Gozo deserves to stand on its own two feet as a Mediterranean destination. The island carries its own soul, rhythm, and landscape, and yet every tourism platform still treats it like an appendix of...

The discussion on TVM during the week between Finance Minister Clyde Caruana and his shadow, Adrian Delia, was quite revealing. Essentially, they agreed that drastic action is required to address...

Imagine this: Two divorced parents locked in an endless contest to outdo each other. "I'll take you to Disneyland Paris," says the mother to their children. "Oh no," replies the father, "I'll take you...

This piece continues the discussion from last Sunday's article "Getting the Balance Right: When Saving Becomes Sustainable" and the search for a fair earnings trigger. Part I showed how contributions...

November 2 shouldn't be just any other day. November 2, 2013, commemorates the assassination of two French journalists in Mali. Don't shoot the messenger; rather, one should address the source of...

The contradiction that is Malta was in full view on Monday, Budget Day. Let's start from the outside moving inwards. The environmentalists, led by their redoubtable and resourceful historic...

Only seven referenda have ever been conducted in Malta: one of them in the nineteenth century, three in the twentieth century, and another two in the twenty-first century, with the most controversial...

Never have we witnessed such a tremendous positive reaction to a budget. People from all walks of life, regardless of their background, age, or financial standing, shall benefit from unprecedented tax...

After the budget speech and the ensuing hubbub - mostly about the social benefits and the tax changes that were announced - are over, the time arrives when supposedly the details of the published...

I must begin with a simple fact. Adrian Delia is the partner of my daughter Cynthia. Yet what I write today stands independently of any family connection. Facts exist beyond personal ties, and truth...