The last paragraph of the letter “Poverty: Should we turn a blind eye?” (TMIS, 27 May) by Angela Abela and Fr Charles Tabone should have read:“Helping people, especially children, one fifth of whom are poor, get out ...

History will be made today when His Holiness the Pope canonises the much loved priest who dedicated his life to instil solid Christian values in the young people of his day. One could argue that Dun Gorg Preca lived ...

Can the above government department justify the extension of closing time for pubs in residential areas like Simon’s Pub in Depiro Street, Sliema, which opens from 8pm till 3.30am in the morning, every day of...

I refer to your article re Swieqi council reversing its one-way system (TMIS, 27 May)....

People’s memory often tends to be short especially in today’s hectic Western world. Most probably many have already forgotten what happened in 1989, the year of powerful historical changes....

So fair and foul a week I have not seen. At the same time that the Maltese demonstrate to the world their Catholic pedigree certified by a miracle-working co-national saint in heaven, they have been labelled across the ...

In all democratic countries, the development of liberal institutions has been accompanied by the growth of political parties. Their role is to act as intermediaries between the electorate and the government....

In his article of 21 May in The Malta Independent entitled “AD satisfied with euro adoption”, the chairman of Alternattiva Demokratika, Dr Harry Vassallo, recommended that “the windfall tax generated from the recently ...

The National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) believes that the article entitled “WE’s ‘expensive’ tender become more expensive still” was both erroneous and misleading (TMIS, 27 May). ...

If there is a chance of improving Bugibba and Qawra these should, for a start, be separated from the district of St Paul’s Bay. They should have a more direct management system, similar to those in UK resorts, with a ...