At this stage I don’t believe there is anybody remotely sentient who does not see now that Manuel Mallia was an accident waiting to happen, whatever his or her political views. Some of us would...

It was botched by the government right from the start. The way it handled the shooting at a car by the driver of Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia was the perfect exercise in mismanagement of a...

Yesterday,December 8, the town of Bormla celebrated its annual feast, that of the Immaculate Conception. Beyond any religious meaning that this activity entails, the Church is the only institution in...

The festive season decorations are now all over the place.Homes and streets are decorated with a wide selection of twinkling, runninglights in a variety of colours, sizesand patterns. Some streets are...

The title of this piece is not original. It is a phrase coined by the Jewish Philosopher Hannah Arendt.   Let me make it clear from the outset that I cannot boast of any formal...

It seems that the 'genitalia' keeps making the rounds within the local political discourse. After Austin's iniquitous 'ghamilna pipi' it was the time for a ticklish 'm'intix żigg' by the...

A lot of people seem to be watching the ongoing tragic farce involving the government and its police minister as just that: a tragic farce on some stage or screen. But this is real life. While humour...

As every football fan knows, when a team loses the initiative and is constrained to defend, defend, defend, with its back to the wall, that team has lost the game. So far, ever since the Budget,...