The Malta Independent 13 November 2026, Friday
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Time to wake up!

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Michael Asciak

I was away from the island for three weeks, partly on an Opus Dei annual sabbatical workshop dealing with Christology (the essence and being of Christ – one substance but two natures) and partly...

Thwarted democracy

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

So the government has now hurriedly started a ‘consultation period’ to “listen” to what stakeholders have to say about the proposed postponement of local council elections to...

The Cottonera breathes again, at last

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charles Flores

Last Wednesday’s inauguration of the finally completed Dock No.1 project in Bormla no doubt signalled a new beginning not only for that wonderful, for-too-long neglected city, but also for the...

Is Nato redundant?

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    A conflict that was fuelled by Russian weaponry and led by nationalists has now developed a momentum of its own. There has been no invasion, yet the borders of a European country...

Praying for our Archbishop

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    At present, the local media has been publishing diverse comments regarding the Church leadership under Mgr Paul Cremona. In one of the articles, it was written that the leadership...

‘Crocodile tears for Maltese workers in Libya’

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    Reference is made to Raymond Sammut’s letter entitled “Crocodile tears for Maltese workers in Libya” (TMIS, 24 August).   In this letter, Mr Sammut was...

The Ali Baba effect: is it a contribution or a tax?

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    We have recently been hearing a lot about the severely hit local retail trade – or rather the lack of trade and this government’s laudable and valiant efforts to try and...

Heartfelt thanks to the Mission Fund

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for the financial support I have been receiving from the Mission Fund.   This kind of support encourages us to meet the challenges we face every...

Shooting down hypocrisy

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

While Malta celebrates the feast of St Julian today (31 August), for many this day is not that much of a celebration, being the last day our Maltese countryside will be spared from the incessant sound...

Education: a new system of evangelization

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Education has the power to eradicate poverty, hunger and disease in African. Inspired by this idea, we missionaries working in Malindi, Kenya are doing our best to build schools and pay the school...

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