As the budget approaches, the government has to find a way of starting to honor its pledge to cut income tax without bankrupting the country.  One way...

As the budget approaches, the government has to find a...

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not backed by real action they amount to nothing more than publicity stunts.

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not...

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not backed by real action they amount to nothing more than publicity stunts.

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not...

After Independence 2010, how long are we going to reminisce over the cuts and bruises of yesteryear?

After Independence 2010, how long are we going to...

In our assessment of Dom Mintoff we need to ask ‘why?’ he took certain decisions within the context of his time and how those decisions fitted...

In our assessment of Dom Mintoff we need to ask...

Mintoff seems to have recovered from his ailment but Maltese democracy still suffers from a legacy of tribalism and impunity for those in power.

Mintoff seems to have recovered from his ailment but...

By firing at an Italian fishing boat, Libya has given us one more reason to...

By firing at an Italian fishing boat, Libya has given us...

Regulation means we have too look closer at fireworks manufacturing.

Regulation means we have too look closer at fireworks...

The Italian and Maltese governments both defended Gaddafi and his Roman demands. But he has not won our hearts and minds, and in our countries, public...

The Italian and Maltese governments both defended Gaddafi...

The threat of burning the Koran on the anniversary of 9-11, although withdrawn, has conjured the spectre of a war between fundamentalisms.

The threat of burning the Koran on the anniversary of...

Political parties can only come clean on the fireworks issue if they cut their links with the fireworks lobby.

Political parties can only come clean on the fireworks...

Paul Vincenti is making an argument against divorce based on notions he doesn’t even understand. So he needs to look them up.

Paul Vincenti is making an argument against divorce based...

Councillors would not have been better without the discipline of their...

Councillors would not have been better without the...

Some have compared the current epidemic of bribery hitting local councils to tangentopoli (Bribesville). I beg to differ: Malta simply doesn't have an...

Some have compared the current epidemic of bribery...

Malta needs coordinated public diplomacy and nation branding strategies.

Malta needs coordinated public diplomacy and nation...

Don’t expect any proper reform on party financing by parties who are so cosy with the unaccountable system of political money laundering.

Don’t expect any proper reform on party financing...

Gaddafi looks and sounds like a crackpot who reinforces his exotic 'otherness'.   But we should see him for what he is a political survivor...

Gaddafi looks and sounds like a crackpot who reinforces...

For 74 years broadcasting has been used crudely or subtly by the government of the day as its mouthpiece.

For 74 years broadcasting has been used crudely or subtly...