The Malta Independent 13 November 2026, Friday
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From ‘Yes we can’ to ‘Yes we could’

Sunday, 30 March 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Joseph Cuschieri

We all remember Barack Obama’s popular slogan “Yes We Can” in his first and successful US presidential campaign. It was a slogan copied all over the world as politicians of every...

Parliadential-Presimentary: The story of a confused political land

Sunday, 30 March 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

After not watching the recent Xarabank debate between the Prime Minister and Opposition leader, I woke up the following Sunday with an appetite for some good, interesting and intelligent political...

Directory of segregation

Sunday, 30 March 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The National Commission for the Promotion of Equality has recently been promoting the development of a ‘Directory of Professional Women’. As a woman, I find this insulting. I do not want...

Pulling the bull over our eyes

Sunday, 30 March 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Prime Minister has tried to wriggle and wiggle his way out of bringing to book the thousand plus consumers who had their smart meters rigged by paying bribes, saying that that was the only...

Lent: Re-entering our hearts

Sunday, 30 March 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Lent, as our Bishops rightly said in this year’s Lenten pastoral letter, “is a beautiful period which is necessary for us to stop awhile from our normal routine and reflect on the truth...

Will the Qala Square trees fall?

Sunday, 30 March 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In the light of all the controversy surrounding the continued destruction of trees in the Maltese Islands, it is saddening to discover that Qala local council has applied to Mepa to remove the 32...

EU - US Transatlantic Partnership as a strong political signal

Saturday, 29 March 2014, 08:31 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The EU-US Summit that took place on Wednesday provided officials from both parties with the opportunity to make a strong political statement: one of a strong partnership between two Western...

Transport: Horse races should not be held on the roads

Saturday, 29 March 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta is a small island with a snaking road network that is, challenging to navigate, to say the least. We often sit in traffic for hours on end because of some form of accident or another. Often we...

FIMBank sponsors Matthew Kassar Art Exhibition

Friday, 28 March 2014, 11:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

FIMBank plc is sponsoring an art exhibition by artist Matthew Kassar entitled ‘New Places’. The exhibition, which will be housed at the German-Maltese Circle at Messina Palace in Valletta,...

Not a futile waste of public money at all

Friday, 28 March 2014, 08:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the report carried by your newspaper on 25 March 2014, entitled MEPA Exercise a Futile Waste of Public Money. This report was summarizing comments made by architect Joseph Falzon...

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