The Malta Independent 17 August 2026, Monday
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Rubbish In St Paul’s Bay

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

From Mr F.H. SaidThe attached photograph illustrates what the residents of St Paul’s Bay are being faced with every single day of the year. ...

J’accuse: Surf’s Up Dude!

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Wouldn’t It Be NiceYou know that feeling when you buy that Euromillions lottery ticket? The feeling that this surely must be it – the day you move to the dream house,...

Here Comes the ‘inflation tax’

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Every time Prime Minister Gonzi returns from EU summits he has something nice to tell us, but rarely anything substantial. In whatever is discussed at EU level, the devil is in the detail and for Dr Gonzi is best avoided....

The Right to privacy is under threat

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

When the minister responsible for IT narrated in Parliament the series of events following the serious attempt to invade the privacy of thousand of Maltese citizens, ...

A Global economic cry

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Around the world, investors are agonising over a faltering economy. In the light of disheartening reports that – if not already here – a recession is inevitable, politicians are locked in negotiations to revive stagnant credit markets ...

Gosh, Look – it’s Dr Muscat and Lawrence

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Xarabank was no place for the first televised debate between the Prime Minister and the new leader of the opposition. But there’s no accounting for the choices of politicians and so I made myself a sustaining mug of Bovril ...

A Vote from abroad

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I voted for Obama this week. I know I like to joke around a lot in this column but on this I’m serious....

The Proposals for the Museum at St John’s

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Attention is now focusing on the Environmental Impact Assessment process. It is absurd that, after all these years, Mepa has yet to draw up a register of consultants. ...

Learning The lessons

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Barring all the imponderables of the future, that was a close shave, a really close shave. We never even knew we were at such a risk....

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