It was in May 1995 that the first local plan relative to Marsaxlokk Bay was approved. That was 29 years ago. The approval of other local plans followed, at a snail's pace. The first to follow was the...

Victoria, (Rabat) the capital of Gozo, will undergo significant urban development aimed at addressing traffic congestion, creating green spaces, and enhancing the town's cultural and economic growth....

Most of the socio-economic observers are pushing government into a very tight corner.   This was fuelled by a comment which Minister Clyde Caruana passed some months ago.  It was...

When we were kids we had some bad losers in our midst. These would cry, stamp their feet and try to rush off with the ball every time they lost. One of us had tried bursting the ball as part of his...

It cannot be denied that mandatory voting laws can improve government responsiveness to members of poor and marginalised groups who are less likely to vote. Yet, whenever such a change was mooted here...

The coming days will see the world's attention focused on the American election. Actually people have already started voting all over the world, for as the repeated ads tell us, a US voter can...

My school days are long behind me, but memories remain.  There was one subject that I remember clearly, although not necessarily fondly - the Dun Karm Psaila poems. Putting it mildly, it was...

I hope there are not many who find themselves confused, like I do, about the state of what used to be called "technical" education. I must have failed to keep myself abreast of the changes and reforms...

Last month, the head of the teachers' union, Marco Bonnici, called for the regulation of private lessons to ensure quality standards. That was a timely call, as we have long been having a...

Despite all that's said about it, there can be little doubt that environmental protection in Malta is not being given sufficient importance. The spirit may be willing but the flesh is weak. And so the...