The environment: Relegated to the wayside?
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 15:51
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
With this current election campaign having been all but completely submerged in scandals - recordings, oil importation commissions and blocks of drugs - or ice depending on which version of events one...
Turning the PM into a Smurf?
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 09:49
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Someone’s neck ought to be on the chopping block this morning. We are, of course, talking about the billboard which the Nationalist Party has put up. In a nutshell, Joseph Muscat’s...
Campaigning in the shallows
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 10:10
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The election campaign has run into the murky shallows. No one is discussing the electoral manifestos of the parties. Nor even the most salient points in them such as PL’s proposals for a new...
Could unhealthy foods be taxed?
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 07:57
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Doctors in the UK have recommended that fizzy drinks be heavily taxed in an effort to fight obesity. The recommendations come to light after a New Zealand woman died after years of...
Election campaign: What about the proposals?
Monday, 18 February 2013, 07:51
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Two-thirds into the campaign, it is unfortunate to note that the main subjects that are being discussed are not what the two main political parties are proposing for the next five years. What has...
Far more questions than answers
Sunday, 17 February 2013, 09:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As expected, the home stretch of this incredibly protracted election campaign that we have now entered has begun to liven up to more than a certain extent, with cross-party accusations of lies and...
The neverending twists and turns
Saturday, 16 February 2013, 10:32
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We are just coming to the close of the sixth week of the electoral campaign and if this week is anything to go by, the remaining three weeks will be characterised by corruption...
More worrying signs in last quarter
Friday, 15 February 2013, 08:13
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Faltering demand in Germany saw the recession across the 17-member eurozone deepen as it entered a third consecutive quarter. Malta is still doing relatively well, but Eurostat statistics...
Blatant disregard of commuters
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 16:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The police yesterday issued a notice for motorists to try and avoid the Kappara roundabout – reason being, work is underway in connection with the inter-connector project. It is too...
A well-meaning gesture, but...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 08:19
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Labour Party has proposed delivering medicines to people who are too old and frail to go and get them themselves. This is also being highlighted on the billboards. In itself, the idea...