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Consultation: Implement now, discuss later

Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        A number of strategies which are being implemented by the government are causing much furore among the Opposition, and the public in general, due to the fact that...

Causes: You cannot suppress free speech

Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        Rock legend Bryan May’s appeal for Maltese people to back an anti bird hunting referendum has drawn the ire of the Malta Tourism Authority’s chairman,...

Malaysia plane: What if it is never found?

Monday, 7 April 2014, 08:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The plane must be somewhere. But the same can be said for Amelia Earhart's.   A month after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people aboard, an exhaustive...

Banding: look before you leap

Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This government has undoubtedly taken some laudable steps in the area of education since it took power a little over a year ago. In fact, a recent editorial in this newspaper heaped praise on the...

Presidency: Today is the big day

Friday, 4 April 2014, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Today, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca will be sworn in as Malta’s ninth President. She will be the Republic’s second woman President and she will be the second president from Qormi, like her...

Reshuffle: Time to settle down and get back to business

Thursday, 3 April 2014, 11:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday said that he believed the cabinet shuffle was carried out at the right time.   He may very well be right. Parliament is rising for its Easter recess...

Internet: The dangers that lurk beneath

Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The internet has become part and parcel of everyday life. It is an amazing tool that facilitates our lives so much. The younger generations keep picking up technology at a rate that is phenomenal. An...

Presidency: Changing of the guard

Tuesday, 1 April 2014, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Yesterday, President George Abela inspected his last Freedom Day Guard of Honour outside the palace. He will soon be stepping down to pass on the baton to Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, who will be sworn...

Reshuffle: Now that the dust has settled, we ask ‘why?’

Monday, 31 March 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The question we ask on our front page is not related really, in essence, to China. What we are asking is why Prime Minister Joseph Muscat decided to give the Health Ministry portfolio to Konrad...

Reconnecting with kids in an interconnected world

Sunday, 30 March 2014, 11:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta tomorrow celebrates the 35th anniversary of Freedom Day, a day on which we commemorate the withdrawal of the British military from Malta.  To today’s younger generation those events...

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