Most of the improvements undertaken to increase the capacity of the road infrastructure, in the long term, are of no use. Flyovers, underpasses and tunnels: they do not solve anything. They only make...

The 2025 budget proposals for Gozo are already available from the Gozo Business Chamber (GBC) and The Gozo Tourism Association (GTA). The Gozo Regional Development Authority (GRDA) has still not...

It has not been a good summer for the Labour party. It is evident that the results of the European Parliament elections last June, have sent the party in Government into a tailspin which as things...

Inspirational teenage athlete Jake Vella died last week, aged 15. Malta mourned his death. A life cut short by an extremely rare condition. But despite his short life marked with tragedy, Jake's...

In the months and years before Malta was declared an independent country in September 1964, huge controversies arose over how it could keep afloat if separated completely from the UK. From what could...

Public libraries have seen a significant resurgence in usage and this in itself is positive news.  It certainly reflects our nation's growing appreciation for literature and the...

We had another serious accident in the building construction industry this week at Gżira. The retained  façade of a number of buildings currently in the process of being redeveloped...

It's been a year since Robert Abela rammed through his anti-deadlock legal amendment, making former Chief Justice Joseph Azzopardi Standards Commissioner. Since then not a single MP has been...

Going to trial to have a judge hear evidence and make a decision is sometimes the most effective way of resolving a difficult legal dispute. However, it is also one of the slowest and most expensive...

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...