Trust me to trudge into it without really knowing. Honestly, as that great 1989 Billy Joel song intimates, I didn’t start the fire. Only last week I was fancifully showing my distaste for the...

The debate on the impacts of tourism is never-ending.  To what extent does the economic impact of tourism justify its social and environmental impacts? What is the carrying capacity of our...

Trump, Johnson, Salvini, Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Duterte, Orban. The list is endless. A collection of politicians no mad man, woman, or joker on hallucinogenic substances, could have conjured up....

All through my life, I was under the impression that Pawlu Mizzi, the founder of Klabb Kotba Maltin who died last week, was taught by my mother or one of her teacher sisters in his childhood...

The heat is on and the pressure on our daily life keeps on piling as changes are taking place all around us and leaving us without relief.  Unless we head overseas into the shade and cool of the...

The Ministry’s three priorities in culture are to bring culture closer to the people, increasing professionalism in the sector and to increase economic contribution through culture. During...

I do not believe that the issue of wage levels in Malta today was raised recently in a useful manner, politically, socially or even professionally. Still I agree that it is an issue which merits...

The AUM Campus in Bormla is in the process of expanding. The application concerning this proposed extension is expected to be decided by the Planning Authority this coming September. If approved,...

The government needs to become more effective in how it operates to control abuses and to establish guidelines in economic and social sectors which are crucial in national affairs. It also needs to be...

Summer is traditionally the time when people take a break from work and school. In a country where politics is hotly debated and always on top of the national agenda, August provides time for a bit of...