Without an authority, it would still be a jungle
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:10
Last update: about 13 years ago
Stephen Calleja
At first glance, the position that has been adopted by the Labour Party on the establishment of an authority that will be responsible for the implementation of IVF regulations could be seen as one...
It’s a real contest
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
It came about for the reasons we all know, as an effect of other causes, not a planned development, not as part of a strategy. Yet, in a time-honoured way, the party’s top levels...
The wrong Borg
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:08
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Dr Tonio Borg would make a formidable EU Commissioner and his nomination does not deserve the resistance it is finding in the European Parliament, though in the end his nomination should still receive...
Averting the risk of a property bubble bursting
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
We hear that the property sector is suffering as a result of the economic slowdown in Europe. The announcement by MIDI − a leading property developer of luxury apartments − in its...
Banning the manufacture of fireworks
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:06
Last update: about 13 years ago
Martin Scicluna
The explosions that rocked the fireworks factory in Gharb in Gozo a fortnight ago left four men dead and a scene of utter destruction. By many standards, the Gharb factory was in a relatively open...
Is an authority important?
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:06
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I have been following the parliamentary debate on IVF with intent and attention. I was pleasantly surprised at the high level content of the debate, given that a couple of interventions would have...
No time for Brazil nuts
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:05
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
People of all political colours are rightly disturbed by how we seem to being fed with more and more misleading and incorrect information by politicians in power when they interpret official...
Think about it
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:04
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Cogito ergo sum is a simple philosophical expression from the French Philosopher René Descartes which has been translated into English as: “I think, therefore I am”. The simple...
A strategy for the employment of our youth
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The fact that Malta is extremely successful in the area of youth employment does not mean we can afford to sit on our laurels. As the EU ranks us fifth lowest out of the 27 member states in terms of...