Malta prohibits corporal punishment without reservation
Monday, 17 March 2014, 09:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta has prohibited corporal punishment in all forms in the home and alternative care settings, eliminating a potential ambiguity in the process which existed in the previous law. As...
Diversity in our native language
Monday, 17 March 2014, 08:58
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Whoever thought that our native language is not music or ear-friendly should perhaps take a close look at l-Ghanja tal-Poplu, which has been having a very healthy following for the past 40...
New documents on
Freedom Day
to be released
Monday, 17 March 2014, 08:20
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A new book researched by historian Mark Camilleri will reveal for the first time hitherto unknown documents related to events leading to Freedom Day. The book?Jum il-Ħelsien: Il-mixja lejn il-31...
Still discovering things about the Ghajn Tuffieha Roman baths
Monday, 17 March 2014, 08:19
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Roman baths along the road from Mġarr to G?ajn Tuffie?a were unearthed by accident in 1929, but archaeologists and other experts are still discovering things at the site. So said the...
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Monday, 17 March 2014, 07:55
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
1 - Maltese economy safe on my watch - Muscat 2 - Labour MEP incumbents shy away from election 3 - Diversity in our native language 4 - PM already looking for...
Man in critical condition after fall
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 21:34
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A 59-year-old man is in critical condition after falling from a ladder at his residence in Triq l-Mgarr, Xewkija. The police said the man was taken to Gozo General Hospital and later...
Crimeans overwhelmingly vote for secession
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 21:19
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Just two weeks after Russian troops seized their peninsula, Crimeans voted Sunday to leave Ukraine and join Russia, overwhelmingly approving a referendum that sought to unite the...
More than 3,500 applications validated for registration tax refund
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 15:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
More than 3,500 applications for the “Once-only grant for vehicles registered and licensed for personal use between the 1st May 2004 and the 31st December, 2008” have been validated so...
Government proposes harsher penalties for animal cruelty
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 14:13
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Roderick Galdes presented the White Paper on the proposed amendments of the Animal Welfare Act. During a press conference...
Maltese economy safe on my watch - PM
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 12:41
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today promised that Malta will not run into any economic or financial problems under a Labour government, reminding people that the PN last year predicted that Malta will...