More Than a change of name
Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
There was an element of euphoria in Labour leader Joseph Muscat’s address on the first day of extraordinary general conference which is being asked to approve a set of amendments to the party statute...
Outlining A reform
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The weeks following the election held in March were weeks in which the Nationalist government embarked upon a wide-ranging plan of reforms that covered various sectors. ...
Mental Illness
Monday, 24 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Matters have greatly improved over the years with regard to the way victims of mental illness are treated, but there is still so much that can be done to first of all ...
Like A family
Sunday, 23 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The pre-budget days having been spent in an interminable round of negotiations focused almost exclusively on the surcharge issue, and the post-budget days having been spent in partisan diatribes, the country has ...
Flash In the pan
Saturday, 22 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
When the major trade unions came together to organise a protest march in Valletta earlier this month and approve of a resolution calling upon the government to revise the water and electricity rates...
A Smoother transition?
Friday, 21 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The proposals put forward in a consultation document to review the way students move from primary to secondary level education aims to remove the streaming mechanism in state schools and eliminate the common entrance examination...
Solution Needed
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The union representing the nurses has chosen confrontation, deciding to increase its dose of industrial action after no agreement was reached with the government on the staff shortage....
Protecting Our children
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Practically no week passes by without charges being presented in court against adults, most of them men, who in one way or another sexually abuse children....
Gozo’s ‘Maltese Industry’
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Gozo has always been a favourite subject among politicians, of all colours. It is one of the 13 electoral districts, but it gets much more individual attention than the other 12....
A Battle worth fighting for
Monday, 17 November 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The National Book Fair, which came to a close yesterday, is the right occasion to promote reading, a hobby which is unfortunately losing its battle, especially among the younger generations, against modern technological means....