Malta has reached a point where the measures to contain the COVID-19 are being gradually relaxed. This has given way to conflicting views between the health and economic sectors as to whether the...

Since the turn of the millennium, many Western societies including European member states have embarked on ambitious housing and urban development projects of national and international scope. The...

I am a big fan of innovation in the workplace and finding new and more efficient ways of doing things. Old schools of thought required iron discipline in the office to keep workers in line. This was...

Silence is golden, the saying goes, but this is not always the case, especially when you are being accused of involuntary homicide, or of endangering the lives of people at sea.  We are referring...

Can we go on holiday this Summer? No, we cannot. At least not according to the Midwives and Nurses Union, whose opinion is that the tourism minister is jumping the gun with vague plans that would...

We have surpassed the 10th week of the Coronavirus pandemic but there is no end in sight yet. The crisis has affected each and every one of us and, the more time passes, the more we long for the...

Last week, in order to commemorate Europe Day, I contributed to an online discussion about the Future of Europe which was organised by MEUSAC. I must say that as Minister responsible for Social...

It was a never-ending press conference on Monday, but it still left many people dazed and confused.  As has been the case in other instances when the government announced the introduction or...

The world, as we know it has been turned upside down in just a few months. Many are talking of a “new normal”. But will it be a “better normal” or are we sliding back, past the...

Last week, The Malta Independent portal published two foreign news stories of human interest, both related to the Coronavirus which, hate it as much as we do, continues to dominate our...