Politics:
Is the government listening?
Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 07:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat rounded up the series of meetings “A government that listens” last night. The Labour Party has been in power for just over a year now, and has always put a lot...
Gas Fired Power Station – good governance, not
Monday, 10 March 2014, 08:33
Last update: about 13 years ago
Therese Comodini Cachia
Good governance is very catchy in political talk and it sure attracts the attention of most voters. So maybe no wonder snippets of it were abused of only a year ago in the run up to the election. It...
Bridging the gender pay-gap
Monday, 10 March 2014, 08:31
Last update: about 13 years ago
Meusac
Gender equality is one of the founding principles of the European Union. This principle dates back to 1957 when the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ was first established in the...
Survey
Let the game of Musical Chairs begin
Monday, 10 March 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The time for a cabinet reshuffle is nigh. President George Abela’s term is coming to an end, and Cabinet Minister Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is soon to assume the role. This will see her move...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 19:25
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
One success after another has proudly led the Helping Hands Group (VO/0286) to celebrate its 17th anniversary of musical productions. The Helping Hands Group – a non-profit organisation of...
Acceptable in the ’80s
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 10:25
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
When did you decide to become a DJ and how did ’80s music become your signature sound? In 1983, aged18, I began DJ-ing in my spare time. At the time, my father went through my...
Marie Benoit's Diary
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 10:11
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
We are living on an island immersed in sleeze, according to the news. We are surrounded by members of society who are thieves and knaves. Even priests are guilty not only of sins of the flesh...
Dispatches from the liberal and progressive front
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 10:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Labour Party has continued to develop its commitment to liberal and progressive causes by renaming its organisational ghetto for women, rather than dispensing with it altogether. Ghaqda Nisa...
When truth is stranger than fiction
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 10:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Alison Bezzina
There was a story in last week’s papers which, despite being raunchy in nature, didn’t seem to get much attention. It was about a married couple, a clandestine affair and a baby. Now I...
An exercise in superiority
Sunday, 9 March 2014, 10:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
There have been many varied interpretations trying to fathom why Prime Minister Joseph Muscat decided to appoint Marie Louise Coleiro Preca as the new President of the Republic. Many found...