Speak To us of children
Sunday, 12 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I remembered it as vividly as if it were yesterday. It was around 24 years ago when I heard somebody knocking on the front door of my surgery with unusual rapidity. “Doctor, it’s urgent.” I asked the patient inside to excuse me....
Teachers Should go on strike in summer
Sunday, 12 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The schools have closed for the summer season, and for the coming two months we will certainly not have the Malta Union of Teachers threatening to take industrial action, in whatever form it may deem fit....
A Moment In Time: Air Cappello
Sunday, 12 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In celebrating its 35th anniversary earlier this year, Air Malta publicity quite rightly asked us to take pride in the national carrier. We all do, of course, especially in the knowledge that Air Malta...
Communication Boost
Friday, 10 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
There is no doubt that the Nationalist administration needs to enhance its communication channels with various sectors – its grassroots, social partners, NGOs and the people in general...
Germany Strikes a blow for national pride
Friday, 10 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“On 30 June, Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the EU’s Lisbon Treaty is compatible nwith German law – but has suspended ratification of it”...
Friday Wisdom: Who’s Minding the store?
Friday, 10 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“Thankfully, unlike many other European countries, our government did not need to fund any recapitalisation of the banking system so it should have had more fiscal room to manoeuvre a fiscal stimulus to the economy”...
Breaking The Climate Deadlock
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Today, the leaders of the world’s largest economies will meet in L’Aquila, Italy, at the Major Economies Forum (MEF) to discuss progress towards a new global climate agreement....
Running Too fast – fly too high!
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
“We need to give life to this commitment. We all have a collective responsibility to the future....