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New St James Hospital Between Tarxien and Zejtun

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Talks concerning the replacement of the St James Hospital in Zabbar commenced with Malta Environment and Planning Authority many years back and preliminary reports for the construction of a new hospital in ...

The Valletta Royal Opera House

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The architect of the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, Edward Middleton Barry, was the very same architect who designed The Valletta Royal Opera House – built in 1866, destroyed by...

Paul And privacy

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

These past few days have seen the celebration of 60 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There is much to be said about the content of these rights, or rather about how much leaders the world over refer to them ...

Let Us give praise where it is due

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The De La Salle Brothers have made a priceless contribution to education in Malta since their arrival over a hundred years ago, and today their schools are run on sound pedagogical principles – principles that ...

The Gate

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Reading Daphne CG’s comments about the attitude of some Maltese people towards the choice of Renzo Piano reminds me of the saga surrounding the building of the Sydney Opera House and its architect Jan Utzon in the early 1960s in Sydney. ...

The New gate will be the fifth

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Daphne Caruana Galizia (The gate, TMIS, 14 December) informs us that “…the present gate is the third…”, which shows that she has little idea of the history of the gate....

Striking A balance at Ghadira

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Is Ghadira beach actually eroding? According to the Transport Minister, it is eroding at such an incredible rate that it could be gone within a few years! Has Dr Gatt had any scientific studies conducted to prove these ...

Negative Growth

Saturday, 20 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Is it a matter of poor reporting or did the Prime Minister not know what he was talking about? ...

Cruise Passenger numbers

Saturday, 20 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the report titled 12% increase expected in cruise passenger numbers (TMID, 18 December), specifically the part which states that “this year was particularly significant for the cruise lining industry in Malta, ...

Are BirdLife Also running MEPA and ALE?

Saturday, 20 December 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In 1997, when the Federation for Hunting and Conservation – Malta (FKNK) was fully collaborating with the authorities and with BirdLife Malta, it had insisted with one of its members that he had to go through ...

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