Sin and disability
Sunday, 15 October 2023, 09:19
Last update: about 3 months ago
I would like to make some observations regarding the comments made during the TV programme on PBS, titled Popolin. During the programme of Wednesday, 4 October, one of the panel members, Phylisienne...
Pension arrears are also due
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 06:57
Last update: about 3 months ago
The expected pension piecemeal increases, intended to bring those pensioners who were born before 1962, eventually in line with younger pensioners’ higher entitlements, will probably be...
Maltese voters in Gozo
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 07:19
Last update: about 2 months ago
Your editorial in The Malta Independent on Thursday 28 Sep – The Maltese Vote in Gozo is interesting but not alarming. What’s wrong with having so much Maltese entitled to vote in...
Pension anomalies
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 12:15
Last update: about 4 months ago
Various letters have appeared in the print media recently concerning the unfair discrimination between those born before or after 1962 in determining one’s maximum state pension. I am aware that...
Pension and pensioners
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 07:47
Last update: about 4 months ago
It is unbelievable to think that nowadays in our islands pensioners who were born in 1961 or before have about €300 less every four weeks, compared to those who were born after 1962. Whenever a...
The helpers at Victoria Gozo
Sunday, 3 September 2023, 08:05
Last update: about 4 months ago
Considering my efforts have proved useless with the responsible health authorities to find a solution for the helpers employed at the centre of Victoria, Gozo, I had to turn to this newspaper to try...
Pharmacies list curiosity
Sunday, 9 July 2023, 08:14
Last update: about 6 months ago
Why is it that in the pharmacies list published on Sundays by the media, Rabat, Mtarfa and Dingli are missed out once in every three weeks? For instance no pharmacy was listed as opening in...
Traffic problems
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 08:03
Last update: about 7 months ago
Traffic problems are mainly two-fold – congestion (including pollution) and more serious, disabling injuries or even death. Recent road improvements to the previous largely 19th century...
The 3-30-300 environmental rule
Sunday, 11 June 2023, 07:06
Last update: about 7 months ago
Professor Cecil Konijnendijk is a Dutch expert who, for almost 30 years, studied and taught about the role of trees and green space in cities and towns. He is a leading world authority on green space...