I really am lost for words.  What happened on Monday afternoon is not only an act of aggression but also an attack on all of us who try to articulate ideas, chase stories, ask questions, try...

As was expected, last Monday's budget speech solemnly announced a budget surplus for the first time in many years. However, the environmental deficit was, as usual, hidden between the lines. The...

I was never fascinated with clairvoyants or with those who claim that they have the ability to read the signs from crystal balls or through extrasensory revelations.  Nor do I rely or allow...

I used to believe that it is only in Malta that public discourse is banalised to such an extent. Instead of discussing the available administrative and policy options, we focus on the people involved...

Therese Comodini Cachia is once again in the media to make her position clear on the recent controversy that engulfed the Nationalist Party with regard to granting leave of absence to infertile women...

When deciding what to write about this week and weighing up the various irritations or annoyances, I was faced with a bit of a challenge. With the portly Prime Minister jetting off to god knows where...

There was a moment, last weekend, when the country endured a swift succession of tragic news which then led to a moment of collective angst. First there was the news of the death of Jerome...

Even as the government speaks about making cannabis use legal – which means that you cannot have an anomalous situation in which selling it is illegal - the police have reported what is being...

The government presents the budget at this time of the year or in November and the Unions and Chambers respond with their opinion.  Good or poor, almost or nothing.  Once again, it seems,...

Last year the Government registered a surplus of €100 million, following more than 35 years of successive deficits. Labour turned a deficit of more than €360 million in 2012 to a surplus in...