This week it was a Syrian worker aged 22 who fell five storeys into a shaft. The week before it was the 25-year-old from Fgura who fell inside a Tarxien construction site.  Just two days...

On Friday December 7 the local sports arena lost a very talented journalist, Henry Calleja. Henry had a brilliant career as a sports broadcaster. And, later on, this outstanding career was crowned...

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The powers invested in the Prime Minister of Malta widely overshadow those of the Judiciary, the Ombudsman, the President, Parliament and just about everyone and everything else in the country, and...

I want to pass some quick comments on a potpourri of topics that have attracted my attention in the past few days: the spectre of abortion haunting us again, literature, the new English-loanword...

Losers usually resort to making random promises in order to survive. Winners make  commitments they know they can keep, fully aware that facts are what distinguish them.  The Labour...

Women face a plethora of challenges in Malta, and it is easy to see how they can be under-represented in politics.  It recently it came to my attention that the Prime Minister was once again...

From where is Enemed Co. Ltd procuring its supply of petrol? Why does Enemed fail to secure its petrol supplies through the European Union “Tenders Electronic Daily (TED)” to obtain the...

Since I now live on the outskirts of a village and have given up my four wheels, I brace myself to spend hours on the bus routes when my destination is not within reasonable walking distance. True...

Last Sunday saw the start of the Advent liturgical season. As we know, the word advent comes from the Latin word adventus which means “coming”.  Essentially, Advent is a season...