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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...

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