My phone has turned red hot with Greens calling from all over the island. They are fuming about the outrageous amendments to the Local Council Act proposed to be brewed by the PN and the MLP. Many of them have been shocked to find that I am delighted by t...

“...And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The winner of this year’s ‘Most Incredibly Cheeky Headline in a Local Newspaper’ award. And boy, I can tell you the competition this year was tough. ...

“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” – so goes one of Newton’s laws of physics, but more and more it seems to be applicable to everything this administration is doing....

The government has given the trade unions a fortnight to come up with proposals on how the public and national holidays issue is to be resolved. Whatever the proposals, says government, the target of increasing productivity must be met....

A wave of disillusionment seems to have overwhelmed the Maltese scene as the launch of Dr Gonzi’s first budget started to bite, to the accompaniment of a rash of sudden price increases that never got a mention during the recent budget debate....

St Thomas doubted whether Jesus Christ had indeed been crucified, as his brother Apostles had told him. He believed only when he saw with his own eyes Jesus’ wounds. For this he became better known as doubting Thomas rather than for his good deeds!...

Jesus had a habit of making valid points. He once pointed out to his audience how the rich man, who ostentatiously made expensive donations at the temple, deserved much less credit than the unnoticed poor woman who gave little but much more than she could...

Most politicians sail with the wind. A few tack into the wind. Eddie Fenech Adami raised wind and threw the Maltese economy into a morass of national debt....

The good, the bad and the ugly...

I feel very fortunate to have participated in this year’s Strina as the representative of the Salesians of Don Bosco. For the first time this year, St Patrick’s Salesian School was chosen as one of the beneficiaries of the money collected from L-Istrina. ...