Sitting in parliament on Tuesday I could feel the moment demanded gravitas. I would say all went well. Almost. This was, after all, a historic event. The House was being addressed by the...

I bet that you will not find anything similar to what passes for political narrative in Malta. In all the other countries I can think of, political discussion goes on, as it does here, without...

As my regular readers will vouch, I have always been a firm believer in the bilingual aptitude of the vast majority of Maltese. There is absolutely nothing new in it, however. For centuries under the...

Our waste can be put to good use, which is why we are encouraged to separate and recycle what we would otherwise throw away. Our waste contains plenty of useful resources that can be recovered and...

Watching and listening to Simon Busuttil speaking in Parliament on Monday on the Budget restored our mind and emotions to a level place, from where we may regain a sense of trust and order.  Too...

I have been following the disability sector closely for years on end now.  Apart from my academic interest, over these last 30 years  I have done it all; from Care Work to driving...

The MUT President, Kevin Bonello, resorted to the MUT’s official Facebook page to launch an attack on those who are disagreeing with the distribution of books about gay and lesbian sexuality in...

There are times when I think I’ve fallen down the rabbit-hole, and this is one of them. Labour MP Joe Farrugia – believe me when I say that I had never heard of him before now – said...

I was hardly impressed by the Nationalist Opposition’s critique of the 2016 budget and of the present economic direction. It is clear that when the economy is on a roll, as is happening now in...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat must have been very irked by the well-measured and genuine reply to the budget given by Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil on Monday. In his address on Tuesday, Joseph...