I came to know Charles Zammit through my blog on the Malta Independent. He started to comment on the posts, I upload on social media. This is how we became acquainted. From the way Mr.Zammit...

    There's not enough discussion about "the poor". Indeed even the usage of that expression has become rare, almost as if we believe it sounds too religious and hardly a precise...

Her father is a drug runner and her mother was married at 15. The girl, Desiree Mariottini, just 16 years old, became a drug addict. Her home, in Cisterna in Latina, south of Rome, was...

As progressives, we tend not to look back at past achievements but instead focus on building the conditions to achieve the present and future we believe in. However, while preparing this seventh...

The 2019 Budget is conspicuous not by what it says but by what it has left unsaid. In his customary long speech, Minister Edward Scicluna opted to make no reference to the major challenges that...

Liza Minelli's song "Money makes the world go round" is the underlying theme of the Budget speech delivered by Finance Minister in Parliament last Monday. The message driven home was that money and...

Nationalist party candidate for the European Parliament election Michael Briguglio gave his opinion on the 2019 budget in his vlog. He questioned whether this year's budget gives peace of mind....

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna and Opposition spokesperson for finance Mario de Marco exchanged metaphorical blows on areas of interest surrounding the recently announced budget for 2019 in this...

Gone are those days when we all were apprehensive of Budget Day, when the Minister for Finance used to announce price increases of commodities and other measures, which affected all, but not in a...

In his vlog onthe Mata Independent's website, MEP Francis Zammit Dimech states that this week he attended the unveiling of the portrait of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in the...