How ridiculous we are as a nation! The NGOs and ordinary people have to defend our natural, cultural and archaeological heritage from the Planning Authority. This should be its role but the saga of...

In my opinion, that of a nonentity and an armchair critic, the consequences of the PN’s humiliating defeat in the June election have their roots and birth pangs much prior to the 2013 election....

All civilised human beings have always sought to distinguish different types of species by allocating a unique name to each. There are 60 species of oak wood, and over 300 other names to distinguish...

On 29 June, the Church celebrated the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. The lives of these two saintly celebrities have a lot to say to us who live in...

In the run-up to the general election, Joseph Muscat launched the second wave of his IIP, the Individual Investment Programme, or as we all know it to be: the sale of Maltese citizenship with an easy...

Identity Malta this week went to the police and requested an investigation after it emerged that an employee had misappropriated some €25,000 at the passports unit.  According to a...

Unlike other newspapers, The Malta Independent will not favour any candidate for the post of Deputy Prime Minister/Deputy Leader of the Labour Party or anyone of those contesting the leadership of the...

At the end of the very first six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union, held by Malta, it is time to draw up a balance. There is no doubt that the government and the entire...

It is incredibly frustrating to reconcile how so many exist in a space wherein they choose to assert fantasy over reality, while chastising those who dare point out the facts with “wrong...

The 20th century is a testament to how organising societies around the concept of 'equal outcome' or equity is a fundamentally bad idea. And yet, the incessant narrative of forced equity in all...