The Malta Independent 22 October 2026, Thursday
View E-Paper

Blogs & Opinions

When the politics start from the top

Thursday, 17 September 2020, 07:55 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

New faces, if possible young ones, are of course necessary in politics. As well as in all sectors of human activity. However, should this mean that (at least in politics) it would be best if such...

Pride and COVID-19

Thursday, 17 September 2020, 07:10 Last update: about 7 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Sadly, this year Pride month is not what we were hoping it would be. After last year’s major success at the Pride March, and the amazing events which took place throughout September, we...

Navigating through COVID

Thursday, 17 September 2020, 06:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

Last Sunday's The Malta Independent published an insightful interview with consultant psychiatrist Walter Busuttil, about moral dilemmas faced by healthcare workers amind the Covid-19...

The not so fast ferry

Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 06:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

Gozo delivers the highest number of University graduates per capita when compared to the rest of our archipelago. The sister island is indeed brimming with potential, from the human to its unmatched...

Prison: starting a process of forgiveness

Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 06:25 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The prison has been under the spotlight in the past weeks.  The moot methods of the Director/CEO/Colonel, the extraordinary number of suicides together with the dubious methods in the management...

Animals in the news

Monday, 14 September 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

In past weeks, different kinds of reports put animals in the limelight. Dogs attacking and killing an old lady. The discovery of other dogs penned under extremely bad conditions in cages. Baby...

Why Bernard Grech?

Sunday, 13 September 2020, 10:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

If surveys are anything to go by, Bernard Grech has piqued the interest of the electorate more than the incumbent. Adrian Delia has indeed given a lot to politics and to the country, and I for one am...

We need a Carbon Budget

Sunday, 13 September 2020, 09:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Searching for the word “climate” through the 2021 Pre-Budget document published earlier this week entitled Towards a Sustainable Economy one finds the word three times: twice referring to...

Who needs Pravda when we have PBS?

Sunday, 13 September 2020, 08:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

In a land with escalating revelations you’d expect a prime minister to wake up, smell the rot and act rationally. Can’t a single Malta Labour Party leader think of country first before...

Swept by a tsunami of spin

Sunday, 13 September 2020, 07:45 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

When historians in future times try to understand and make sense of our times they may, if they’re lucky, see our age as covered and inundated with spin. Spin has become a major item in our...

  • don't miss