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Finally, a fearless archbishop

Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 12:18 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

The Labour Party is dying to pick a fight with the Church. To be more accurate, it is dying to provoke Archbishop Charles Scicluna into retaliating to the heavy accusations Labour exponents are...

Broken hearts and twisted minds

Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 08:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

Last Wednesday, Stephen Calleja, The Malta Independent Online Editor, opined his gut feeling about the turnout of voters in the coming general election.  He forecasted that voter turnout will see...

Haxjokrazija?

Monday, 5 September 2016, 09:50 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Malta kif nafuha bhalissa qed tagħmel suċċess. Hekk tgħid l-istatistika. Hekk qalu Moodies u Fitch imħallsa apposta biex joħorġu b'ġudizzju skond...

Fish farms

Monday, 5 September 2016, 07:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

The sea pollution that is being caused by fish farms is unacceptable by any standards. It is even more so because, as was common knowledge, many were operating in flagrant violation of established...

The visa scam and what is not being said

Monday, 5 September 2016, 07:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

I am following with great interest what The Malta Independent on Sunday has revealed about the visa scam and the thousands of euros that allegedly were received by Neville Gafa.  The issue of...

Daylight robbery by the people elected to government

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The medical visas scandal continues to grow, with threats made against the Libyan go-between who says he paid tens of thousands of euros to Neville Gafà, a former shop assistant placed on the...

The gentle, unassuming giant

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 10:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

It must have been three or so years ago, in late October. I, along with a group of interested persons, climbed the Nuffara hill in Gozo, across the valley from Xaghra, led by an agile and nimble,...

A stinking amnesty

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 10:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The planning amnesty which Parliamentary Secretary Deborah Schembri launched last week to regularise development illegalities that cannot be addressed through a proper application of planning policies...

A moment in time

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 09:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Charles Flores

I am duty and ethically bound to steer clear of the current situation concerning the scheduling or rescheduling of television programmes on the public stations, something from which I hope I can be...

Taking stock of tourism in Malta

Saturday, 3 September 2016, 08:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Nothing serves better to stimulate our appreciation of travel and the functioning of the destination for visitors and locals, than, of course, a trip abroad. Not that we are without comments or...

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