The Malta Independent 12 November 2026, Thursday
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Busuttil has switched on the PN machine's gear, in reverse

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Just a couple of hours after reading MaltaToday’s latest public opinion survey result, which showed Dr Joseph Muscat holding an eight-point lead over the PN leader, while the PL had marginally...

No boat trailer parking despite new Mgarr slipway

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The government did an excellent job with the regeneration of Zewwieqa Waterfront at Mgarr. This included the construction of a new, well-designed slipway (although a couple of tie up points would be...

An excellent festival

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

I refer to the gratuitous remarks made in an interview last year with Ian Peter Bugeja in FIRST magazine about the Valletta International Baroque Festival and its artistic director Kenneth Zammit...

An open letter to the Superintendent of Cultural Heritage

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

On behalf of Wirt San Ġwann and in my capacity as secretary of this local NGO, I would like to point out that a pillbox in San Ġwann is in danger of being demolished to make way for a...

Curing a scourging malaise

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Contemporary society is tragically scourged by loneliness. The North American actress and singer, Anne Jacqueline Hathaway, had the courage to confess: “Loneliness is my least favourite thing...

Begging for ‘graces’

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Restless Catholics are always hankering after new "saints" to importune for "graces". Their current craze is for the "intervention" of the dead Sr Faustina. According to her...

Of building sites and unfinished developments

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

As someone who is reasonably well travelled in Europe, a recent first trip to Malta was in itself an adventure I was looking forward too. I was not disappointed. I had been pre-warned however by...

Grammar school mentality

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

A few days ago, your contributor Salvu Mallia wrote: “We still find ourselves, after 50 years of independence, rooted in the grammar school system mentality of the British Empire, geared to...

Research on Renaissance paintings

Sunday, 9 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

I am a third year student at the University of Malta reading for a History of Art Honours degree. I am currently doing research on Renaissance paintings in the Maltese Islands for my undergraduate...

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