As the year comes to an end it is a good time to take stock of the state of Maltese politics. This time last year we were at the ebb of ebbs, with Joseph Muscat lingering on as Prime Minister...

There is something called 'ethics' which has become as rare as rocking horse crap. It seems that we keep hearing of one alleged case after another of people mixing their professional, political,...

The financial services industry is possibly the golden goose of the Maltese economy, pumping up to €1.7 billion to our Gross Domestic Product per year and providing for over 12,000 families with...

Sadly, this year Pride month is not what we were hoping it would be. After last year’s major success at the Pride March, and the amazing events which took place throughout September, we...

Bernard Grech is a quiet, unassuming man endowed with what I perceive as the right values and vision. He's an articulate straight-talker and a doer. Great potential lies concealed beneath his serene...

Edward Scicluna’s testimony, mid-week, during the inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination is outrageous. Through his own testimony he depicts himself as a spineless Minister of...

Only a blinkered fool would deny that the political situation in Malta is dire. Even the most positive cannot escape this negativism. Notwithstanding the opinion polls, notwithstanding the smiling,...

Before 2013, the San Antonio group used to regularly invite a small group of journalists and stockbrokers to a business breakfast to announce the financial results of the preceding half year. The...

This week’s cabinet meeting was held at the Malta Chamber premises, a first. In fact this was described as a historic meeting as it was the first cabinet meeting held at these premises, and also...

I have been an MP for roughly seven and a half years. I am not one of the most experienced - some of my colleagues have served for over two decades - but I'm not totally new either.  In our...