Advance Directives and mental competence
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Many of us have wishes on what care we would like to receive towards the end of our lives. Some would want to be left at home and others would not want measures which they consider extraordinary to be taken...
The Vital importance of bilingualism in Malta
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
We have been fortunate in Malta that the founding fathers of our Constitution almost 50 years ago were far-seeing and broad-minded enough to make English one of the official languages of Malta, after Maltese...
2012 Election fuels warfare over US debt
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
American politicians are fighting ideological trench warfare over raising the US debt ceiling, gambling that their opponents eventually will retreat in the face of a catastrophic and unprecedented American default on its debt...
On Paying the mortgage by credit card
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
There have been many technical and roundabout ways of describing the EU bailouts and I am sure that the list will never end...
Britain: Who else hacked phones?
Monday, 25 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The chief villain in Britain’s phone hacking scandal, the News of the World tabloid, is history, shut by owner Rupert Murdoch. But was it the only shadowy practitioner in Britain’s cut-throat media market? Some celebrities think not...
Bus-maggedon
Monday, 25 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Yes, it’s a nightmare for all commuters, not only for Maltese commuters but, worse still, for tourists too...
No, It’s not just a blip
Sunday, 24 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
The fact that some Arriva buses are running on schedule and that some early corrections will be done to the badly planned routes that were created does not absolve the utter chaos that has enveloped Malta ever sin...
From The tragic to the mundane
Sunday, 24 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is difficult to sit down and write about mundane happenings in Malta, when the tragic events of Norway eclipse everything else. But what is there to say which ...
If It can happen in Norway, it can happen anywhere
Sunday, 24 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The terrible events in Norway are a timely reminder that crazed individuals with religious or political obsessions and six tonnes of artificial fertiliser c...
Safeguarding The sustainability of sport
Sunday, 24 July 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In recent years, investment in sport has increased considerably. Suffice it to say that last year we invested in no fewer than 16 new turf pitches and will so...