Last week, the Prime Minister announced his intention to reopen St Luke’s as a hospital to be used for gerontology. I am sure that this is a wise decision for this building. It was a big mistake...

Poverty, the poverty trap, at risk of poverty and social exclusion are terms which are used frequently.  I am certain that, on most occasions, people unfortunately do not give the importance this...

"Just living is not enough" said the butterfly fairy, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."  - Hans Christian Anderson I was a lucky child  and my childhood was a...

It looks like the new medical school project is going to turn out to be another gas-fired power station – and it doesn’t help that the minister in charge is the same one. The school...

I can summarise and simplify what I intend to write about today by saying that there is one overarching reason why some countries will not follow Greece down the road to perdition: Greece is governed...

The Third Sector is comprised of mutuals, cooperatives, associations, charities and voluntary organisations, amongst others, to generate opportunities for what is known as volunteerism. No, I...

The issue to be decided upon on 11 April is whether Malta should accept or repeal the regulations that permit spring hunting. In fact the question asked in the referendum is as follows: “Do...

 Granted, those were pre-internet and pre e-mail days - in 1971 - and physical paper records were needed forevery file and movement from department to department.  But the picture of George...

Last Sunday, the Malta Independent carried an article on the PN’s political campaign for the Local Council elections. According to the article, the PN Parliamentary Group is being kept in the...

By ‘the great debate’ I mean the face-to-face between Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil on PBS’s TimesTalk this week. It may be obvious for some readers but I assure you not for...