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Reality check

Sunday, 20 September 2020, 10:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

Prime Minister Robert Abela could not have been nearer the target on the issue of migration and the huge dilemma facing the European Union. His strong criticism of the boat-by-boat system being used...

Covid detection and school opening

Sunday, 20 September 2020, 09:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The conflicting messages in early summer issued by Maltese holders of political office that Covid-19 was under control are partly responsible for the current state of play. Specifically, the Prime...

10 reflections in semi-isolation

Sunday, 20 September 2020, 09:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

What a mess of a world. We had it all and we turned it into a pigsty. We did everything to push it to destruction. Glaciers falling, temperatures zooming up, winds and seas gone haywire. All we needed...

We are giving Covid a walk-over

Sunday, 20 September 2020, 08:21 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

The numbers of these last days have been shocking, not just for the number of deaths that have occurred nor just the number of infected people which has spiralled beyond control but mostly for the...

Britain is changing

Saturday, 19 September 2020, 08:35 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

After having caught Covid 19 himself, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is currently soldiering on looking rather worse for his personal experience with the virus and even...

More than 50 measures for the reopening of schools

Friday, 18 September 2020, 08:18 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

Following the publication of the advice and guidelines to the educational sector for the re-opening of primary and secondary schools in Malta issued by the Ministry for Health, and in accordance to...

When the politics start from the top

Thursday, 17 September 2020, 07:55 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

New faces, if possible young ones, are of course necessary in politics. As well as in all sectors of human activity. However, should this mean that (at least in politics) it would be best if such...

Pride and COVID-19

Thursday, 17 September 2020, 07:10 Last update: about 7 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Sadly, this year Pride month is not what we were hoping it would be. After last year’s major success at the Pride March, and the amazing events which took place throughout September, we...

Navigating through COVID

Thursday, 17 September 2020, 06:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

Last Sunday's The Malta Independent published an insightful interview with consultant psychiatrist Walter Busuttil, about moral dilemmas faced by healthcare workers amind the Covid-19...

The not so fast ferry

Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 06:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

Gozo delivers the highest number of University graduates per capita when compared to the rest of our archipelago. The sister island is indeed brimming with potential, from the human to its unmatched...

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