Quantity And quality in employment
Sunday, 8 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This week’s labour force survey makes for interesting reading on more than one count. It should serve as a wake-up call while at the same time it also, once again, exposes just how fundamentally flawed the survey is....
Water, Water everywhere
Saturday, 7 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797 tells the tale of a sailor who recounts his ship’s voyage out of the Antarctic. Water, water...
Infrastructure Should be there by right
Friday, 6 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The simple fact that the rebuilding or resurfacing of roads becomes a major news item in our country is testament to just how bad our infrastructure is....
Malta – A gem of a set
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The History Channel is currently broadcasting a number of documentaries and short films about Napoleon Bonaparte....
Changing A mentality
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Difficult as it may have been, the selection process to choose the preferred bidder which will now enter into negotiations with the government on the implementation o...
A Real sign of confidence
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
While everything was done to reassure the markets that all was well and that Greece would not default and be followed by Spain, Portugal and others – they simply didn’t buy it....
It Has to be wrecks
Monday, 2 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It has been announced that the government and the Malta Planning Authority are in discussions over the scuttling of a new wreck which is set to become a diving attraction....
Transport Reform rolls ahead
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Yesterday’s news that a preferred bidder for the country’s new and improved public transport system has been decided upon is most welcome,...
Silent Victims of violence
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Over the past few years, Malta really has stepped up the fight against domestic violence. Thankfully, the days when overbearing members of the clergy and even members of the victim’s own family telling them that they had to put up...
One Year to the day
Friday, 30 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
It is one year since cyclist Clifford Micallef was tragically killed early in the morning while out cycling on the Coast Road...