It is a common belief that the annual celebration worldwide of particular issues is enough to address the real challenges surrounding them. However, concerns are never erased with a week-long...

The Paceville master plan has caused quite a stir and with good reason. It is a planning policy document that, in my view, is fundamentally flawed and therefore should be scrapped. There are eight...

From the scornful safety of youth, it seemed hilarious that we might end up old. Although the eldest at home, I remember thinking in my late teens, that a cousin who was 30 had reached a grand old...

The Christmas season is about to get into full swing. With it comes a general sense of trying to take thing a little bit easier. People also tend to make an effort to forget the differences that often...

A few days ago someone sent me the pop ballad single Hold Me for a While by the Swedish band Rednex sung by the female lead singer Whippy (Mia Löfgren). Some commentators...

When I asked high achieving students who did not opt for chemistry and biology in Form 3 at Secondary Level the following questions, many did not know the answer.  The questions were: What is the...

Contrary to the declarations made by the current administration in which it proposed to make Malta the best in Europe, when it comes to vehicle taxation as a percentage of total taxation Malta remains...

Since this year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary since the demise of the first parish priest of Marsascala it is appropriate to say something about him so that his memory will not be...

Today, the Nationalist Party commemorates an event which has gone down in local political history for all the wrong reasons. A story of loss and grief on a personal level but also one of such...

The ongoing criticism by the Labour Party, over the last few weeks, leaves a lot to be desired. ...