It is commonly understood that when a politician suspends himself from public duty because they are facing a criminal charge or are under investigation, they do so because there is a suspicion that...

It is not often that it happens, but on Monday evening in parliament, the Government and the Opposition were in agreement. While politics in Malta can tend to be tarnished with aggression and venom,...

US President Barrack Obama is winding down his term, and his latest question to the United States is: “Is this the country we want to be?” He was, of course, referring to the latest...

There are only two weeks to go until the United Kingdom takes to the polls to decide whether to leave the European Union, or stay in the bloc. After a largely slow build up, pressure really...

With the start of the Euro 2016 football competition, and the summer season fast approaching, one would expect the usual amount activity to go into a lull but it seems that some public institutions...

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There is certainly a valid argument to be made, as the Prime Minister did recently, for the country, considering its serious spatial limitations and concerns over its creeping urban sprawl, to build...

On the evening of Friday, 13 May, no buses were running along the St Julian’s-Sliema promenade due to a noisy feast – with lots of drum-beating – at Spinola Bay. People at the bus...

Since Justice Minister Owen Bonnici said that accepting a motion of censure against Keith Schembri (the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff), would set a “dangerous precedent”, one can...

On Friday, 3 June, while the church was celebrating the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, our Carmelite brother Fr Daniel Sammut was called to the Lord at the age of 91.  During his long...