Malta has experienced a progressive degradation of the environment over the last years. Last  October, we had a raging public controversy of unprecedented proportions when parliament,...

The flavour of the week undoubtedly was Roderick Galdes, chosen by Robert Abela to help people get affordable housing, who turned out to have purchased a duplex penthouse in Ta' Gelmus, Rabat Gozo for...

Last Monday, Parliamentary Secretary Alison Zerafa Civelli and I moved forward a bill to officially enshrine Valletta as Malta's capital city, as well as to formally designate 27 December as the...

There is a growing (and I think correct) belief that more and more of decisions being taken are based on false information. Indeed, beyond that, programmed efforts are being sustained to spread false...

Malta struggles with traffic, but the genuine crisis hides in the details that shape every journey. Anyone who drives across Malta and Gozo meets the same catalogue of failure: faded lines, unlit...

The quality of justice is a constant and long‑standing concern of our country, as shown in particular by several regular recommendations forthcoming from stakeholders on ways of facilitating...

The claim has been made frequently, with reason. The people of Malta and Gozo are "producing" less children than what is required to replenish the population. Instead the prospects are that there will...

Robert Abela hired Neville Gafa, a man notorious for his toxic blog, a perennial spring of offence, insults and threats. Gafa even targeted ministers in Abela's own cabinet. Previously Gafa gained...

Budget 2026 has been presented as a social budget, with a long list of measures aimed at families, pensioners, persons with disability and low- to middle-income households. Beyond the speeches and...

The Downtown Hotel in Victoria awaits its next chapter. The government now wants to convert this hotel - owned by construction magnate Joseph Portelli, a man whose business circles often overlap with...