By now organisers of gatherings whether at national, locality or at home are putting together their plans to entertain their guests.  Save some minor details which will be kept under wraps till...

2015 is all but gone. All this year's experiences,  good thoughts,  bad thoughts, emotions, worries , fears,  ambitions,  struggles, are  consumed and snuffed...

A friend of mine claims that the best lesson we had this year did not result from developments in the euro zone or the Middle East or wherever, but from football. In his view, the ongoing FIFA...

I love Christmas so it’s not because I’m a Grinch that I can’t stand the spectacle of vulgarity and showing-off that is the Community Chest Fund’s end-of-year fundraiser. By...

I got to know Josette Dalli back in that terrible month of July 1990, when news came of the accident involving her nephew, Matthew Micallef St John. In those terrible days, hope alternated with...

Earlier this week, the management of Malta’s International Airport announced a €78 million investment programme, aimed at enlarging the terminal buildings, improving and upgrading existing...

Extended family get-togethers at Christmas time are always fun. Many of us of a certain age find it boringly interesting to compare physical and mental notes, a year on every time, which is more or...

The parliamentary secretary Ian Borg has issued what sounds like a triumphant statement in the wake of the findings by the Permanent Commission Against Corruption that “there is an insufficient...

Some days ago, I had the opportunity to meet representatives of students from Gozo, as well as of business concerns and tourism entrepreneurs in Gozo. Most discussions related to the future of...

A key symbol at this time of the year is unquestionably the Christmas tree.  In most, if not all homes, offices and public places the centre of attraction remains this icon.  Whilst...