This week I had the opportunity to visit MCAST in order to open and launch the first Research and Innovation Expo organised by the College. The Malta College for Arts, Science and...

It is no consolation at all to know that others are in a worse situation than the one you’re in. One can go no farther than this point when comparing how people in some European countries, even...

The following are 20 people who rank amongst those I feel have left a momentous impact on our communities (and on me) or else have contributed to a better understanding of the society we live in. They...

The title is outrageous but descriptive of what is happening right now in our hospitals. Hundreds of nurses in public health are taking home from €2,000 to €5,000 less per year when compared...

Perhaps it would be better if I cancel what follows... For when one takes pains to note how matters have been going well up to the present, they could in short order go into the reverse! The fact...

I am sure I am not the only one thinking this business of political correctness in everything we say, we do, we write, we watch, we see, has gone a trifle too far. We have had to rephrase chunks of...

The Minister for the Environment has informed us that, tomorrow, Monday, he will be publishing a new Waste Management strategy for public consultation. The current waste management strategy is up for...

The day finally came when Joseph Muscat accepted to appear in front of the Commission of Enquiry which is holding sittings in connection with the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Some...

All the King’s horses and all the King’s men, couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.  Is Malta broken? There was one lone voice remaining, to speak to Malta and of...

Last week I tried to provide a snapshot of the main challenges in so far as Research and Innovation in our country are concerned. I focused on the European Research Area to highlight in, I hope,...