Sword and dagger
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:19
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
So now France is doing us a big favour, as a token of our friendship, by offering to lend us La Vallette’s dagger and sword, for a limited period during the time while Valletta will be...
Media control: A speech and reaction that takes us back in time
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:18
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Foreign Minister George Vella hit the headlines for saying that “we must control the media” (irridu nikkontrollaw il-media). He made the remarks in parliament on Wednesday...
It was inevitable
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 08:11
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Isn’t life ironic? The chairman of the Malta Council of Science and Technology has spent the last three years or so behaving absolutely abominably, in parliament and out of it, on Facebook and...
Children: Recording and reporting abuse
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 08:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is absolutely shocking that in a country of this population, 26 people were found guilty of and were given prison sentences for abusing children last year alone. It should be pointed out that...
Our Lady of the Lily
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 08:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Feast of Our Lady of the Lily in Mqabba will be celebrated between 7 and 16 June 2013. This year we are celebrating an important anniversary that of the 20th year since the founding of the youth...
What can we do about the hunters?
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 08:22
Last update: about 13 years ago
Martin Scicluna
The hunters are an embarrassment to Malta. Like a batty member of the family who belches and scratches his private parts in public, and generally lets the rest of the family down, hunters are...
New particles
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 08:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I graduated with a First class Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Malta in 2009. Following this I moved to the United Kingdom to further my studies,...
Jobs + should give priority to decent jobs
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 08:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Żminijietna – Voice of the Left – believes that the Jobs + national initiative should give priority to decent, regular jobs. The leftist NGO insisted on the need for an increase in the...
Parliament: Aggression is out of place in the House
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 08:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
One can sympathise with a parliamentary old-timer such as Minister Michael Farrugia for the bad deal that the cards have dealt him. After a lifetime following the medical sector, and a...
Leading by example…figuratively speaking
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 08:24
Last update: about 13 years ago
Gejtu Vella
To its word and to its credit the Labour Government is delivering on its promises. The initial volley of shots was fired during the very first days of its legislature. The fight against...