A tribute is due to Winston Zahra Jr for not mincing his words about the poor performance of the Tourism Minister and the Head of the MTA, who keep acting as if all is well and in order when, in fact, our bread and ...

This is a country which, for all its Catholic beliefs, Catholic upbringing, Catholic festas and relatively high church attendance, still manages to fare quite badly, as far as statistics which reveal our true morals are concerned. ...

Assessing the real state of our economy is becoming an increasingly difficult task. It is often the case that the reality on paper and that on the ground are very different. I must confess that I am often lost ...

Although the people of Malta were familiar with the features of the Westminster model during their long association with Britain, they assumed independent nationhood as recently as 1964. ...

In an island where the environment has, for far too long, been the wretched victim of a savage disregard for the future, it was refreshing and encouraging at the same time to see so many people joining in the ...

The flash floods that occurred last winter resulted in damage to some trees in the Wied l-Isperanza system, in particular to a 100-year-old Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens; Sigra tac-Cipress) that was uprooted by the water current. ...

The government’s lack of initiative in dealing with environmental issues has been a matter of growing public concern. ...

The past few days have seen searing heat hit the Maltese islands, so much so, that the Department of Health issued a warning for people to drink a lot of water to avoid becoming dehydrated....

Passing along the coast road, the mess which once greeted us through the Maghtab vista, we are now regaled with a cloud of dust flowing all over....

Uh-oh. There’s now a whopping great credibility gap between the tourism authority’s advertising campaigns and the kind of news coverage we’re getting in the international press. ...