The Mater Dei “Hospital Activity Report” is a regular internal publication which gives a clear picture of the state of affairs within our national general hospital. It is no top secret...

I have a hunch that the current Government’s decision to introduce textbooks about gender equality in State Primary Schools is in part derived from a misreading of Michel Foucault’s book...

It is astonishing to see how the essential point is missed, in the news that there will be no figurative statue of Dom Mintoff in Castile Place, that there should never have been plans for one at all....

I was surprised to learn about the resources available to non-resident ambassadors in capital cities where they are accredited. When they visit “their” capitals, travel and...

In the political scene in Malta people from both ends of the continuum are continually on the look-out to claim ‘a victory’.  It does sound childish but every time something goes...

“The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone”–John 8:7 It is deep-seated, an accepted practice in our society, that cash or in kind tokens swap hands in...

The controversy around the building of a power station running on gas has till now focused on the bank guarantee but little consideration is being given to the urban impact that this new structure...

Hardly anything shows better how education in Malta remains grounded in traditional beliefs than the attitude we display towards it. We all consider the time that an individual spends studying as a...

The Prime Minister was out in Marsascala yesterday, backed by a line-up of goons and in the company of Ray Demicoli, the architect on the University of Baksheesh project, who was looking extremely...

First published in 1973, Ernst Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered has always presented a challenge to politicians and economic planners. It contrasts to, and in...