Preserving Maltese Character
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Do we really know what tourists seek when they come to Malta? Perhaps we are still stuck in the belief that all they want is cheap food, sun, proximity to the beach and sea....
Just Leave the SAR out of it
Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Here we go again. Italy is calling on Malta to reduce the size of our Search and Rescue Zone, saying that we are not capable of ‘policing’ it....
The Value of service
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Yesterday’s issue of The Malta Independent featured an article about a dying breed – the traditional corner grocery....
A Strange silence
Monday, 24 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The government is usually always ready to pounce on whatever the opposition says....
The Appeal that should have been heard
Sunday, 23 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Now that the appeal lodged by the convicted Lockerbie bomber has been dropped once and for all, the families of the 270 victims of what was the worst terrorist attack in history on British soil stand a very good chance...
Better Use of school facilities
Saturday, 22 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
“We must invest in education” is what successive Education Ministers have repeated over and over again. The current incumbent, Dolores Cristina, said ...
It’s Not over yet
Friday, 21 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
There was some good news for Europe last week.After more than one year of economic gloom, people are slowly going back to the shops and venturing back in the housing market. The number of jobs being lost is decreasing too....
The Swine flu
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Sooner or later, it had to happen.When, early in July, it was announced that Malta had its first cases of A(H1N1) or, as it is commonly known, swine flu, some time or another we had to have our first victim....
Gambling And responsibility
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Lotto booths will have a busy day today as people try their luck to win the Super Five jackpot, which will exceed €1 million...
Major Shake-up
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
August is usually a quiet period, from the political point of view, unless an election is due to be held in the months that follow...