Following the news, nowadays, is, at times, comparable to what we experienced during the corruption-infested mid-1980s, which a number of us lived through. Most probably it is much worse than...

"I'll know myself when my time is up". So spoke Robert Abela. Whether his bold statement is the product of sheer naivety, pure arrogance or a profound ignorance of history is difficult to...

One of the most important and widely celebrated religious festivals in Gozo is the feast of Santa Marija, also known as the feast of the Assumption of Mary. Gozo celebrates the Santa Marija feast...

This week, in my capacity as chair of the Public Accounts Committee, together with my colleagues in the Nationalist Party Parliamentary group, MPs Graham Bencini and Claudette Buttigieg, we placed an...

Our police corps is failing at the very basics. Not long ago, we read how a foreigner complained of poor treatment by the police when they dismissed him when he tried to file a report. That was...

This week Caritas released a report called A Minimum Essential Budget for a Decent Living - 2024. It revealed that food expenses dominate the financial burden on low-income families in Malta,...

Significant restoration and underground consolidation works are currently in progress at the historic Church of the Annunciation, located in the picturesque area known as tal-Għolja in...

Europe... or better say the EU... is getting increasingly militarised. This is happening on the NATO front and directly via own programmes by the Union. In the NATO framework, the commitment for...

Browsing through the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions' (NHRIs) website, I regrettably noted that Malta was conspicuous by its absence from its membership list of National...

A claim that is commonly shared by all politiciains is that they have stayed and will stay “close to the people”. To be honest, I find it somewhat confused as a statement. In a small...