(1)        Transport Minister Joe Mizzi has said that there might be a garden in the ditch (if he finds the money, presumably from the €6 million carnival...

For some strange reason ‘alcohol stories’ in the media don’t seem to hold water.  It might be that the fact that we subsist in a society that is always busy organizing...

Most of the news items during the past days were much like a ride on a roller-coaster, with more sheer drops than straight ups, and unexpected twists and sharp turns. The gruesome death of the...

Last Sunday, Joseph Muscat said that the Labour Party always respected democracy. Well, maybe he should be reminded of what happened in the 1981 election, but given that in the same speech he...

I wrote this article while stranded in Gibraltar due to a bomb scare at the airport, which apparently had never happened here before. The power of the social media terrifies and...

I am one who strongly believes that politics needs to be authentic to have credibility. When authenticity starts waning, the electorate starts losing hope and trust in its politicians whilethe...

For more than one reason the feasts in Malta remain a showground for controversy.  As a state of fact, many would agree that the feasts do not just celebrate the Saint but also get the community...

Hot on the heels of the news that there will now be a market inserted between the theatre and parliament house (the world's first market in a project designed by Renzo Piano) we have another Taghna...

The story began to develop late on Tuesday morning, although it had been present in some way or another since the previous week. Independently of each other, our newsroom was contacted by its...