Flood Relief project: A holistic exercise
Saturday, 21 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Each time it rains heavily, people living in areas that are flooded fear the worst. By now, drivers know which parts of the country are full of scurrying ...
Paceville: Nightlife And more
Friday, 20 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Paceville was in the news twice these past few days....
Political Crisis: Next Thursday’s vote
Friday, 20 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A time-frame has been set for the no-confidence motion that was presented by the Opposition following the way Nationalist MP Franco Debono distanced himself from the party and attacked its leader...
Costa Concordia Incident: Are cruise ships any safer?
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The grounding and capsizing of the Costa Concordia has raised questions about the safety of the ever-increasing size of cruise ships...
Censorship: A Step forward for freedom of expression
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The new draft law on stage and film classifications as unveiled earlier this week represents a small yet very notable step forward for freedom of expression and speech in Malta, and a giant leap forward for Maltese theatre....
Environment: Power To the park
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Our sister paper, The Malta Independent on Sunday, last Sunday carried an article which described the huge amount of vandalism and worse that goes on at the Park tal-Majjistral...
Political Crisis: Delays and instability
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
So now we have it for a fact that the no-confidence motion presented by the Opposition last week will start to be debated on Monday....
S&P Downgrades could have been worse
Tuesday, 17 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The decision by Standard & Poor’s to strip France of its prized AAA credit rating and downgrade eight other European countrie...
Let’s Have a clean campaign
Tuesday, 17 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Whatever happens this week, in Parliament and outside, let us not forget that we are one country.We seem to have a...
Costa Concordia Runs aground: Disaster unlikely to halt industry growth
Monday, 16 January 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The luxury cruise liner that ran aground off the Italian coast has rattled even the most die-hard “cruisers” in an industry where catastrophic accidents are rare, but it’s unlikely to do significant long-term damage....