The newspaper Il-Furjana has done it again.  I would like to congratulate the board of the newspaper il-Furjana for the initiative taken on Sunday, 22 April last year by reuniting the Floriana...

The Leader of the Opposition seems to believe that the only way he can save his political skin is by imitating Dr Eddie Fenech Adami’s tactics of the 1980s. Back then, the slogan was...

The populist French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is closer to gaining power in France after last week's polls showed that she is very likely to reach at least a second round of voting this spring in...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity then embrace.   This...

On Saturday 28 January, the Church celebrated the feast of the Doctor Communis, namely Saint Thomas Aquinas. Given that in the Catechism Aquinas is cited 61...

The Floriana parish church spent €45,000 on two crystal chandeliers to decorate its interior. I'm sure that Jesus would be horrified with such extravagant trumpery in a Christian church. The...

I am not easily confused, but over the last two weeks, I have come to think something is not quite right. I am referring to the farcical ‘Maltese Cheesecakes’ matter. Can anybody...

The government’s much-vaunted transparency could not be clearer than as presented this week. When the government, with some bravado and the usual spin, released the documents relating to...

Next Monday, the PANA Committee is due to arrive in Malta and begin investigating the Panama Papers allegations with regards to Malta and Maltese persons. As revealed in the Malta Business Weekly...

Beyond the statistics regarding the construction sector, construction in Malta carries a far higher multiplier effect when one considers the host of secondary employment it offers not just to builders...