I was a passenger on the flight to Brussels of the “new” KM Malta Airlines on the day following that of its inaugural slots. The service was impeccable, though not at all different to what...

Lately, a controversial matter has affected the peaceful atmosphere of St George’s Pjazza in Victoria, challenging community unity and religious freedom. St George’s archpriest took...

Good governance is central to the proper nurturing of this 50-year-old Republic. Good governance is founded on transparency and accountability. Secrecy and the withholding of information from the...

“How would you like people to describe you?” Robert Abela was asked in the run-up to the Labour Party leadership contest in 2020.  “I am a simple man who enjoys simple things in...

We traditionally and politically associate the colour red with the progressive Labour Party, while the colour blue is associated with the conservative Nationalist Party. Mix both colours, and you get...

The US have bigger problems than Malta. The magnitude and the number of their problems which affect the globe are much worse than ours. We, and our idiocy, resemble a little fly that bothers a...

The Spiteri Debono presidency is off to a rocky start. As Myriam Spiteri Debono was being appointed President of the Republic with a Mass at St John’s and a walkabout to the Palace of the...

There is probably no other Constitutional office in our country more misunderstood than that of the President of Malta. For many people, the Office of the President of Malta is all about the...

The public opinion surveys being conducted about the European Parliament elections are shedding more heat than light. Their most consistent conclusion is that the Labour Party is always shown to be...

One sympathises with the complaints of people who totally dislike the prominence given in our midst to monuments which reflect Malta’s colonial past. Similar reactions have been registered in...