The sweet smell of love and the stench of greed
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 15:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
I have always been fascinated by John 12:1-8. I like it for its powerful irony. This episode tells the story of Jesus who visits Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, at his house in...
Paying the Piper
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
Caroline Galea
Few would doubt that the quality and grade of governance of the present Labour administration is sinking fast, and hope is fading even faster that it can be restored to some level of decency very...
The Maternity Leave Trust Fund – a win-win contribution
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
The National Council of Women welcomes the introduction of the Maternity Leave Trust Fund, a pool that will contribute to maternity leave of women employed in the private sector. The recent...
‘Tallinja’: Taking us for a ride
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Like those of many other aggrieved Malta Public Transport (MPT) customers, my son’s topped up Tallinja card is defective and malfunctions on the buses. Repeated e-mail, online and telephone...
Nests
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Many young birds die because of breeders’ stupidity. One of the problems bird breeders have to face every year is the loss of fledglings. This is because they have to ring their fledglings...
Is history repeating itself?
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
It is often stated that history repeats itself. Under certain circumstances it certainly does. Around two thousand years ago, the followers of Jesus Christ, who they claimed was both Man and God and...
Hardly a Chinese puzzle
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:28
Last update: about 11 years ago
Ms Sai Mizzi’s performance at her press conference was a dismal exercise in pulling the wool over one’s eyes. That was the only choice left to her, considering the many, well,...
Gozo’s Third World roads
Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
The article entitled “Gozo-driving on Third-World country roads” (TMIS, 26 July) is, alas, a very correct summing-up of the disastrous state of Gozo's “roads”....
Why Remain open to blackmail?
Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I honestly cannot understand what is keeping the politicians from seeing what can be done about using ethanol instead of petrol for car engines. Or at least a mixture of the two, which would see a decline in the use of petrol. ...