The post-Gonzi wasteland
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:13
Last update: about 14 years ago
Noel Grima
Listening to the speeches in Parliament on Wednesday risked turning the whole event into a time-warp. There was not just the sound and cadences of Lawrence Gonzi, which we have heard so...
Sant’ Antnin: ‘omerta’ politics is not our ball game
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:04
Last update: about 14 years ago
Leo Brincat
Were it up to certain Opposition circles, certain studies should or would have never been commissioned. They were often instantly dismissed as witch hunts even before their contents were...
Historic landmark to disappear forever?
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The die is cast, the alarm bells are ringing. A site left dormant for over 200 years has been suddenly and fiercely pounced upon by land speculators. The Gharghar battery site at the top of Kappara...
False parochial titles
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Year in year out, the annual programme of the festivities in honour of St George in Victoria, Gozo carries the usual titles of “protoparrokkjali” (protoparish), “Arċimatriċi”...
Malta should be proud of its abortion stance
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I refer to the article titled “Malta now only EU country without life saving abortion law,” (TMIS, 14 July). There is no such thing as a life-saving abortion. Abortion is...
The immigration crisis – what can be done
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Assuming that we wish to solve our immigration crisis, here is my take. The no policy of the previous Nationalist administration has failed. A policy of pushback cannot be pursued, since...
Unacknowledged disillusionment
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The election of Pope Francis was greeted with acclaim, which has since turned into unacknowledged disillusionment. Disenchantment is palpable in the awkward silence that follows some...
The good, the bad and the ugly
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Charló Bonnici
Let’s start with the good Sometimes politicians are criticized for failing to be objective in their assessment of their opponents and for only saying things which put their...
‘We are the masters now’
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Martin Scicluna
In 1945, Clement Attlee won a landslide victory in the first post-war general election in Britain, bringing the Labour Party to power. A year later, during a heated debate in the House of Commons, the...