Society: Anything goes
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 07:51
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The last couple of months has seen a number of news stories and comment pieces about the levels of inconsideration that people in Malta can descend...
Public Transport:
Swift action taken, bravo
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 07:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
On Monday, this newspaper published a story about a bus driver who had scolded an elderly woman for trying to help another elderly woman in her commute. The...
Politics:
The icon of the 500
days of Labour government
Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 07:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
As part of an ongoing series, an article in this paper yesterday described the first 500 days of the Labour government by focusing on Minister Manwel...
Public transport:
Back to the old days and old ways
Monday, 1 September 2014, 07:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Perhaps the thing that people do not miss about the old yellow buses was the attitude and appearance of the (not all bus drivers). Of course, we all look back...
Regeneration:
A breath of fresh air in Cospicua
Saturday, 30 August 2014, 07:17
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Seeing the Cospicua Docks come to life is a breath of fresh air. After years of abandonment, the area became decrepit and was an eyesore. The project had been in...
Middle East:
Relief for the people of Gaza
Friday, 29 August 2014, 07:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The news that a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas has been greeted with great Hurrahs in the diplomatic world, Malta included. But, with...
Saturday evening fever
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 19:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
One may think the world did not break off for summer. There was fighting in Ukraine, terrible fighting in Gaza, Ebola broke out of its narrow confines plus...
Works:
Malta’s obsession with clogging roads
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 07:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is the end of August and the sun is blistering hot. Yet Malta’s roads seem to be congested as they always are. Everywhere you look, there are...
Ice bucket challenge:
It was fun while it lasted
Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 07:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Ice Bucket tidal wave shows no sign of abating. It has caught the imagination of young and old alike, the known and the...