Residents Object to proposed building
Monday, 21 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I write concerning recent articles about a major modern development in the heart of our great heritage city of Valletta....
Attending To the needs of people
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
On behalf of the Burmarrad / Wardija Administrative Committee, and in the name of the residents of these villages, I would like to thank the central government, especially the Ministry for Infrastructure, ...
A New takeoff
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
There are moments in our life when we yearn for a new takeoff. We have been doing the same work for a long time, the situation in our family does not change, we fail to meet new friends....
Ron Colombo: An Appreciation
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
His many friends were shocked when, at the end of January, they heard that Ron had collapsed at his home in Sliema and was taken to Mater Dei hospital. Despite the best efforts of the medical staff and the constant, ...
Gratitude To the Mission Fund
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I would like to thank Mission Fund for its contribution of US$1,620 towards the setting up of a university college in Dumka, Jharkhand that will offer quality tertiary education to tribal and disadvantaged groups. ...
Hoping Scaremongering works as it did in the 1960s!
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Speaking in Parliament on the Opposition’s motion regarding the referendum question, Edwin Vassallo seemed to want to turn the clock back to the 1960s, ...
Till Death do us part
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
As the Maltese electorate is about to vote in a consultative referendum on whether the divorce law should or should not be introduced in our country, it is appropriate to continue enlightening our conscience regarding this delicate and crucial matter. ...
Traffic Nightmare (Floriana)
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Allow me to comment on the letter entitled “Floriana residents’ traffic nightmare continues” by correspondent Noel Galea Bason (in another section of the media on 12 March), most especially the phrase…...
Tragic End to the carnival of 1823
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
It was some 60 years ago that I first read about the tragedy that occurred on the last day of carnival in 1823, when, within half an hour, 110 children died, trampled to death or suffocated. ...
The Equal rights of the unfrozen human being
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
When considering the issue of whether to consider morals when enacting legislation, the debate between Lord Devlin, a Law Lord, and Professor Hart comes to mind. Although these debates date back to the sixties,...