Most of the news items during the past days were much like a ride on a roller-coaster, with more sheer drops than straight ups, and unexpected twists and sharp turns. The gruesome death of the...

Last Sunday, Joseph Muscat said that the Labour Party always respected democracy. Well, maybe he should be reminded of what happened in the 1981 election, but given that in the same speech he...

I wrote this article while stranded in Gibraltar due to a bomb scare at the airport, which apparently had never happened here before. The power of the social media terrifies and...

I am one who strongly believes that politics needs to be authentic to have credibility. When authenticity starts waning, the electorate starts losing hope and trust in its politicians whilethe...

For more than one reason the feasts in Malta remain a showground for controversy.  As a state of fact, many would agree that the feasts do not just celebrate the Saint but also get the community...

There are amateurs and there are amateurs. Good amateurs are those who do things for love. Money does not really come into their equation. They have a passion for what they do and go into great...

Malta is not mentioned many times in the international media, and when it is it always attracts our attention. It is more so when the news featuring our country involves our national security,...

The newspapers have reported that when Joseph Muscat met Angela Merkel yesterday in Berlin, informally, she asked him whether he had had a good relationship with his predecessor. Merkel’s was...

Our latest controversy is on the new, now discarded, Monti stalls that were intended to host bargain purchases in the form of jeans (‘tlieta lira’), panties tat-tigra, sexy push-up and...

Joseph Muscat seems to be enjoying himself as the prime ruler of this little country of ours. He has the best position anyone wanting to have it his own way all the time can hope to hold. We have now...