A case heard in court yesterday drew attention to an issue which requires proper attention by parliament, the press and civic rights groups, but which receives no such attention at all. The court...

Not so long ago, sixty was considered to be the pensionable age. However for the sixtieth anniversary of the EU, the discussion did not focus on how to ensure that the Union would enjoy the restful...

Media guru Andrew Azzopardi has every reason to lament the current deterioration in the standard of political debate on both radio and television. At a time when the country is fast moving towards a...

A couple of days ago this lovely gentleman who happens to be the Uncle of my wife (from her father’s side) passed away. It is now an accepted fact that when people pass on we go on a tirade of...

The national debate is all the time taking different twists and turns; but in all circumstances, the common underlying denominator remains highly politicised. Little room, if any, is allowed for other...

The public debate on whether, and to what extent, it is appropriate to have an electoral alliance between Alternattiva Demokratika and the Nationalist Party has been in full swing on social media over...

PanamaLabour is populating your mind with a funny communication. It’s called ‘Four years of firsts and, as expected, it closes with a plagiarised salute, this time from French presidential...

Lots of crocodile tears have been shed about the draft new law on media. For quite a while, it was clear that the existing legislation needed to be amended, especially due to the emergent and by...

On Tuesday 21 February, I attended a very interesting evening at the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta entitled Falco-on-Aria. The subject was photographs of men and falcons taken by Serena...

The act of murder on London’s Westminster Bridge has been the subject of endless news coverage over the last few days, but while it is welcome to the media channels which are invariably...