The Feast of Santa Marija
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Today is the feast of Santa Marija. This feast has many events associated with it – our very own version of Ferragosto (summer break),...
Inflation And elections
Monday, 13 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Inflation has always been a matter of concern for the man in the street, and has at times shifted the balance towards one party and against another in an election...
The Moralisation of society
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
In these mid-summer days, when festas succeed each other with their annual regularity, when people get out and about and meet, instead of staying indoors and watch...
Investing In education
Saturday, 11 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
It was good to hear Education Minister Louis Galea say that the number of 19-year-olds who decide to further their studies has risen by a staggering 27 per cent in the past six years, moving up from 43 per cent ...
The Season of feasts
Friday, 10 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The feast of San Gejtanu will be celebrated in Hamrun this weekend, and this will be quickly followed up by the Santa Marija week, which is normally the peak of the summer holidays as many people...
Victims Of crime
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Victims of certain types of crime now have the opportunity to resort to legal action to obtain financial compensation....
The Effects of climate change
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The Meteorological Office has the practice of publishing a short report about the weather at the end of each month. And a quick analysis of the main points that have been emphasised by the Met. ...
The Right balance
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Anyone living in the St Julian’s and Sliema area sees many students walking to their respective schools each and every morning, and walking the reverse direction late in the afternoon, especially during the hot summer months. ...
A Common factor
Monday, 6 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
It was no coincidence that the government’s pre-budget document and the Malta Labour Party’s collection of plans for the country’s future were published within a few days of each other....
Now Is the time
Sunday, 5 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Around this time nine years ago, when Alfred Sant called an early election, PN leader Eddie Fenech Adami had to be practically sat upon before he was finally persuaded to offer an apology to voters for the PN’s ...