Local Democracy under attack
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Clyde Puli
Malta has applied a system of local government for more than two decades now. It has been an experience which, by and large, can be considered a success. We have been able to adapt the system of local...
Young people, wake up!
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The apostolic journey of Pope Francis to the Republic of Korea on the occasion of the 6th Asian World Youth Day, which he undertook from 13 to 18 August, left a powerful mark on the young people. I am...
Remove them, now!
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Since the recent refurbishment of the Victoria Bus Terminus, three yellow concrete bumps have been placed close to the pavement. Whatever the reason for their creation, they have...
State-of-the art-construction scandals at Mater Dei
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The revelations about the serious structural defects in the columns of the Emergency Department at Mater Dei hospital is just further proof of how public projects were carried out...
The continued destruction of our heritage
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Hang your head in shame, Mepa – Mr Chairman in particular – and you too, Mr San Gwann major (the locality’s very own ‘invisible man’), because both you...
The context of a crisis
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The surge of Iraqi, Iranian, Syrian and now even Libyan immigrants onto Maltese and Italian shores has created a humanitarian crisis of the first order, posing major challenges for...
To our dear friends at the Mission Fund
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I would like to thank all the staff, as well as all the benefactors of the Mission Fund, for the generous donation of €2,000 I received during my recent home...
Democracy in the Church
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I think it is about time that the Church improved its democratic credentials – not where the unchangeable laws of God and the Sacraments are concerned but in terms of how these are...
Dubious ‘relics’
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
We have recently witnessed the morbid display of the alleged remains of long-dead saints. These funerary fetishes included “The arm bone of St Paul”, “The arm bone of St...
Ruining festivities
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
We have recently witnessed the morbid display of the alleged remains of long-dead saints. These funerary fetishes included “The arm bone of St Paul”, “The arm bone...