A Decade of Gas: 2003 - 2013
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 09:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Amid the welter of reports, statements and re-writing of the history of gas, a few useful facts seem to have emerged. The offer by ENI of a pipeline had some interesting features. The...
Diamonds are forever – or are they?
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 09:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Gozo is a diamond (according to Inti djamant by The Tramps), and the same applies to Malta. And, according to another song, diamonds are forever. But will Gozo remain a diamond, with its...
An open letter to Dr Lawrence Gonzi
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Dear Dr Gonzi, BirdLife Malta considers it is in the public interest for the Partit Nazzjonalista to explain in detail its election programme proposal on the sanctioning of “building...
Hondoq – a political hot potato?
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Both parties have been ominously quiet on the Hondoq issue. Is this because, with only 1,580 votes separating them at the last election, the thousands of voters who are against the Hondoq development,...
Blame Dr Gonzi, not Dr Muscat, Tonio
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As expected, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has blamed Dr Joseph Muscat and the PL for Standard & Poor’s downgrade of Malta to BBB. I should have added “Incredible!”. I...
The e-Residence Card: dead on arrival
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 08:50
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I refer to the letter from David Reiling entitled E-residency permits in a shambles (TMIS 27 January) regarding the recently introduced ‘e-Residence Card’ – a hybrid document...
The same but different
Saturday, 2 February 2013, 10:37
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We are a group of teenagers with a profile of dyslexia. We see things in a different way and we are very imaginative and hence creative. We have been meeting these last two years to do...
Is Enemalta trying to save money?
Saturday, 2 February 2013, 09:38
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We know that Enemalta is seriously in debt. We also know that it is doing all it can to try and keep up with demand as the ailing power station continues to stutter and suffer meltdowns because of the...
I want a tablet too
Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 09:19
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Both major political parties are more than ever before, and not surprisingly, promising everything to everybody. Inevitably, the responsible voter is asking "But where is all the money going to...
Air Malta bookings
Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 09:18
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Air Malta refers to the letter, ‘What is wrong with Air Malta?’ by Ms Lesley Gail Kreupl (23 January). We express our sincere regret for any inconvenience caused to Ms...