Eurovision: Well done Gianluca and Co
Monday, 20 May 2013, 08:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
So, after all that; we didn’t win… again. But perhaps this time, we might have proved to ourselves that the other times when we didn’t do well was not because we don’t have...
Unseemly reactions
Sunday, 19 May 2013, 08:54
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This newspaper has been hauled over the coals this week after exposing allegations of malpractice and more at the Rainbow Ward, the children’s cancer unit, at Mater Dei Hospital. But the kind of...
Eurovision: Let’s not take it too seriously
Saturday, 18 May 2013, 08:46
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The truth be told, Gianluca’s song is actually quite good, as far as Eurovision Song Contest standards go. The song Tomorrow made it into the final being the penultimate song to be announced as...
Media control: A speech and reaction that takes us back in time
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:18
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Foreign Minister George Vella hit the headlines for saying that “we must control the media” (irridu nikkontrollaw il-media). He made the remarks in parliament on Wednesday...
Children: Recording and reporting abuse
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 08:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is absolutely shocking that in a country of this population, 26 people were found guilty of and were given prison sentences for abusing children last year alone. It should be pointed out that...
Parliament: Aggression is out of place in the House
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 08:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
One can sympathise with a parliamentary old-timer such as Minister Michael Farrugia for the bad deal that the cards have dealt him. After a lifetime following the medical sector, and a...
PN deputy leadership: One horse race?
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 08:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
None of the candidates who are in the running for the two deputy leader posts within the Nationalist Party have submitted their nominations yet. The contest for deputy leader for...
Nationalist Party: A changing scenario
Monday, 13 May 2013, 08:30
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As expected, the Nationalist Party general council yesterday endorsed the proposal put forward by its new leader to have two deputies, instead of the one the PN always had. It was the...
PN reform gathers speed
Sunday, 12 May 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Still reeling from the shock of its last electoral defeat, which is quite understandable considering the extent of the loss, the Nationalist Party now in Opposition is seeking to reform itself root...
Circuses: Finally someone addresses the issue
Saturday, 11 May 2013, 09:41
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The government was elected on the rallying call of Malta taghna lkoll (Malta belongs to all of us). It has come in for some stick in giving ‘jobs to the boys’, and we have yet to see the...