The best is yet to come
Friday, 21 June 2013, 07:54
Last update: about 14 years ago
Ian Borg
It is customary for newly elected Prime Ministers and their Cabinet Members, to use their first hundered days in government to give an indication of things to come during their term of office. ...
Dealing with issues of fundamental importance
Friday, 21 June 2013, 07:53
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
With reference to an article published in ‘The Times’ newspaper on 23 April 2013 entitled ‘Bill on same-sex civil unions by summer’, the government has set up a consultative...
Fatal attraction
Friday, 21 June 2013, 07:52
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This is not the first time John Dalli has found himself in a top position at Mater Dei and the Health Department. Anecdotal accounts told five years ago how when Lawrence Gonzi offered him...
Enough with the hair-shirts and self-flagellation
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 08:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Nationalist Party is not going to get anywhere fast if it carries on parading about in a hair-shirt and ankle-chains, whipping itself and chanting ‘mea culpa, mea maxima...
A vital apostolate
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 07:59
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
From Monday 10 till Friday 14 June we, the Maltese Capuchin Friars, held our sixty-seventh Provincial Chapter. The latter was successfully presided by the French Capuchin and General Definitor, Bro...
Power station due process
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 07:58
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Whether the latest protestations by the Opposition over plans for the new Delimara power station are merely yet another case or pure scaremongering or not remains to be seen. It is also quite...
Open Day 2013 at the Malta School of Art
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:17
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Malta School of Art, located at Casa Brunet, 106 Old Bakery Street Valletta, will be holding an Open Day for the general public on Sunday 30 June between 9.30am and 1.00pm. On the...
The lure of politics and one hundred days
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 08:11
Last update: about 14 years ago
Alfred Mifsud
Problem solving requires treatment of both the substance and the optics of the matter: only after taking both into consideration can one devise a proper, fair and lasting solution. The...
Turkey and Taksim Square
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 08:10
Last update: about 14 years ago
Peter Fenech
The events of the last 15 days in Taksim Square have dominated the headlines of every media outlet in the western world and beyond. What has happened in Turkey goes beyond the actual protest over the...
Malta seemingly set to remain car dependent….
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 08:09
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Earlier this month the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) published the results of a barometer survey on the rate and safety of bicycle use in EU countries to enable it to respond...