Malta’s current flirtation with NATO is anything but an enjoyable show. Following the renewal of membership in the Partnership for Peace programme (a huge mistake), there was the association of...

Land use planning is in the news continuously nowadays. Various residential communities are up in arms as they are now realizing that, 18 years ago, they were defrauded when Parliament approved a...

In Gozo, it’s a common occurrence that when accidents happen, no one seems to be responsible for their consequences and compensations. Consider St Francis square. The present government and...

Prime Minister Robert Abela chose to lie about me on ONE radio. He claimed the PN used me to report him to the Standards Commissioner.  He accused me of hypocrisy. He told his party faithful that...

During the last few months, on average, we have had around 400 children in state care, half of whom are in foster care while the other half live in residential homes. And as the head of the Foundation...

We in Malta have many close ties with our former masters, the Brits. But one thing which seems to connect us most dramatically is sewage. In Britain sewage is spewed into rivers by water treatment...

I do not foretell the future but in my mind I doubt very much that if at the end Prime Minister Robert Abela proposes the name of Chris Fearne to be Malta’s next European Commissioner, that will...

This summer, Malta will once again offer a rich array of cultural activities for all ages, including the engaging Heritage Malta Student Summer Program for kids and youths and a series of dynamic...

In a minute society like ours, it is difficult for matters to move forward without reliance on networks of friends of friends. Not only in government, as many believe, but just as much – perhaps...

It bears repeating. The arts always needed subsidies to flourish. Over the centuries, these came in different formats from the Church, the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie – all ready to pay good...