On the third of May the United Nations celebrated World Press Freedom Day.  That same week Malta witnessed gruesome testimony in court describing how Daphne Caruana Galizia was barbarically...

Gozo embraced May with queues in two dimensions. On Comino at dawn on the first day of the month, wardens lifted scanners, read QR codes from holiday-makers' phones and handed out colour-coded...

The ongoing genocide in Gaza, while most of the world watches, is horrendous. There is no doubt in anybody's mind that the state of Israel is after the complete extermination of the Palestinian...

We all recall how, at the height of the raging controversy surrounding the fast-paced magisterial inquiries reform, two prominent former chief justices could not resist having their say in the local...

The media onslaught against Israel keeps increasing day after day with wall-to-wall coverage of dead children, injured children, malnourished children, etc. The world is rising up in horror at...

Owen Bonnici, our top man in culture and heritage, has called for transparency. For a second, reading Owen's pointed observation, I actually believed he had had a damascene moment. I thought he...

This week, Prime Minister Robert Abela entrusted me with the Lands Authority in addition to my current portfolio, National Patrimony, the Arts and Local Councils.  This is a significant...

In April 2025, Malta's annual inflation rate rose to 2.4%, up from 2.1% in March, according to the National Statistics Office. What stands out is that the biggest contributor was...

The idea that a university should be autonomous in its management so that academic standards can be safeguarded in a context which promotes freedom of thought and expression is a principle that on...

Last April, the Ministry for Health and Active Ageing launched The National Palliative Care Strategy 2025-2035. The main objective of the strategy is to continue strengthening access to...