The talk of the town of late has been about the system used (or abused) to appoint people to the bench. All hue and cry has been raised with the opposition saying that the government abused the system...

Yesterday was World Epilepsy Day. The condition afflicts some 40 million people worldwide, that is a staggering one per cent of the global population. The stats for Malta are not much different, there...

We have had other problems, but we have never had this Carnival merry-go-round of political appointments to sensitive posts. The country has become a huge meat market, with posts up for sale and...

The government’s decision to announce the controversial nomination of two magistrates has jarred with the legal profession, legal experts, the political sphere and the general public. In short,...

Now that the horses have bolted, it’s all hands on deck to shut the stable doors. Yes, a court action will be launched ton try and recoup the lands that crossed hands in the Gaffarena...

Yesterday was World Cancer Day. Cancer is a horrific disease that sometimes can kill people slowly over years, ending up in a painful lingering death. One in four of us will be touched by cancer at...

There are still a great many people, despite the mounting and undeniable volumes of scientific evidence, who believe that climate change is a myth. Fortunately, it seems that world leaders are coming...

It was in 1983 that scientists first discovered the HIV virus, after a series of cases of pneumonia, cancer and other illnesses which were not common for people with healthy immune systems. The...

Malta has long battled with the inability of politicians to assume and shoulder political responsibility when things have gone wrong, or when there have been strong suspicions of corruption or...

When Lou Bondi presents Bondiplus tomorrow evening, a programme which is going to tackle the current divorce debate, I hope he will ask the anti-divorce lobby a few simple questions. ...