No money to repair potholes
Friday, 2 December 2016, 08:55
Last update: about 11 years ago
Salvu Mallia
Salvu Mallia today raises tourism issues in his weekly blog on this website, saying that he cannot understand how the government boasts so much about the country’s economy and then does not have...
In pursuit of justice and truth
Friday, 2 December 2016, 08:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
The events that took place this week, in court and in parliament, have continued to highlight the need for perseverance by those of us who feel that justice and truth must always prevail. Last...
Allocation of two extra seats to PN a dangerous precedent
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 12:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Miriam Dalli
The allocation of two extra seats to the Nationalist Party by the courts of law is a dangerous precedent, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli says today. In her vlog on The Malta Independent, Dr Dalli...
Liberal is as liberal does
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 11:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
This government spends a great deal of time boasting about how liberal and secular it is. That would be why, then, it harasses journalists and critics, hates the free press, and rounds up sub-Saharan...
European defence?
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 07:47
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alfred Sant
The claims and pressures in favour of a European defence policy have grown. They were boosted by the British vote for Brexit. The argument spread that with the strengthening of a common European...
Wisdom teeth
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 08:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
I’m really not a fan of my dentist even if I must admit that Dr Marlene Farrugia managed to halve my phobia with her gentleness and professionalism. However, I suppose that we realise what...
Inbieghu is-sahha jew sahhitna nbieghet?
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 07:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Marlene Farrugia
Is-settur tas-saħħa mhux faċli biex issostnieh. Il-popolazzjoni anzjana dejjem tikber titlob aktar tipi ta' kura għal aktar żmien. L-ambjent u l-livell tal-istress...
A very clear choice: either black or white
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 07:49
Last update: about 11 years ago
Gejtu Vella
That there is no end to political controversies is well acknowledged. It is a national characteristic. I find nothing wrong in this, unless the much touted national good succumbs to parochial...
More MPs on board
Monday, 28 November 2016, 07:58
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alfred Sant
Surely, I must be misunderstanding. I was under the impression that we had reformed the electoral system in such a way that the number of MPs in Parliament would reflect proportionately the voting...