Christmas:
Don’t overdo it with alcohol
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 08:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The government and various NGOs yesterday launched the campaign ‘Think before you drink’. Let us cut to the chase – it is no secret that Malta has never got to grips with the problem...
Passport scheme:
Parties close to agreement
Monday, 16 December 2013, 08:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Speaking on the radio, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday said that the government did not listen enough to stakeholders in the Passport Scheme. Coincidentally – or not – the PN leader...
Citizenship programme still idling
Sunday, 15 December 2013, 09:23
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is truly incredible that weeks after the government hurriedly pushed the new-and-not-so-improved citizenship bill through Parliament, and at the same time removed the Individual Investor...
Mater Dei: Hospital
overcrowding is a
major problem
Saturday, 14 December 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The issue of hospital overcrowding has been in the news quite a lot of late. This newspaper first broke the story last week, when we revealed that patients were being moved around the wards to...
Mandela memorial:
Selfies, interpreters and security risks
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 07:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Knowing Nelson Mandela, he will be smiling. His memorial service in South Africa was one of the largest gatherings of dignitaries in recent times and it brought together many from far and...
IIP: The inevitable has happened
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 08:13
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
When the Financial Times picks up a story and runs with it, you can guarantee that it will gather steam and that its sources generally hold true. Just ask anyone that has been to an EU summit. EU...
Health: Time for more information about tender bid
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 08:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Things just don’t go away. Last week, our sister paper The Malta Independent on Sunday published a story in which it was revealed that the company belonging to a consultant to...
Media: What was said and what wasn’t
Monday, 9 December 2013, 08:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There was a huge abyss between the way a meeting Finance Minister Edward Scicluna had with the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee was reported by the Department of...
Environment at the forefront
Sunday, 8 December 2013, 09:27
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The environment is now at the forefront of the national discourse at the present moment perhaps more than it has ever been in the past. From rampant, unchecked development to...
Nelson Mandela: The whole world learned from just one man
Saturday, 7 December 2013, 08:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is not often that you get a figure that transcends race, creed, national borders, political school of thought and above all else, people’s hearts and minds. Late on Thursday...