“gag /gæg/ n & v. • n, 1. a piece of cloth, etc., thrust into or held over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out. 2. a joke or comic scene in a play, film, etc....

The government’s arguments to rubbish the view that the rate of exchange of the Maltese lira ought to be brought down to a more competitive level...

After an interminable round of talks between the social partners, the proposal to draw up a “social pact” on the lines drawn up by the government proved to be unattainable....

There are currently four main messages being transmitted by this country’s all male leadership. Which one do you really think is the most credible?...

Explaining the success of the Maltese economy since Independence is no easy task. Even reputable economists like Prof. Lino Briguglio often admit that our success as an island (archipelago) State has been something of an economic miracle. ...

When this country voted to join the European Union, two different arguments came together in favour of the Yes vote....

Having read the article by Daphne Caruana Galizia titled “They’re soldiers not girl guides” (TMIS, 6 February), and being the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of Malta, it seems that apologies are in order....

The disastrous result of the last Federal election held on 9 October left the Australian *Labor Party in a mess. Mark Latham’s 13-month leadership was always on the line. ...

Many new projects in a changing economy like ours straddle different sectors of economic and social activity. ...

As fate would have it, it had to be the first Gonzi budget that precipitated the ruling Nationalist administration into the eye of the storm, rather than the long years of hype and puff and spin that claimed that “the economy was moving in the right direc...