I write with reference to the article entitled "UNHCR prepares action plan for Malta to stop detention of migrant children" (TMIS, 6 December). UNHCR appreciates that The Malta Independent gives due...

A few months ago, a new debate on Mikiel Anton Vassalli was sparked off when Paul Catania of Naxxar discovered an early 19th century prospectus promoting the great patriot's unpublished dictionary and...

At this perhaps relatively late juncture of the Maltese language debate, I thought it worthwhile to bring to your readers’ notice the existence of the best critique I have come across of the...

In the 13th century, Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes wreaked devastation in Central Asia, China, Russia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. A BBC television documentary compared Islamic State...

It seems that soon the voluntary organisation Maltese Cross Corps (MCC) will no longer be delivering hot meals to senior citizens and people with special needs through the Meals-on-wheels service. The...

Renzo Piano deserves our admiration for the beautiful design of City Gate. His superb design of the new parliament and the entrance to our city is there for all to see and appreciate. However, I...

It is most unfortunate that there is a significant dearth of men and women of the calibre of this superb social educator who is once again addressing the nation on a regular basis on Smash TV....

May I ask ‘independent’ MP Marlene Farrugia, who often mentions the word “transparency” in her anti-government diatribes, if she had ever informed voters in the electoral...

With two days to go the Jubilee Year of Mercy is literally round the corner. Preparations of all sorts have been made so that this privileged Year of Mercy will be of great benefit to the Church and...

I would like readers to know that last month’s letter “Mistaken Identity” was written long before John Guillaumier’s “A critique of religion”. However, Mr...