It is fortuitous, and perhaps not entirely incidental, that the recent Mabel Strickland Memorial Lecture tackled the issue of free press. Much has been said about freedom of expression and how...

On Saturday, Mgr Charles Scicluna will take over as head of the Church in Malta, in a ceremony that is to take place at the Mdina Cathedral. His installation as Archbishop of Malta fills up the...

Last summer my wife and I went for a holiday-tour with a leading local tour agency. During the pre-tour briefing we were asked to fork out €125 to cover the entrance fees we were to pay...

It is unbelievable that the Ministry for Transport introduces new measures - such as the new bus lane in Gzira - without having the necessary data to back such measures. If the Hon. Minister does...

The fact that village boundaries according to the Church are not the same as those recognised by the State is rather confusing. A friend of mine says that during the Easter season a priest from...

21st March is synonymous with World Down's Syndrome Day. The number 21 represents the chromosome 21 of which people who have Down's syndrome have three copies instead of the usual two copies, thus...

The European Court of Justice ruled that the conservation status of the two species hunted in spring is of "Least Concern". This classification was based on Birdlife International assessments that...

A 36-year-old woman was killed this week in what is believed to have been a murder which was either commissioned or committed by a jilted lover. It is understood that the woman had filed a number...

Malta is one of the worst performers when it comes to illiteracy, placing 25th out the 27 EU members with only Romania and Bulgaria faring worse.  According to the last report, some 36% of...

Malta has always invested very heavily in education. It has been a long standing mantra that our only plentiful natural resource is our people, the future generations. Schooling has always been...