Hats off to Konrad Mizzi. He makes headlines once again and, once again, for the wrong reasons. The list of stories involving the Minster for Energy and Health is endless. I am losing count. His...

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.” ― Woody Allen. Sound the retreat.  It is not unusual to have around us those who prefer to shrink...

As rightly reported by the Malta Independent, towards the end of last week, theTripoli Acting Prime Minister, Khalifa al-Ghawi, was in Malta to hold a number of bilateral meetings. At the end of his...

Malta’s Minister of Health and Energy – who by tonight will be deputy leader of the Labour Party – is behaving as though it is entirely normal for somebody on a state salary, whose...

European discourse is again becoming injected with religious undertones. To be for or against EU membership, for or against one direction instead of another for the Union, are not arguments being...

It is always a dilemma whether we should be writing, speaking or even mentioning the phenomenon of suicide.  It has been said that when high profile suicides take place and they are reported in...

We all know, or expected to know, the separation of powers in a democracy and the importance of such division.  The clear demarcation lines of power in a democracy are to prevent abuse of power...

As someone who resided for a number of years in Senglea, I find the recent controversy about the Palumbo Dockyard extremely interesting. In the past twenty years or so, a sort of a love-hate...

The velvety flowers come in all the arresting shades of pink , red, and burnt orange you can possibly imagine, apart from the popular milky white , of course. As for...

We should not run away with the idea that the last European Council has happily closed the controversy regarding whether the UK should stay in the EU or leave. Many European governments are at...