It was almost six years ago that France introduced a tourist tax with the aim of improving amenities and the infrastructure. Thanks to this new tax, it has been in a better position to finance tourist...

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...

There are flaws in the interview with Bjorn Bonello entitled Surplus parking, higher road capacity, reduction in delays (TMIS 5 June). Mr Bonello starts off on a constructive note by making...

Today, the mention of the word ‘eugenics’ hardly attracts any interest. It is a word that seems to have vanished from our vocabulary, but eugenics is a reality of which most of us are...

On the corner of Triq il-Linja (Old Railway Track) and Triq Sant’ Anton (St Anthony Street), there is a “No heavy vehicles” traffic sign – exempting route buses, which is...

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...