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Smells in Marsascala

Sunday, 17 November 2013, 08:44 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the comments made by Marsascala mayor Mario Calleja (TMIS, 10 November, “Biologist says persistent smells in Marsascala being ignored”) when contacted by your newspaper for his...

Tent cities

Sunday, 17 November 2013, 08:44 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

When will the international community commit itself to eradicating poverty in the Horn of Africa? Hundreds of thousands of people in East Africa live in tent cities, terrorism is rife and countries in...

Adoption is a children’s right

Sunday, 17 November 2013, 08:43 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The discussion about adoption should be focused on children and not on the ‘rights’ of adults, whether married, gay couples or single persons. Nobody has an automatic right to adopt...

Hide-and-seek at University of Malta

Saturday, 16 November 2013, 08:45 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The University of Malta seems determined to make the knowledge produced by its students inaccessible to both the Maltese public and scholars abroad.   Many of the hundreds of theses produced...

Tent cities in the Horn of Africa

Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

When will the international community commit itself to eradicate poverty in the Horn of Africa? Hundreds of thousands of people in East Africa live in tent cities, terrorism is rife and countries in...

An insightful lecture by Cardinal Prospero Grech OSA

Sunday, 10 November 2013, 09:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Maltese Augustinian Province, in conjunction with the Faculty of Theology of the University of Malta and the Archdiocesan Foundation for Theological Studies, recently held the 17th annual St...

The amnesia of faith

Sunday, 10 November 2013, 09:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In his encyclical on faith, Pope Francis described the Christian faith as a defence against the “massive amnesia in our contemporary world”. This amnesia equally applies to those who fall...

Revision of rent laws

Sunday, 10 November 2013, 09:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In his letter entitled “Lacuna in our rent laws” (TMIS, 3 November), George Farrugia makes specific reference to commercial rents.   Article 1531D of the Civil Code deals with...

NGO bashing

Sunday, 10 November 2013, 09:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is an inexplicable fact that certain columnists have made a habit of disparaging NGOs. A common line of attack is an attempt to undermine their integrity by insinuating that they have a political...

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