This is the time when the finance ministry gears up to prepare next year’s budget, which is normally presented sometime in October. The Hon Minister for Finance has apparently already...

Those who have been following what I write know that for a number of months, if not years, I have been expressing worry about the overall situation of Hamrun, the town where I was born and where I...

Restoration of our national patrimony is our duty.  We are rich in cultural heritage and this fact imposes on us a greater obligation to be efficient and productive in our approach. We do...

Strong efforts are being deployed to rein back in one way or another the unanimity rule covering a number of EU policy areas.  Among those singled out, one finds taxation, foreign and defence...

Though comparatively small, the fisheries sector in Malta is divided into two segments. One consists of the big enterprises which catch and fatten big fish, mainly tuna. The other consists of...

There’s a whole environmental psychology and semiology to police stations, and one that has been studied academically, so writing about this not just a rushed opinion or a Sunday rant. And...

“Such an assault could only take place in broken Third world countries. Sadly America has now become one of those countries.  They even broke into my safe,” Donald Trump moaned as his...

The era of €10 air fares is over, warned Michael O’Leary, Ryanair boss. This follows the news in the past weeks that within the European Union, in order to implement the Green Deal,...

It’s August, and whereas I’m still writing on politics in the Nationalist Party daily, here I want to prolong my vacation of sorts. Like last time, I want to present a book review. Well,...

They called, Joseph Muscat and Manwel Cuschieri that is, and at the appointed time only a score of Labour core turned up, most of them elderly. Not even JPO, who pledged he would be there. The...