“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. ...

Come next May and this Republic – I nearly mentioned the fruit, but I have respect for bananas – will celebrate its first birthday as part of this great “One Europe. We’ve done really well, so much so that “Maltese top SMS use in EU”. ...

Malta is still green with regard to environmental matters. The country’s track record so far is certainly not one to be held up as an example. ...

Some may beg to differ while others may openly declare that no race is mentally superior to another, thus abstaining from the subject of racism, but in truth, here in Malta, ...

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...