Our Dream
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
As a major and popular political movement, we live the anxieties and aspirations of all Maltese.It is natural that we concern ourselves with the bread and ...
The Return of the Right
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Some bloggers have tied the PN decision on divorce, which is to be taken on Saturday, to Valentine’s Day a couple of days later.They are wrong: an even better bet would be to link it to the Feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck ...
Food For all
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
What should the G-20 do to prepare us to confront food crises, now and in the future? World Bank President Robert Zoellick recently listed nine measures that the G-20 should adopt under its current French presidency....
What Is the ‘Citizens Agora’?
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Poverty in the EU is a growing concern – suffice to say that 17% of the European population live below the poverty line....
Sport For all
Friday, 4 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth, recently announced the publication of the first ever EU sports policy paper based upon key components which include the societal role of sport...
Health, It’s all about teamwork
Friday, 4 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This year started off with a big bang at the Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care. My team embarked on a first for our ministry – an open day. The event was a mammoth effort which brought out a good team spirit within the ministry staff...
Rift And mastery
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Like brothers in arms united in combat but divided in peace, Europe and the United States, which had fought depression jointly in 2009, started voicing disagreements in 2010 and begin 2011 with divergent positions on macroeconomic policy...
Joseph Muscat Is out of his depth
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
When Joseph Muscat was elected leader of the Labour Party, albeit without a seat in the house, he made grand promises of a bright new dawn for a party that had been in opposition, by then, for the greater part of two decades...
A Welcoming Church for deaf persons in Malta
Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Church in Malta can be said to have formally expressed such commitment when in 2006 it issued a post-synodal document: Lejn Knisja (Towards a more Inclusive Church...
Baby Pea And patients’ rights
Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The saga of Baby Pea and his parents led to many debates and controversy and of course the limits, if there are any, about the rights, and perhaps obligations, of parents...