The Malta Independent 18 April 2024, Thursday
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MUT And virtual classrooms

Saturday, 21 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Union of Teachers has shot down the idea of a virtual class, which enables children to follow lessons from home if they are sick and will also help them revise their schoolwork....

Not Sick of being sick and fed up

Friday, 20 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

It has been said countless times. Malta is always late in entering recession and it is always late out of recession....

A Good boost

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The news of Swiss aircraft maintenance giants SR Technics deciding to set up shop in Malta is a good shot of adrenalin for the faltering Maltese economy....

Tackling Abuse effectively

Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Employment and Training Corporation recently announced that in the first 10 months of this year, inspections unearthed some 1,797 cases of work abuse....

A Historic first

Monday, 16 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

On Saturday the Nationalist Party voted for their new President during the General Council. Paula Mifsud Bonnici, garnering 500 of 753 valid votes, became the first female president of the PN....

Responsible…and Irresponsible

Sunday, 15 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

When asked on Monday evening to describe the crux of Budget 2010 in a single word, most were stumped for a response. Now, with hindsight, that word would be ‘responsible’. ...

Making Amends

Saturday, 14 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Young teenagers across the world watched the event on television. Characteristically stiff Germans, from both East and West literally let their hair down and began to sing, dance and drink in the street....

Safety In the law courts

Friday, 13 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Just a couple of years ago, the powers that be decided to install a scanning machine and a walkthrough metal detector in our courts....

The 11th Hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

Thursday, 12 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It is truly sad. Most of the last few World War I veterans still alive are over 100 years old. The end of the ‘Great War’ came in 1918 on the 11th hour, the 11th day and the 11th month...

Into The modern era

Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

When Maltese governments come to announce the budget for a given year in Malta it sometimes evokes harrowing images of housewives in the 1980s scribbling down prices frantically as they were being read out...

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