As the days get longer, and the mercury column starts to climb, we know that summer is on the way, and with it all the elements that we have grown accustomed to - both enjoyable and less...

The scene of a holy procession navigating tables and chairs is no longer the realm of surrealism. Sadly, it has become normality, as the Valletta community has been shoved to the side, and its ancient...

I have been harping on this issue for a long time now and the recent silent agreement between the two sides on Malta's defence, even if surrounded as usual by a thousand insults and accusations,...

Connectivity for Gozo reached a pivotal moment recently with Maltese PN MEP Peter Agius, who took the initiative head-on during a significant national conference at Kempinski Hotel in San Lawrenz. The...

It has been 46 years since that crucial evening when Prime Minister Dom Mintoff lit the torch of freedom at the Birgu waterfront, and the last British soldier left Malta for good. It was a momentous...

Even in the tourism sector we sometimes give the impression that we have a strategic outlook that builds on two contradictory perspectives. On the one hand we insist that if Malta-bound tourism is to...

The establishment of this bureau is already too late considering that, surely, many tragic traffic fatalities could have been prevented had it been set up and functioning. While I understand that...

An interesting aspect of present-day political discourse everywhere is how "reform" in the singular or plural happens to be among the most frequently used words. The word is being used so often that...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia seems to have turned to standup comedy.  After being accused of bias by a frustrated Opposition, he issued a side-splittingly funny statement. "The Speaker notes that he...

"We think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know it, is irrelevant? Ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. We could help each other...