Gone are the days when we waited in front of the TV set, glued impatiently to learn whether the government’s procedure of bulk buying meant that the price of tuna would go up or down. They were...

The term voyeur has strong sexual implications, meaning someone who  spies on others’ intimate behaviour. Despite the fact that this government is adamant in its support for the...

Good as it is, the budget for 2016 like its predecessors and those which will follow, depends for its success on how well the government manages to implement its proposals. The reference to the...

I know we are meant to gad about projecting sunbeams and streaming positivity from every orifice, but quite frankly, I don’t feel like it. That’s the sort of thing you do when you are in a...

It is a fact written in statistics that this Country is doing well on a number of fronts. Economic indicators on a multitude of areas indicate optimism and progress, namely, low unemployment...

The 2016 Budget speech delivered yesterday evening is today’s talk of the town.   This morning, representatives from the business community, trade unions and civil society are engaged...

To my surprise, this year’s budget made no reference to the upcoming Commonwealth meeting that  will be taking place in Malta in a few weeks’ time and the economic and financial...

I do not usually watch local tv stations. Each time I’ve made the effort to try I found their programmes boring, repetitive and not engaging at all, so I zap onto other channels in less than...

In total contrast to past years, this year the Malta government should not find it difficult to satisfy in its budget for 2016, obligations arising under the Stability and Growth Pact as contracted...

As revelation piles upon revelation and news report upon news report, the stories of corruption, abuse, pilfering and filching, cronies on the payroll, ‘making the most of it’ and...