The Malta Independent 22 August 2026, Saturday
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Diversifying tourism facilities

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago George M Mangion

Since the early sixties when the government of the day wanted to encourage the birth of an indigenous tourist industry many pristine sites were granted to constructors and nascent home grown hoteliers...

Gozo getting what it deserves

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

Once, someone said that happiness can be defined as consumption divided by desire. If you put desire at zero, then happiness, potentially, is infinite. The nature of men (and women) is such that the...

The Maltese house that Clinton built and Trump just blew down

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

Politics is a hard game. It is dirty and very rough. It is undemocratic, full of lies and much misinformation. Eliminating your opponent by all means possible and not allowing him to get his message...

Social inclusion high on Malta's EU agenda

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

There is no better satisfaction for policy-makers than seeing their policies and strategies they plan yield the desired results. Time and again during the past months we have witnessed repeated...

ECO reduction workings clarified

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

During the programme ‘Il-Polz taċ-Ċittadin’ aired on RTK on Friday 21 November, a citizen asked how the ECO reduction is computed. For the benefit of this citizen and other...

Faith is still indispensable

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

I am writing this letter mainly for two reasons. Firstly, to vindicate the policy of this paper to publish letters on opinions the editor may disagree with but still defends the sender’s...

Donald Trump and his chrysalis

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Donald Trump, having defied received electoral wisdom, won the US Presidential election and is now in the chrysalis stage as ‘President-elect’. As a result, the world is waiting to see if...

Supporting the disabled

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The group Ħbieb tal-Aġenzija Sapport welcomes the measure announced in the last budget where people with a disability who cannot work will be entitled to a pension equivalent to the national...

The Nationalist Party and the natural environment

Sunday, 20 November 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

While forcefully opposing development at Zonqor Point, the Nationalist Party then came out in favour of the race track being proposed at Siggiewi which will gobble up more than 700 tumoli of virgin...

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