In my 50 years or so of journalism I can remember at least two times when I got an election wrong. In 1996, as editor of The Malta Business Weekly, I predicted a PN victory. It was not to be. It...

With banks doing a disappearing act on the public, one bastion remains at the forefront of services provided on a national scale and that is public health services.   Beyond the nurses,...

The electorate, on Saturday, is being called to take the decision that will take the country forward.  I am fully convinced that the plan being presented by the Labour Party is the strongest that...

Andrew Sapiano, Mario Azzopardi, Karmen Azzopardi... the list of people who are leaving us grows longer from among those who stood out in the fields of culture and the arts in Malta for most of the...

It is in our national interest and in line with our values not to let our country be abused by those who want to launder their dirty money through Malta. Small countries like ours are often lectured...

Naturally, the last week of an election campaign packs the greatest punch for one and all, as tensions rise. This happens even if everybody is aware of how things will pan out. It has been especially...

Laptop. One word in massive font splashed on Labour’s billboards in key areas frequented by Malta’s youth. Labour dangles the carrot.  A laptop, Labour calculated, must be the price...

We do not know the future. But we can definitely shape it. It is what our young people are striving very hard to achieve. On Thursday I had the opportunity to meet representatives of our youths,...

On 26 December 1796, Joseph Haydn presented his Missa in tempore belli (Mass in time of war, also known as Paukenmesse for his dramatic use of timpani). Now we are going one better. We’re...

Joseph Muscat was given the name of salesman of Malta soon after being made Prime Minister. The reason for this was his campaigning for Henley and Partners all over the globe to promote the IIP...