The decisions taken by the US Supreme Court judges in recent weeks have reversed civil rights that were long established in the country: abortion rights in first place but also others that defined how...

In the transport and infrastructure sector, Malta has an abundance of challenges, ranging from overdependence on private cars to inaccessible pavements. In turn, these have various environmental,...

Diverse ways exist by which to wage a war. The idea that miitary attacks of any kind should not be mounted with the aim of killing “ortdinary” people is quite modern. According to the...

Barristers all over England and Wales, who are members of the Criminal Bar Association, are striking because the revised legal aid fees proposed by government are still too low for the amount and the...

“Who told you he’s being investigated?”, Joseph Muscat snarled. Reuters had just revealed that 17 Black belonged to Yorgen Fenech. A magisterial inquiry was ongoing. The reporter...

The Ministry for Public Works and Planning has embarked on another public consultation on stormwater management. I have lost count as to the number of times this exercise has been carried out along...

In my last article, I wrote about Malta’s mismanagement of its Schengen border with Italy: Customs officials inspect people who cross this internal border as if it were an external border....

What does the future hold with regards to the economy of Malta? We have lived through years of growth that now appear to be hollow – the much-acclaimed full employment is based on very slippery...

The parliamentary debate on the financial estimates relative to Government entities, which has just been concluded this week, is certainly much more than a run of the mill exercise.  It brings an...

It is necessary to ensure that the measures being taken to contain climate warming are clear and effective, not make believe. Obviously, many of them will generate new economic, financial and social...