This week a controversy flared up after Carlos Zarb was appointed Governor on the FinanceMalta board (Government representative).  The ‘socials’ were alight with comments being thrown...

The news of a 19-year old sitting on one of the most important executive boards of government’s machinery provoked two contradictory feelings. On the one hand, how good it would be to involve...

Once the Covid-19 pandemic is well and truly over, the big challenge will be how to once again restore connectivity – the ties... personal and family-based, economic, social and cultural......

I'm repeatedly confirming that reading about a politician's speech as reported by the media is one thing; hearing it from the politician's mouth is something else altogether. The media can serve as a...

A public consultation is currently under way relative to green roofs and green walls. A 42-page document entitled Green Paper on Greening Buildings in Malta: Initiatives for Green Walls and Roofs for...

Forget Covid. Forget the incessant bickering between the two great parties, the two spent forces living on memories and spin, on clientelism and mutual accusations of corruption, graft and...

Carnival in Malta and Gozo is as much of an anticipated event as is Christmas or the Good Friday Procession.  The talented and dedicated makers of the floats that parade the streets of Valletta,...

Once COVID-19 pandemic is confined to our history books, we must move forward strategically, and we must do that together. I strongly believe that the future is open and can be shaped, today more...

Elderly couples living in rented accomodation are increasingly troubled. They fear that suddenly they will be obliged to pay higher rents after long years during which they got accustomed to a certain...

Robert Abela recently refused to answer a parliamentary question (PQ) on the grounds that gathering the information would cost too much. Does this matter? Is answering PQs that important? Read on and...