After reading my piece about the pointless existence of our army and the apparent belief of many Maltese soldiers and their families that theirs is just another government job, a friend emailed me to make a valid point. ...

Despite the conflicts which arose, fish farms were still granted a licence according to a report by WWF entitled “Tuna farming in the Mediterranean: the bluefin tuna stock at stake”. ...

Faced with a developing fascist threat in Malta, it is important to be thorough and draw once more the political demarcation lines, since the traditional left-right divide seems to be insufficient to contain this fierce and destructive attack....

“Participants agree there is no quick solution” (TMID 8 February)....

Your correspondent, Mr Victor Spiteri of Attard (TMID 14 February), thought fit to comment on my piece (TMID 22 January), under the heading “Where is the silver lining?”...

One of the major problems on this island, that goes hand-in-hand with drugs, is the use of alcohol. ...

Rumours have been spreading that the government is to adopt a collect and kill policy for stray animals. ...

The Competitiveness and Communications Ministry portfolio is relatively new. ...

Public reaction to the army’s chosen method of quelling a peaceful protest at Safi’s detention camp can be divided into roughly three categories: outright condemnation of the army, outright condemnation of the detainees, and the inevitable fence-sitters (...

The breakdown of negotiations regarding the social pact at the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development ended where they were always destined to end, in a blind alley....