As announced yesterday, all schools, childcare centres and educational (including tertiary) institutions will be closed from today Friday for a week. We will be reviewing the situation and inform...

When an epidemic is spreading fast, it is natural for people to question whether the protective systems being adopted are robust enough. One must take care not to let such questions become too...

‘We don’t seem to give a damn anymore!’  Much as this might sound like despondent and defeatist, I feel that as a nation we have developed this heedlessness to take certain...

News from around the world about the sudden spread of COVID-19 alarmed people in Malta. People rushed to supermarkets and stocked their pantries brimming with food and other daily needs. Beyond the...

If it’s going to be up to scratch, governance in this country will need to overcome many hurdles. Not least when it’s a matter of regulating economic activity correctly. Today it is...

You are a regular person, minding your own business at home, and suddenly your house collapses on you, and you lose your life. In a most unbearably light manner; even an inmate on death row is...

Aesop’s ancient fable about the goose that laid the golden eggs has had numerous versions in different languages over the centuries, with subsequent translations sometimes substituting the goose...

The death of Miriam Pace buried in the ruins of her collapsed Hamrun home as a direct result of building works in hand in an adjacent property has shocked the nation.  The theatrics of Ian Borg,...

An e-tagging system, ankle bracelets to keep tabs on those who are prevented from approaching someone due to a court-issued protection order, is currently being discussed, Commissioner for Domestic...

The giant crane moves slowly, ever so slowly. The wind shakes it but it keeps steady on its concrete platform. The excavator does what it was created to do and bores deep into the ground.  Our...