Raising children is one of the most difficult jobs in the world. It is a 24/7 exercise that starts from the moment of conception and only finishes with the grave. Children remain “yours”...

This week’s meeting of the European Council has come and gone and carried with it the mountain of hype with which it was surrounded.   The Prime Minister was said – I do not know...

This morning I saw one of the very old buses – the one which used to do the Valletta-Zurrieq route resprayed in its original orange colour, with new leather seats, new glass windows, and the old...

I refer to Astrid Vella’s letter entitled “Gozo bridge” (TMIS, 20 October) and I must say that Ms Vella’s comments are completely off the mark. I will deal with her arguments...

Many residents of the Three Villages – Balzan, Attard and Lija, are extremely concerned about a number of development applications that have been submitted recently in their area. Most of...

Culturally deviant. Possessed by the devil. Sick. Genetically disturbed. Biochemically imbalanced. Possessed by the Devil himself (or herself!). Throughout history, attitudes toward homosexuality have...

On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognise girls’ rights and the unique...

I refer to Patricia Graham’s letter entitled “Licensed to ‘bill’”(TMIS, 20 October), which struck a chord or two with me.   It’s been simmering somewhere...

I refer to Roberta Metsola’s article entitled “Your right to roam. Your rights online. Your rights to your data.”   In this article, Roberta Metsola writes: “The...

I wish to express my disappointment at the decision taken by Transport Malta to re-introduce parking spaces in the upper part of St Elias Street in St Julian’s.   The street in...