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After Wednesday’s earthquake: civil defence

Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 09:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

On Wednesday an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was reported in the Maltese Islands. As far as we are aware, no damage was caused, yet it would is appropriate to consider a number of...

Opinion: What needs to be done

Sunday, 27 August 2017, 10:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Adrian Delia

I was recently asked in a live TV debate why I had decided to run for the PN leadership. Before I could say much, I was also asked many questions about innuendoes and falsehoods reported and repeated...

Opinion: A new dawn for the Nationalist Party

Sunday, 27 August 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Chris Said

For us to be the choice of the majority, we need to earn that through our virtues and not because of Labour's deficiencies. We need to work on our virtues, revive the values on which they were built,...

Cloudy with a few sunny periods

Saturday, 26 August 2017, 10:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

When Joseph Muscat launched his "best times still to come" slogan it was on the back of strong criticism from the Opposition and a pressing sense of lack in various areas of social and essential...

No, Europe will not be subdued

Friday, 25 August 2017, 07:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Mizzi

The latest wave of terrorist attacks in Spain and Finland occurred at a time when Europe is enjoying its last weeks of a particularly hot summer season. They came when Europeans are proudly applying...

And then they said they had a plan

Thursday, 24 August 2017, 10:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

When the Labour Party, back before the 2013 general election, told us that it had a plan, and that its plan was “costed and concrete”, it omitted to mention that it was a plan to rob the...

Noise pollution

Thursday, 24 August 2017, 07:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

We have come to consider environmental pollution as unavoidable. Litter in the streets, refuse displayed in what’s left of the countryside, the stench of diesel in the streets,dust clouds thrown...

Mario is no ordinary man

Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 09:28 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

Unless you have been totally disconnected from all sorts of news agencies I have no doubt that, within hours from the Barcelona and Finland horrific attacks, you would have heard about them....

Consumer protection

Monday, 21 August 2017, 07:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

That the interests of the Maltese consumer are well protected is just a fairy tale. In many cases, protection amounts to zilch. This happens in part because quite a number of consumers have little to...

Nothing to fear

Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 08:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

Yes, I cannot but give credit to the directors, management and staff at The Malta Independent. The launch of the new version of The Malta Independent website last Friday was a pleasant event, a big...

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