Recently two reports were published on very thorny questions for those who released the texts. At any other time the questions would have been swept under the carpet. In fact, investigations about...

This word – jirranka – is not easy to translate. It seems that it derives from the Spanish arrancadura, which means, among other things, enthusiasm and vim. In his dictionary, Aquilina...

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, this Christmas is essentially different from all past ones. Christmas is normally time for meeting with friends and family, for socialising. It is the time when...

Many call Donald Trump a nut job, a fraud, a demagogue. A liar, a denier of having lost and a man who, by refuting the obvious, has allowed the horrors of the pandemic to grow.  Many of the...

Another one from Joseph Muscat's old team has hit the ground. Take away the usual hype of promotion to Governor of the Central Bank and the fact remains there is now a vacancy at South...

As we stand and recall the protests by civil society of this time last year, going in to December 2019, that eventually led to resignations from the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, down and around the...

Last Sunday, in his first public political event (within COVID-19 restrictions), the Leader of the Opposition, Bernard Grech, had strong words to say on the way Prime Minister Robert Abela is handling...

Today on World Children’s Day, we not only celebrate our children, but their future – a future based on today’s children. But we can only celebrate this future if we give our...

When I am told that it’s best to have the country be governed by technocrats rather than politicians, I cannot but be sceptical. (As I understand it, in theory a technocrat is a person with...

Peppi was wronged. I have been meaning to find the right opportunity to write a piece on Peppi after the distressing behavior of PBS when they decided to ditch Xarbank in the absurd and guarded...