When one of my sons returned to Europe from Central America, where he had been living for a couple of years, he spent some months in Greece, on one of its many islands, before moving north. Why, I...

Is it just a suspicion or has street refuse been increasing? It does seem as if it is not simply a question of an increase in volume, but that it is becoming difficult to ensure that cleansing is...

People, down-to-earth people of all political colours and hues including many disgruntled Nationalists, simply cannot decide whether the outgoing Leader of the Opposition is belatedly trying to show a...

Do not get alarmed; this is just a hypothetical question:   Would you still board a cruise liner if, at the eleventh hour, your attention is drawn to the fact that the captain in charge of...

In a day and an age when a number of politicians and their hangers-on make the headlines for reasons of greed, for making hay while the sun shines, it is quite a change to have a politician in the...

It’s good news that the governent has been enlarging the choice of anti-cancer drugs available for “distribution” to patients. Many of these drugs will have made it quite recently to...

Go and Preach! Thoughts about the Order of the Preachers is the title of a book that has been published by the Dominican community in Malta. The actual title is Mur u Xandar! Ħsibijietdwar...

I’m a little tired of listening to the candidates for the Nationalist Party’s leadership election say what they will do to change the party, how they will run it, how they think it slots...

As this paper’s sister daily said, the silly season has been put off this year. Or rather, the silly season is here in all its glory all focused on the Nationalist Party leadership telenovela...

There is no doubt that the Maltese are an extremely patriotic and proud race. One can easily see that from browsing the comments section of any newspaper or social media post. They defend their nation...