Last Monday I had the opportunity to witness our Parliamentary Committee for Planning and the Environment discussing the Corinthia Group’s mega project proposal for St George’s Bay, upon...

One of the defining features of the over-development of Malta is ugliness. I would love to be able to capture the first reactions of residents as they begin reading an article about a new project in...

Last week I had the pleasure of launching the MFSA’s Vision 2021 and FinTech Strategy. This is an important milestone of significant change for the Authority and the entire industry because it...

There is something seriously wrong with some sections of society when a person in her hour of grief and despair manages to dig deep and find the decency to provide some humanity when she saw it...

According to a release by Eurostat last week, Malta's retail sector suffered the second largest decrease in retail sales in the EU. Malta's retail trade from December 2017 to December 2018...

First Magazine, the Feb issue - out this Sunday 10th FEB with The Malta Independent on Sunday.  Packed with more great features this Feb. Check out this weekend's front cover here and...

Konrad Mizzi was in the news for two reasons these past few days. The minister was first reprimanded by the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life for selecting specific media to cover his...

These were the last spoken words of the acclaimed professor and father of US presidential candidate Pete Buttiġieġ, Professor Joseph Buttiġieġ, who passed away on that Sunday...

On Sunday this newsroom reported that the controversial White Rocks project is far from settled – in fact the government and the consortium chosen to develop the area into a mixed-use project...

It is not often enough that one can state that the kids are doing all right, but every once in a while there is some encouraging piece of news or a promising initiative aimed to look after not only...