Three parliamentary votes — all with the same result — would seem to have buried the Panama Papers issue, and in any other circumstance would have found the entire country up in arms...

Some people who run some of the voluntary organisations that go by the hip term of NGOs really can be such downers. I much prefer those characters and those organisations with an optimistic view of...

In 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen. In 1886, the first petrol- or gasoline-powered automobile, was invented by...

The Times of Malta (on-line version - 25-5-2016) considered a news item a post uploaded by Dr. Godfrey Farrugia on his Facebook Page aimed at denigrating the Palumbo Shipyard. The Directors of the...

It has been three years since the last general election and, for the second time, the courts have decided that the PN is right and should be given two more seats in parliament. For me, the case has a...

The Prime Minister’s performance yesterday evening in parliament was disgraceful. Adopting a tone that can only be described as bitchy, he tossed spiteful remarks across the playground while...

Recommendations made by the European Commission regarding Malta’s economic management are interesting. They relate to how the economic structure we now have generates enough investment or less...

The publication of the Transport document by the Nationalist Party got entrapped in political controversy for the wrong reasons with the result that it has lost the surprise element that such type of...

One issue that in one way or another is permanently wedged in our social psyche is ‘the family’.  In some way or another, this institution in our country retains high importance and...

“All for one and one for all” is the famous motto of The Three Musketeers, a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. The theme of friendship is a vital ingredient throughout the whole book,...