It looks like electricity tariffs are no longer even an issue for Muscat and his men, let alone a big issue or even the issue of the day. This is something on which they fought most of the last...

When economic growth is substantial, ministers of finance can find themselves being subjected to pressures as strong as when austerity policies are being followed. This happens because one and all...

I must admit that ‘mental health’ is one of my pet subjects.  Some years back in my role as social worker when I used to visit Mt Carmel Hospital on a regular basis I remember...

If you are happy about the budget, you’re a pensioner, a low-income earner or someone living off other people’s earnings via social assistance. Or someone who will applaud the Labour...

Most, if not all, eyes and ears were yesterday glued to the Parliament Channel.  Save for a national disaster, God forbid, the announced Budget measures will, this morning, feature prominently...

Hawn isfel ha nagħtikom biss ħjiel ta' x'nixtieq nara jien fil-Budget tal-lejla. Il-kumplament naqsmu magħkom aktar tard din il-ġimgħa uffiċjalment bħala Partit...

In recent weeks, I was involved in an exercise to prepare a report for the European Parliament’s plenary in Strasbourg, discussing the Commission’s recommendations to member states about...

The editor of the Malta Independent on Sunday, David Lindsay, is being sued for criminal libel in connection with the news item he published about the Libya visa scam. While I have no problem with...

The police are working overtime to combat crime, including rampant white-slave trafficking, drug-dealing and corruption. They made a major breakthrough yesterday when they succeeded in identifying and...

The most intriguing news this past week, at least as I see it, is that Caroline Muscat has been appointed to lead the PN election campaign. I want to make it clear from the outset that, strange...