China: Unsafe Practices blamed in mine blast
Monday, 3 September 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
An initial investigation into China's worst mine accident in nearly three years blames ‘chaotic’ management for sending too many workers underground and disregarding safety measures, state media said yesterday....
Holidays: A Different summer
Monday, 3 September 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Foreigners smile when Maltese people tell them that Marsaxlokk is far away from Mellieha....
Timing, The fence and gay rights
Sunday, 2 September 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
That the government has at long last taken the plunge and addressed the particularly thorny subjects of IVF and homosexual rights, issues that in a...
Real Madrid In toughest group
Saturday, 1 September 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The draws for the group stages of the Champions League were held in Monaco on Thursday, on a night when Spanish m...
Public Beaches for rent
Saturday, 1 September 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Complaints about beach concession operators acting abusively seem to have become a summer tradition over the past few years, especially in Għadira....
New Mileage standards for cars
Friday, 31 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Obama administration has finalised regulations that will force automakers to nearly double the average gas mileage of all new cars and trucks they ...
A Welcome addition
Friday, 31 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The government-run school of sport will open its doors when the new scholastic year starts in September. For the first time, up to 40 Form 1 students ...
US Politics: Romney hopes to regain message control
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
For a man basing his presidential hopes on a jobs-and-economy message, Mitt Romney has spent an inordinate amount of time on other issues, from abortion to the federal Medicare programme to bad weather....
Cohabitation Bill: Slapped In the face
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Nationalist Party, several months ago, announced it was seeking to legislate in favour of homosexual rights through a cohabitation act. ...
International Relations: China hosts Egypt’s Morsi
Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
China is hosting Egypt’s newly elected president despite its uneasiness with the Arab Spring revolution that helped bring him to power, while the new leader seeks to shore up his country’s flagging economy....