The wrong message
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 08:28
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As a mother of a teenage girl, and a teenage boy, I cannot help but be very worried about the message being sent out to society in the case of three boys who gang-raped a girl. Two teenage...
Condolences
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 08:27
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
There is nothing that can be done to bring back the three people who died at sea when they were trying to get back to their boat in Dwejra from Xlendi. God willing, they find the two other people who...
The four gentlemen
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 08:26
Last update: about 14 years ago
Marthese Portelli
It is Wednesday afternoon and I am penning this article, the day when the Nationalist Party will have its new party leader. That means that strictly speaking the leader of the Nationalist Party...
Goodness, I thought Labour could pay its own consultants
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 08:25
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Mario Farrugia Borg, a convert to Islam who will bore the pants off anyone who will listen, has been given a job in the Office of the Prime Minister, as the PM’s interlocutor with the Muslim...
Culture: Gold more popular than Preti?
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 15:07
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Mattia Preti centenary exhibition by Heritage Malta and the Comune of Taverna at the Palace in Valletta is a veritable feast of art. We Maltese consider Preti as ‘our’...
Let's get on with it
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 08:21
Last update: about 14 years ago
Peter Fenech
This government has been in office for practically two months now and it is legitimate to state that it is still in its honeymoon period. After numerous years in Opposition, criticism is permissible...
V-18: The knives are out
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 08:06
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
As soon as it was announced that Jason Micallef was to be the new V-18 chairman, the dogs started baying and the knives were out. The first reaction of many, was that he was unsuited for...
The leader elect
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 08:03
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It is all but a formality now. Simon Busuttil needs two thirds of the votes which are to be cast in today’s election but there is no doubt that he will reach the tally, especially after his...
A far cry from culture
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 08:51
Last update: about 14 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
In a mere two months of Labour government, we have become used to the manner of Labour appointments. First, there is a choice of person that makes us raise an eyebrow. Then,...
Life goes on … the PN has a new Leader
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 08:09
Last update: about 14 years ago
Gejtu Vella
I started drafting this opinion earlier last week and finished it late Sunday evening. The race between the four gentlemen is now over. Dr. Simon Busuttil will be the Leader of the Nationalist...