On the surface, Simon Busuttil's words on George Pullicino during last Sunday's Nationalist Party activity seemed to be in defence of the former Resources Minister, under fire as he is from the Labour...

Around this time of the year, one particular news item perpetually resurfaces - the COLA.  The yearly cost of living adjustment makes up for consumers' purchasing power erosion in the previous...

In the past days, the Nationalist Party organized a national convention on the theme IdeaMalta. Perhaps, it would have been better had it been termed IdeaPN, because the first thing that the...

Following the discourteous exit of Lawrence Gonzi, not only from the reigns of the country but also from those of the party Leadership, somehow everyone 'knew' that the next in line would be Dr Simon...

We live in strange times and bizarre things keep happening all around us near and far. And in times of such unprecedented uncertainty, people tend to either ignore things and suppress any grey matter...

Few people realise that what they are getting for free is not free at all. That someone else is paying for it. When we speak of free education, free health care and a wide array of social...

The role of 10 fora created by the leader of the Nationalist Party is to reverse the headless chicken mode that his party is in after two successive electoral defeats. Whether he will succeed or...

Last Monday, in Parliament, I was sitting right opposite Konrad Mizzi and Joseph Muscat as they tried to deflect attention from their failure. I wasn't just listening to what was being said. I...

Hasn't Leanne Camilleri, the 20-year-old whose false sexual abuse allegations landed her father in prison for more than a year, had enough of a terrible life already? When she was found guilty of...

One third into this legislature, the Labour government can still do no wrong for many of those who voted for it. With an Opposition that struggled to regroup and is still finding its feet after the...