In his Lenten message for this year, Pope Francis aptly writes: “The word of God is alive and powerful, capable of converting hearts and leading them back to God.” (No. 3). The Word...

Mr Mark Sammut (The jackals and the hyenas, TMIS, 26 February) claims that MaltaToday “attacked [him] quite savagely” over his comments on the death of Ramon Casha on Facebook. He might...

Social conscience and solidarity have led the Labour Government to perform and deliver during its first four years in office.  Besides being one of the top economic performers within the EU, we...

The indications are that the first tangible steps towards ‘full election mode’ in Malta have been taken. The junk mail has started. I’m told that the Election Commission has visited...

It should be just a year away now, and in politics if a week is a long time, as Harold Wilson used to say, a year can be a dreadfully short time. In no time at all, we will find ourselves on the...

Unfortunately, the direct screening of Parliament seems to be reducing the amount of parliamentary coverage from the pages of the papers. Hence, while those who can follow the sittings on...

Who forgets or ignores the past is condemned to live it again. Years back ex-Labour Prime Minister Dom Mintoff addressed his party faithful and, with clinched fists and a violent tone, declared that...

As the UK and the EU laboriously move towards the triggering of Brexit which should happen sometime this month, the financial services in the City are preparing their post-Brexit strategies. Some...

While Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil is basking in the glow of Joseph Muscat’s scandals, lack of transparency and inaction over his close associates, No-Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi and...

It seems to be Labour’s fate: doomed to repeat its mistakes over and over again. In times of stress, it chooses the way of confrontation, thereby opening the way for an equal confrontation...