Can Hong Kong achieve full democracy?
Monday, 27 October 2014, 07:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Tarcisio Zammit
Since 22 September 2014, when Hong Kong students decided to boycott classes in protest at the central government's decision to limit voters' choices in the 2017 Chief Executive election, the democracy...
New initiatives, projects and services for the elderly
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:45
Last update: about 13 years ago
Justyne Caruana
This month, the Parliamentary Secretariat for the Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing embarked on a series of new projects and services related to the elderly. October is the month...
Another battle in the COLA war begins
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Just in time for the onset of the government's pre-budget negotiations with the social partners comprising the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development, another battlefront in the years' old...
Cartoon 26 October 2014
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 08:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Cartoon The Malta Independent on Sunday 26 October 2014...
Some irregularities in the resignation of Archbishop Paul Cremona
Thursday, 23 October 2014, 11:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Fr Reno Muscat Once the rumours about the dismissal of the Archbishop of Malta spread not just all over the island but even in Rome, where I was on that day, I tried to follow what was going on...
The hard truth about traffic
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 07:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Criticism directed towards the Minister of Transport regarding the traffic situation is more than justified. After all, following the shambles left behind by 20 years of ignoring the traffic issue,...
Libya: There is a threat on our collective European doorstep
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 07:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
The first person in government to voice concern about the threat of ISIS was Foreign Minister George Vella. Speaking to this newspaper, the Foreign Minister said that he was concerned by the presence...
John Dalli replies to report on ‘media attack’
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 08:11
Last update: about 13 years ago
I refer to the article appearing in The Malta Independent entitled "Dalli refuses to hand over copy of articles purporting to have "attacked" him in 2004" (TMID 20 October 2014). I think you did...