On 3 April, the Electoral Commission held six Casual Election to elect six PN candidates in the respective districts   Going through the official results, I was very perplexed how two...

With articles against hunting in the media appearing faster than a bird can fly, on line polls calling for the early closure of  a perfectly legally applied derogation and claims of rampant abuse...

Traffic signs near schools indicating the times when the road is closed contain so much data in small print that unless a driver practically stops to read the sign, it is difficult to...

In recent years we’ve seen a tremendous change in Europe, particularly in our own Malta, both for the better as well as for the worse. Some might ask where is our country going culturally and...

During the HSBC annual general meeting held on 18 April, I put a question to the Board of Directors about the bank’s share prices.   I asked if anyone could explain to me why in Malta...

The snap visit by the new Minister for Home Affairs and National Security to the Corradino Correctional Facility, when he discovered that a number of warders who were meant to have been on duty at the...

The National Council of Women welcomes the news that three women have been elected members of the European Parliament, giving women a 50 per cent presence among the six Maltese MEPs. Their...

Reference is made to a statement issued by the Department of Health about rates of cancer and asthma in Malta (Muscat ‘wrong’ on cancer and asthma, 14 January), which is misleading and...

Really and truly, newly elected Member of European Parliament Claudette Abela Baldacchino yesterday chose the only avenue open to her by declaring that she would renounce the immunity from prosecution...

It is difficult to find, in the last few years, a more deflated politician than outgoing PN leader Lawrence Gonzi. Perhaps Nicolas Sarkozy in France. Perhaps Mario Monti and Pier Luigi Bersani in...