Debate over migration governance has become more polarised, harming the relations between the two shores of the Mediterranean. The northern shore shouts across the sea: discourage irregular migration....

Around this time last year, in my op-ed in The Malta Independent, I presented a short snapshot of the Covid-19 situation in Malta and beyond in the run-up to Christmas. This was a time when infection...

I vividly remember my first home visits, back in 2012, in preparation for my candidacy in the 2013 general election. In Malta we practise “intimate democracy”; home visits are a must. As...

A couple of weeks ago the internet was alight with the new promo for X-Factor, a very popular talent show to be broadcasted on Television Malta in the forthcoming autumn schedule.  It is a show...

Events in Afghanistan in this past week have revealed a shift in global organization and thinking.  Mostly there was a sense of shock at the way the Taliban had swept into Kabul in such a short...

The research project which saw a space balloon successfully being launched from Bighi all the way up to the stratosphere carrying cameras and other technological tools with the aim of recording new...

In a recent interview in The Malta Independent on Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne said that “Herd immunity is a mathematical formula. It’s not a magical...

PM Abela vouches to implement the public inquiry recommendations, but then makes sure to stifle free media at PBS while endorsing Edward Zammit Lewis, the Minister for Good(?) Governance who was in...

Not a single week goes by without news hitting the headlines showing Labour's excesses, bad governance, corruption, sleaze and impunity.  Investigations by the Commissioner for Standards in...

The Minister of Transport, Joe Mizzi, is one of those men of slight build who are a giant of comedy in their own mind. In Parliament, the other day, he decided to go one better than his colleagues in...