Equal but different
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:48
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I agree 100 per cent with the stand taken by Auxiliary Bishop Charles J. Scicluna regarding the new IVF law. Gays and lesbians cannot conceive a child naturally so they do not have a claim...
Thank you and pray for me!
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
These were not the illustrious words of an intellectual giant with a worldwide reputation. Neither were they the words of an accomplished businessperson who topped the best entrepreneurs’ list....
The waiting game
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Excessive waiting to obtain an essential service or to purchase a commodity was usually attributed to ex-communist countries such as Russia and East Europeans. Western societies used to deride...
Our clogged roads
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
Michael Asciak
Before I start on today’s subject, I need to make a correction that appeared as a misprint in last week’s article, as it changed the whole meaning of the sentence. Whereas what went into...
The First Law of Holes
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:45
Last update: about 13 years ago
Charles Flores
The best piece of advice I ever read concerning politicians still reeling from the shock of a massive defeat and in the inevitable process of reinventing themselves and their parties came from Denis...
Moral fibre!
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:43
Last update: about 13 years ago
Martin Scicluna
I sometimes despair of Malta’s Archbishop. Archbishop Paul Cremona is an intrinsically good man. But he has not a single political fibre in his body – an essential quality for any senior...
Cross-eyed flag bearers
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Reuben Sciberras
When a ship loaded with 30 tons of cannabis caught fire while sailing some 30 miles off Malta a couple of weeks ago, some joked that the prevailing wind brought the ‘smoke’ to our islands...
Children killed on our roads
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 08:25
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Readers were predictably devastated by the news of another unnecessary death of a 15-year-old girl. We continue to hear about unthinkable tragedies like this time and again and yet nothing is done...
Dire warnings not to be ignored
Sunday, 29 September 2013, 07:45
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
New warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week should serve as a very loud wake-up call for the world’s policy makers, and for policy makers in each and every...
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)
Saturday, 28 September 2013, 08:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
David Casa
The first of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) negotiations took place from 8 July to 12 July in Washington DC, which was led by the Office of the United States Trade...