She never taught a class, she never raised her voice, (except perhaps to hit the perfect note in a song), and she never wrote anything on a blackboard, and yet, she taught so many people invaluable lessons – lessons we could never find in a...
Last week I read with interest, Roselyn Borg’s commentary on Facebook. Besides being a friend, Roselyn is also one of the brave new candidates with the Nationalist Party. Her commentary started off with an explanation of the PN’s objection to Mario Cutajar’s (Head of Civil Service)...
For the third time this month I’m breaking my vow of silence or rather, my vow for a well deserved break from writing. How could I remain silent with all that’s happening around the world especially in Iraq? How could I not write a single word...
When my grandmother was still alive, God bless her soul, I used to look forward to watching the budget speech being read out on TV. Since I was very young and not really interested in what was being spewed out, all I wanted was to...
I truly and honestly don’t give a hoot about which politician is sleeping with whom because, except for a few that I can count on one hand, I have such a bad impression of politicians in general, that an extra-marital affair won’t dent their reputation...
Most countries in the world have one national day, or at most, two. A national day is normally one where people celebrate their country and, in most cases, it’s on the day when the country became independent or a new Government was formed. Perhaps not...
Last week I was surprised to see that somehow, by some little miracle, the PN managed to find 12 brand new candidates willing to run on the party ticket in the next general election. I was very surprised that they managed this not only because...
Last week I came across a presentation by Joseanne Peregin - the mother of well-known Maltese ex-journalist. Joseanne is the President of Christian Life Community in Malta, and a few years back she has had to merge her Catholic believes with the fact that her son...
It is really really sad that it is only now, in late 2014, that Malta is seriously considering the possibility of legally allowing people to change their identify documents to reflect the gender they identify with – which is not necessarily the gender they were...
Can you imagine if a multi million dollar global company had to declare that no matter how good its female employees are, no matter how qualified they get, no matter their experience, their skills and talents, and no matter how hard they try, they will...