The Malta Independent 16 August 2026, Sunday
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Lost In education

Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The comments made by Professor Kenneth Wain at a Nationalist Party breakfast meeting last week unfortunately did not stir the debate that was probably intended by the learned professor. ...

Illegal Immigration: getting the facts right

Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Your editorial ‘Worrying indeed’ (TMID, 4 September) made interesting reading. It was based on a story carried on the previous day in which it was held that (as if to coincide with this year’s multi-million euro Frontex operation!)...

24-hour Pharmacy needed

Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta is a pretty small place. There are 410,000 people on an island just a few miles in length by breadth. One thing Malta is definitely lacking is 24-hour services. When one speaks about 24-hour services, we are talking petrol pumps, ...

A Luminous messenger of God’s love

Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The 26 August was the birthday of one of the strongest and most inspiring women of all times, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Her exceptionality lies in the fact that by God’s grace she was able “to quench Jesus’ thirst for love and for souls”,...

The Challenge of the EU small business act

Monday, 8 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The saying goes that micro and small and medium enterprises are the backbone of the Maltese economy. Indeed they constitute the great majority of businesses in Malta and Gozo and they are in the main family-run. ...

A Fighting chance

Monday, 8 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The news that agreement was reached between the General Workers’ Union and the Government in relation to the privatisation of the shipyards was indeed positive, but raises some important questions....

The Courts of (in)justice

Monday, 8 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Chief Justice Vincent De Gaetano would like to have the reasons for Presidential pardons made public, according to an interview he gave a newspaper....

A Man for two seasons: the death and burial of a yard

Sunday, 7 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Sir Thomas More became immortal as “A Man For All Seasons”. Our Prime Minister will be remembered as “A Man For Two Seasons”. Before the general election he is the good guy heralding the Seven Years of Plenty. ...

An Inconvenient truth

Sunday, 7 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Opposition spokesperson on Environment and Climate Change Leo Brincat inquired whether the Malta Environment and Planning Authority or the Malta Resources Authority were responsible in any way for putting into action Legal Notice 238 of 2006, ...

Go Mobile Apologises

Sunday, 7 September 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

With reference to Neville Farrugia’s letter “GO Mobile or no mobile” (TMIS, 31 August), GO Mobile regrets the inconvenience caused. Mr Farrugia took his Nokia 3500 for repairs on 11 August and after a series of tests no faults were discovered. ...

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