Initiatives to generate economic growth
Friday, 28 February 2014, 07:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Ian Borg
A year on, generating economic growth has marked a significant footstep in this government’s roadmap which was approved by the vast majority of the Maltese electorate during the last general...
Environment:
The rape and pillage of the sea
Friday, 28 February 2014, 07:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta is an archipelago that lies in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Our history has been shaped by that fact and over the millennia, various peoples have settled here and traded through the sea...
Humpty Dumpty
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 09:23
Last update: about 13 years ago
Norman Vella
When Alice met Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s classic “Through the Looking-Glass”, Humpty Dumpty engages in a manipulation of language, redefining the meaning of words at will,...
V18:
Leaving something to our children
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 08:01
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Valletta is going to be Europe’s Capital of Culture in 2018. Many are looking forward to the celebrations and activities, and rightly so. But it is not just about the year 2018. When people look...
Big brother
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 08:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Last week, John Dalli’s more notorious brother Sebastian was in the news again after a period of relative quiet. This was after an Italian newspaper published a report about that...
IT:
Technology is wonderful when it works
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 07:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Technology has penetrated into every facet of modern day life. People are more plugged in than ever. They carry their tablets, their laptops and their smart phones around. As soon as they get home,...
Art in Gozo - two of a kind
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 15:27
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Two female artists, Sue Nightingale and Rachel Galea joined forces to present a high calibre exhibition of their recent works at the Culture Office Foyer, Banca Giuratale, Victoria. This...
Towards productive social dialogue
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 08:14
Last update: about 13 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Trade unions and employers’ organisations are two, if not the main, actors considered as the back-bone of industrial democracy at the place of work. Government is expected to act as the...
Public transport:
Have we missed the bus?
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 08:14
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Scottish company that was considering tendering for the new public transport system to replace the under par Arriva service yesterday said that it was scrapping the bid because it “feared...