So now we have a fresh, piping-hot scandal on our hands (“another week, another skandlu”). Joseph’s Taghna Lkoll government has left us breathless, but not in the way that he...

The latest batch of published statistics about economic performance during the first quarter of the year again confirmed the optimism that has gained ground. The rates of growth in a number of sectors...

Who hasn’t heard of the celebrated band Winter Moods?  Who hasn’t hummed Marigold or Everlasting or maybe My Neverland at some point in their life?   Well a couple of weeks...

The Government is in the middle of another scandal involving its property. It has been reported that a ‘famous’ concrete magnate, by the surname of Gaffarena, made a hefty profit through...

Labour and education never lived in the same street. Each time it was in government it never placed education as a priority. Worse, it dismantled most of what had been built...

On the CD player I have“Wings at the Speed of Sound”, released in 1976, playing. Silly Love Songs is on; McCartney is on the bass as the brass pop up to introduce the chorus. The song is a...

Beyond the ongoing controversies regarding the proposal to establish a new private University in Malta – some of which are hardly conducted in good faith – how can one arrive at a sensible...

We should begin by calling it by its appropriate name and that is the University of Sadeen.  Not the De Paul University as it was first introduced to us, or the American University of Malta which...

I had never visited the picturesque Zonqor Point until last Sunday. The opportunity helped me to understand better why many people who have the privilege of living in the area would never accept to...

These days, the Labour Government is being overtaken by the too many tales of corruption or bad practices that are surfacing in the media. Even the story of corruption at Mater Dei is backfiring, as...