The horrendous mediocrity which is blossoming around us and which will seemingly continue to engorge this country always provokes me to ponder upon and study the reasons for such a reality. I...

It is said that the British have manners and the French have etiquette and I say that many Maltese have neither. I say 'many'  and not all because there are certainly those who continue to behave...

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The Goldberg Variations at the Manoel I only managed one concert, that  with Joanne Camilleri at the piano, but everyone has nothing but words of praise for the Baroque Festival. I had...

Two weeks ago, the Assistant Director, Employment and Industrial Relations, wrote to the Malta Employers Association (MEA) to communicate a surprise, unilateral decision. The Assistant Director...

It is of great concern to us at the Secretariat for the Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing that elderly people living alone in the community are facing harsh times and there have been...

Government started this week resolute and decided to remove John Rolé, the iconic pioneer of foster care in Malta, from his post at Agenzija Appoġġ only to retract it the day after...

In the aftermath of the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, people have been taking a closer look at our freedom of expression. In the West we value this freedom. It is part of the...

I refer to the news item entitled "Reshuffle 'just the beginning' - Busuttil" (TMIS, 11 January). Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has carried out an initial exercise which might, hopefully, lead the...

On 22 January1973, the US Supreme Court struck down all existing criminal abortion laws in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The court ruled that a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy in the...