I had forgotten about the launch as I failed to put it into my diary. But someone reminded me at the last minute. So I changed quickly nto a black dress – what else – and off I hurried to...

In some cultures, it is customary to leave your shoes at the door when you enter a house. Similarly, politics should be left at the door tomorrow as there will inevitably be a fiery hearing on the...

On Thursday, the police saw fit to call a press conference – something they don’t even do for murder – to announce that they had found the man who committed the heinous crime of...

Reports in the past few days about the cost of sick leave as well as the plan to allow parents of young children to use their sick leave allotment to stay home when their sons or daughters are unwell...

This seems to have been the week for a collective outbreak of cries of anguish and of anger.   There were stories that were on everybody’s lips but then there were also stories that...

As tempted as I was to torture myself, last week I purposely didn’t watch the live debate between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition on Xarabank. A few days later, however, I...

Government ministries are blatantly flaunting the fact that their public-salaried officials will be holding meetings with the general public at Labour Party clubs all over the islands.   Any...

Nature brings to mind images of fields, flora, fauna and so forth: Some live in harmony with it while others view it just as a material resource.   Nature is all around us; everything is...

In the last general election, four out of five MPs were returned for Labour from the Fifth District (Birzebbuġa, Kirkop, Marsaxlokk, Imqabba, Qrendi, Safi and Żurrieq). Two-thirds of first preference...

If The Economist Business Round Table held in Malta earlier this month served for nothing else, it served to raise awareness among international speakers and delegates that Malta is an island of...