For almost three whole days, winds and floods caused deaths and enormous damage in roughly half the European landmass. At the other side of the world, in Australia, huge heatwaves first triggered...

Two women came to the king and stood before him. One woman said: “By your leave, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth in the house while she was present. On...

At the time of writing, the Police internal investigation has widened from one focused on the traffic section to other police units. Many are shocked that the upholders of law and order are themselves...

Six days ago Malta was en fête, celebrating the shipwreck of its patron saint. We always seem to celebrate strange, sad events. A ship sank, its passengers and crew were cast ashore and, bingo,...

I was pointed along the direction this article will take by my good friend John Meakin, pastor and journalist and passionately interested in weather phenomena. He has his own ideas about themes...

This week it was announced that Pope Francis will be coming to Malta on an apostolic visit on 31.5.20, feast of Pentecost.  His visit follows on the invitation extended by President George Vella...

The Encyclopaedia Britannica describes education as the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society. In this sense, it is equivalent to what social scientists term socialization...

Former Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil said yesterday that, while his chapter in local politics is drawing to a close, he will keep up his fight against corruption in his new role as Secretary...

The government set up agencies to run projects in the belief that they would operate more efficiently than government departments. Still in many cases, agencies were bound to observe public sector...

Togetherness It was a fresh November morning in 1986, the 30th.  Heading to tal-Barrani (an allegorical name to a street that meant so much to the political struggle at the time)....