An appeal to protect the most vulnerable
Sunday, 13 April 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The moral decadence and decline that has gripped the United States and Europe is slowly but surely reaching our shores and taking us by storm. Under the pretext...
Charles Allingham the artist
Sunday, 13 April 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
As part of my MA research at the Department of History of Art, University of Malta, I am conducting a study on the British artist Charles Allingham (c1778-1850)....
Programme of Latin study stopped at university
Sunday, 13 April 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
For many years, the Department of Classics and Archaeology has been teaching Latin to seminarians at the University of Malta. In 1989, Prof. Vella, at the...
Madame Galley in Malta
Sunday, 13 April 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
On my return to my homeland Malta, I had the privilege of attending two lectures given by Dr Micheline Galley at the University of Malta. This was the inspiration...
Opening the floodgates of God’s mercy
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
From Friday afternoon of 28 March to Saturday 29 March, the floodgates of Divine Mercy were generously opened to our shattered world. This Festival of Forgiveness, an initiative advocated by the...
A selfie for a good cause: The no-makeup selfie
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
‘The No-Makeup Selfie’ is a campaign to increase cancer awareness. In the UK, the no-makeup selfies raised up to £8 million for cancer research in six days. In Malta many...
Taking the Mickey out of PN supporters
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
On 31 March – Freedom Day – the PN’s daily In-Nazzjon had the following title on its front page: “Another election pledge broken” (“Weghda ohra elettorali...
Cabinet reshuffle
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The inauguration of President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca on Friday, a few days after celebrating the 35th anniversary of Freedom Day (31st March 1979), gave occasion for a reshuffle to Joseph...
Will the Qala Square trees fall?
Sunday, 30 March 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
In the light of all the controversy surrounding the continued destruction of trees in the Maltese Islands, it is saddening to discover that Qala local council has applied to Mepa to remove the 32...
Lent: Re-entering our hearts
Sunday, 30 March 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Lent, as our Bishops rightly said in this year’s Lenten pastoral letter, “is a beautiful period which is necessary for us to stop awhile from our normal routine and reflect on the truth...