The report published recently by the association of restaurants, the ACE, surveying what diners out in Maltese restaurants think about the service they get was very interesting. Most of all in the...

As Gozitan sunlight touches Fort Chambray's ramparts, this limestone structure above Mġarr Harbour - a silent witness to three centuries of activity, from past skirmishes to modern development -...

On Tuesday I received by electronic mail a copy of the decision of the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life relative to a complaint I had submitted on the 8 January 2025. My complaint dealt with...

Gozo is facing a terrible catastrophe.  The number of severely disabled people in our sister island has increased exponentially since Labour came to power.  That number didn't just double,...

It took nothing less than a judgment of the European Court of Justice for the Maltese Government to finally acknowledge what we had been saying for so long, precisely that citizenship is not for...

It's another warm July, and once again I find myself writing about yet another Mediterrane Film Festival which, for the third year running, has turned into an extraordinarily expensive extravaganza....

Take any Maltese male in his 60s or 70s, mention 'Colpo Grosso' to him ... and watch his face light up. That's the name of a TV series, identified with host Umberto Smaila, which for...

The role of the volunteer in Malta has become a topic of public interest, mainly because of the confluence of three trends. First, all levels of government are encouraging volunteer work as a...

For years, Eddie Fenech Adami was a successful leader who turned out to be a big personality. He dominated the Nationalist Party's organisation, policy development and electoral campaigns. But...

In 2013, Labour won a landslide victory. It did so again in 2017 and 2022. In the process, it regenerated itself and brought about unprecedented changes, making people's lives better. This happened...