I have to say that the setting up of a foundation to organise and coordinate national festivities under the chairmanship of Professor Oliver Friggieri is an excellent idea. My sincere hope is that the...

Some time ago, Minister Joe Mizzi announced that a centre strip will be laid down on the Coast Road from St Andrew’s to Bugibba.   We applaud the decision. The Coast Road has become...

Emotion is one of the most beautiful expressions of mankind when it is associated to love and joy. Emotion is also one of worst human feelings when it is bound to anger, fear, and...

For his fifth personal exhibition, Mario Agius is showing a series of sculptures inspired by various themes. Rinascita is a showcase of wood, stone and marble sculptures in which Agius is expressing...

Let me be frank. What’s in a name?  Does it make any difference?  In my generation babies were named after grandparents or the patron saint of the parents’ locality. Today babies...

It must be the air at Castille.   Over the years we have all noted how it seems to give its resident the powers of invincibility.   Winning an election, both one of 1700 as in 2008...

How can women of faith join their personal faith convictions with their public involvement within the society? This was the subject treated earlier on this year in an interfaith conference hosted by...

Since its inception in 2002, The Gozo Youth Wind Band & Orchestra, made up of two separate groups of young and promising musicians, have been entertaining the general public with a wide range of...

The quality levels on PBS have taken a big dent in recent weeks.   I will not write about the political content; I will leave that to the parties to fight over. I am sure that the same...

Well done to the authorities – and by this I mean the government, the organisers and Joseph Calleja himself – for agreeing to have a standing area which is free of charge to anyone who...