Last week, up to 300 migrants were feared to have drowned after their inflatable dinghies went down in stormy seas off Lampedusa. Since then, the weather has improved and hundreds more were rescued...

St Valentine's Day: the yearly extravaganza of the heart, a Capitalist conspiracy, or the singles' nightmare? Or it could deservedly be called a celebration of love? It is one of the most adored days,...

This week we had some good news with regards to one of our main projects at St Vincent de Paul. Without doubt, the residence's kitchen has proved quite a contentious issue. Last July, I announced that...

I love our palaces and San Anton is so beautifully kept. Ambience matters so much as do taste and style in every aspect of life. Music sounds different in a room which is tastefully furnished and...

The age of consent has been tinkered with throughout the ages; always supposedly aimed at protecting the vulnerable from abuse. The Codé Napoleon set it at 13! In my teenage years I cannot...

For far too long, Gozo was marketed, both directly and subliminally, as the island where time stood still. The typical media focus would be on the odd eccentric character watching the world go by...

The Labour Party in Malta prides itself on being a party of and for the working class. There is of course nothing wrong in supporting social solidarity and it is not a remit that belongs to its own...

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Having successfully avoided being impaled by the forthcoming spring hunting referendum, the government promptly walked right into another conundrum: that posed by its own pre-electoral agreement with...

Some religious people want carnival to be celebrated in winter, while others feel that carnival in winter is a highly important attraction for tourists at this time of the year. Others however...