Once again, Parliament’s ethics committee has been rendered toothless, this time through the Speaker’s vote, or rather, the absence of one.  Anglu Farrugia decided to abstain on a...

With Covid-19 still taking up much of the public’s attention, little space and thought were given to the latest migrant tragedy. In the past days, a boat carrying 130 persons capsized in...

Cannabis is one of the oldest cultivated plants in East Asia, grown for grain and fibre as well as for recreational, medical, and ritual purposes for over 2000 years. By the late 1800s, cannabis...

We had a heart-wrenching story a few days ago. Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola used her Facebook page to speak about a letter she received from a six-year-old boy, who described how some of his...

Without any shadow of a doubt, an essential and fundamental component in keeping a society and a nation strong is infrastructure. Without infrastructure there is no civilisation. It is as simple as...

Knowingly or not, Mark Laurence Zammit is conducting what in the realm of academic research is referred to as oral history. The current sequence of interviewing past prime ministers to revisit their...

The military mindset cannot be activated with the push of a button. Being a soldier cannot be just a job, it is a way of life, and it is through formation training that a recruit starts his soldiering...

CareMalta has officially opened its library at Villa Messina in Rabat - as part of a joint initiative with Malta Libraries - in time to coincide with Libraries Week, marked every year between April 19...

With a whole list of books (mostly fiction) to his name, and some being turned into films, Robert Harris is one of the better known authors in today's English-speaking world. We may group many of...

The Fabled Bird is soon to launch a range of ethically-produced rugs at Birgu Blue Rendez-Vous, an independent artisanal boutique in Birgu. The launch is the result of a new collaboration between...