Boat People: a European responsibility
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
The day I assumed my duties in Valletta, on Wednesday 23 July 2008, the Maltese press reported that a boat laden with 28...
Is Malta Still short of 500 hospital beds?
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
“No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical care because of lack of means or because of the unavailability of adequate facilities.”...
A Nation of gamblers?
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
It is a long-proven truth that people anywhere in the world tend to gamble a lot more than usual when the economy is in the doldrums. ...
Villa Bonici (St Louis School) In Sliema
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Villa Bonici (which also serves as an education facility under the name of St Louis School) in Sliema is situated in Manwel Dimech Street ...
Whose Rules?
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Again Daphne Caruana Galizia has to find something that Joseph Muscat has done or not done to fill her pages. ...
On Being an environmentalist
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Anyone can be an environmentalist. It is not reserved for a chosen few, like being accepted by Zeus on Mount Olympus. ...
Cars And the environment
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
I use my car all day, practically every day and, quite frankly, up to some years ago I never really stopped to think about the environmental issues of this every day occurrence....
All Animals are equal
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
One cannot help but notice that George Pullicino’s exposition of his first year as minister in this legislature was held at the Animal After-care Centre at Ta’ Qali. ...
The Man for the job
Saturday, 4 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The appointment of a President of the Republic is always a historic moment. It happens once every five years and, each time the term of the incumbent is about to end, there is always anticipation and expectation as to who will be the next one....
Unpleasant Experience at APS, Floriana
Saturday, 4 April 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
I am not the sort of person who usually complains but I really would like to share this episode with your readers in the hope that firstly, no one will ever experience what I went through and secondly in the hope that the ...