Amidst the greatest tragedy the world has ever seen, one cannot be passive and look elsewhere. ...

The half a million liri donated by Maltese people may pale in comparison to some of the sums being shipped out to Asia as disaster aid – but it does show one thing, that we are not as bogged down in island mentality as we thought....

Government spokesmen are reported to have said that the tax on the sale of inherited property “seems” so severe mainly because the heirs undervalue the property for death duty purposes....

We refer to the letter headed Melita Cable customer care sent by your correspondent D.Xuereb of Mosta and published on (TMID, 20 December)....

The French weekly L’Express recently carried an article entitled China’s records in the eyes of foreigners....

Late last year, the government announced that, in the first quarter of 2005, so-called green wardens would be employed with specific duties to safeguard the environment....

An urgent remedy has to be found by the authorities-that-be to coordinate much better the various court cases that are pending, before different Halls, before different magistrates or judges, on different floors and in separate buildings, but having the s...

I do not know whether Marisa Micallef Leyson is a teetotaller like myself or whether she had one drink too many during the festivities when she wrote Best and worst media moments of 2004 (TMID 27 December)....

No matter how hard some of the local media might have tried to play down the award of Lm2,000 in libel damages to the opposition leader after Magistrate Silvio Meli upheld ...

A report published last week confirms what was already known – that there is a strong connection between unemployment and poverty. Naturally, people who do not have an income, or whose income is limited, find it hard to maintain a decent standard of livin...