asked about the prospects of an early general election, Prime Minister Robert Abela did not rule it out. He would go for a snap election if parliament is "destabilised" by a change in Opposition...

With time, an essential problem in the governance of Malta has become apparent. It is not that we lack good or adequate legislation. True, existing laws could be improved or updated but with the...

June is always a peculiar month. Summer in the air, with longer days and the promise of slower-paced days. Yet, this is tempered by the onset of the exam season. I loathe the feeling of the coming of...

Malta's post-Independence journey has been nothing short of remarkable. We might not agree on a myriad of issues, but one thing is for certain, that Malta has come a long way since the Union Jack. We...

If culture is our identity, then the arts give us the tools to express it. In the past weeks I had the privilege to work on a landmark event which brought together artists, cultural operators,...

"I like him a lot, I like him too much," President Donald Trump commented.  He was referring to Mohamad Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, the man the CIA blame for ordering the barbaric...

The current debate on Manoel Island is healthy. New converts to the cause are being identified every day. Plenty of U-turns too. A basic point being made at the time of writing is that, through...

In a court judgement delivered in April of last year, a judge recommended the criminalisation of high-level political conflicts of interest whenever such situations are not disclosed beforehand by the...