Maltese adaptability
Friday, 26 June 2015, 09:06
Last update: about 12 years ago
Visitors to Malta and those who live abroad and follow what happens here never fail to be impressed by a quality that is to be found in abundance among the Maltese – the way they adapt to...
Another blow the police force’s trust rating
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 09:18
Last update: about 12 years ago
Of all the components that comprise the good administration of the country, it is the police force that needs to engender the highest trust among the population. When there is no one else to...
Not so Teflon
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 09:06
Last update: about 12 years ago
Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon is under the national spotlight right now. Speaking in Parliament on Monday and on TimesTalk on TV he has mounted what may be, to him, his defence. On...
No Family Day here
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 09:24
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
It was reported that as many as one million people took part in a demonstration in Rome last weekend for the so-called “Family Day”. The purpose of this event was for people to gather in...
An apology is due
Monday, 22 June 2015, 09:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
Many many years ago this paper had given coverage to concerns, expressed mainly by one person regarding the stability or otherwise of Binja Buqana in Mtarfa. In those days, this man was...
Transcending politics
Sunday, 21 June 2015, 09:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
For far too long, successive governments have treated this country’s few remaining natural areas as electoral spoils. Those spoils have been distributed during each administration’s...
Vatican Encyclical: Pope Francis is absolutely right
Friday, 19 June 2015, 09:11
Last update: about 12 years ago
In a blunt and straight to the point document, Pope Francis yesterday called on the world to safeguard the environment and to put right the “structurally perverse” economic...
Birzebbuga chemical spill: Lack of information
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 08:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
Judging from the way the authorities handled the chemical spill in Birzebbuga last weekend, it is a good thing indeed that Malta has so far been relatively immune to natural and industrial...