I would like to express my disappointment after hearing Peppi Azzopardi say, during last Friday’s Xarabank programme, that only the SPCA will benefit from the percentage going to animal welfare NGOs from l-Istrina....

The Ministry of Tourism should realise that with Ryanair and similar airlines offering very cheap fares thousands more tourists will come to Malta, the tourist industry will get back on its feet, and more workers will find jobs in hotels and so on....

While working in the United State House of Representatives several years ago, I had the privilege of working with members of the Maltese delegation at the embassy in Washington. I admit my knowledge of Malta was sparse at the time, consisting mainly of i...

A few days ago Europe commemorated the International Day of Human Rights. It must be recalled that Europe was a precursor in this field. In fact, only a few years after the Second World War, the European States created the European Convention of Human R...

I refer to L. Pace’s letter entitled “Waterfront development” in which he persists in casting doubts on the proposed Qui-si-Sana development (TMIS, 12 December)....

On 21 November, this paper reported that with three days left to go for Budget Day, there was still a “rather substantial shortfall” in the government’s stated target, listed in the Convergence Report it submitted to the EU months before. Though unreporte...

What a fine mess we find ourselves in! Here we are, in the middle of a severe crisis, with an unprecedented mountain of debt, with our industry becoming more and more uncompetitive and the palace gang of nincompoops carry on with the charade as if everyth...

The Maltese living in Australia are a fortunate lot. Considering the size of the Maltese community, we have been able to achieve the support of the Special Broadcasting Service television station (SBS TV) to air a regular Maltese news programme on Sunday ...

Although the government’s intentions are honourable, the decision to forfeit holidays that fall on the weekend is strategically flawed and deficient. Firstly, it is essentially inequitable because people who work a six-day week or on shift basis will sti...

Year in, year out, we have to assist to the annual farce of what I term as budgetary boredom!...