One of the arguments that keeps coming up in the ongoing debate about spring hunting is that there are millions of turtle doves, the population is enormous, so what's the fuss all about? Yes, the...

Once again we are being asked to vote, this time round in a referendum (and a proportion of us in the long forgotten Local Government elections).   Some have claimed that the electorate is...

In Malta, many confuse "secularism" with the French term of laïcité or lay. A country that is secular is not necessarily lay, even if these two terms are semantically closer to...

With few exceptions here and there, local workers are motivated to perform conscientiously their duties at the workplace. There is no dillydallying. This is well recognised and credited by local...

I am writing this in January, nearly a full year before the next solidarity campaign known as l-Istrina, during which funds are raised in aid of the Community Chest Fund. I do not want to be accused...

“Listen, Peaches, trickery is what humans are all about," said the voice of Maurice. "They're so keen on tricking one another all the time that they elect governments to do it for...

The Opposition leader’s decision to vote in favour of spring hunting is disastrous for the Nationalist Party. The tragedy is that this decision has probably been considered only in terms of what...

I am being very anti today, so I will not write about the latest invention to occupy our minds and discussions and get us to fall out and bicker among ourselves – the Spring hunting...

The abolition of spring hunting will lead to the protection of birds when they most need it. All birds will be protected, not just the quail and turtle dove. Birds need our protection during the...

There is this sneaking suspicion that we all love a controversy, more so if it happens to be an issue that provokes national debate. As a nation, we seem to thrive on such inexhaustible sources of...