Stephen Vassallo is not a man who usually talks out of the back of his neck, so when he writes that the word niggardly is being dropped in polite conversation he presumably has some evidence to support his ...

The Junior Eurovision final was held last Friday. And what a great disappointment it was, what an unprofessional evening. I do not believe that there was neither a stage manager nor producer for the evening. ...

On Sunday 2 September, Pope Benedict urged us to take care of our natural environment and “to reverse tendencies that risk leading to irreversible situations of degradation”....

Your correspondent Marshall Dixon (“It is now or never”, TMIS, 2 September) was surprised to find the hall at the MEPA Ta’ Cenc meeting on 21 August packed with Gozitans, most of whom were openly ...

While the political engineers of the Nationalist Party are making their last desperate attempt to overhaul the old engine, which has propelled their party for the past 20 years, the Labour Party’s aircraft has been cleared for take-off. ...

It has been said that time is a file that wears and makes no noise. It flies over us, leaving no shadow behind and exposes us all to the test of accountability....

As long ago as l9l7, Max Weber, father of modern sociology, remarked that although politics is not an ethical business, there exists, nevertheless, “a certain minimum of shame and obligation to behave decently, ...

You know how you are told to give your kids organic food because pesticides will give them cancer? Well, it’s technically true that there is a link between the chemicals and illness, but the risk is miniscule in any well-regulated country. ...

The world reeled as oil prices skyrocketed over past years – yet we have learnt to deal with it. The crisis has by no means abated, prices hover at around $80 per barrel, ...

Recently, the capital city of Ghana, Accra, was host to the ninth summit of the African Union. For those who are not familiar with this entity, I would like to give readers some background information....