The proposed development of the ITS site at St George’s Bay has raised the concerns of many and for good reason. People living in the area are worried that the development will have a negative...

Declaring that an eight-cell human embryo is not a human being has a purpose. The idea is to convince people by spinning a tale – that the embryo is not human but only a product, a commodity,...

Hubris is a weakness to which politicians are particularly susceptible. This is mostly apparent in the tendency of politicians to pontificate from above to lesser (non-politician) mortals on...

It seems strange to be writing about Charles Thake in the past tense, he was always so full of life and indeed such a life-enhancer. Oh sure to live to 90 is a pretty good effort, but Charles, even in...

A real solution to a peace deal in the Middle East seems more unlikely every day. Only a few weeks ago, Israel's intelligence services had tracked an Iranian drone launched by Iran's elite Islamic...

Today, the solemnity of Pentecost, or rather the descent of the Holy Spirit on the fearful apostles, is surely an event of transformation and recreation. The Spirit transforms those men, closed in...

Not even a serious incident such as the one that took place in Luqa on Tuesday brought the country together. Traffic policeman Simon Schembri was hit by a Mercedes driven by a 17-year-old when he...

The Health Department yesterday released the shocking statistic that no less than 40 per cent of Maltese school-aged children are suffering from the plague of childhood obesity, according to a study...

"When you dance with a partner you are close, and the dance is very suggestive, but it is not personal. Close is what the music inspires you to become, the embrace looks personal but what we are...

Demonstrators gathered in Pembroke yesterday evening to demand that they are not buried alive by a behemoth project being proposed in right in their backyards.   But, in reality, the...