The Malta Independent 26 August 2026, Wednesday
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Cleaner energy needs

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 09:19 Last update: about 12 years ago

It is being estimated that by 2020 there may be one billion cars on the roads in this beautiful world of ours. While there are no easy answers to continue modifying and improve global living...

Putting our country in the hands of political nincompoops

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 09:18 Last update: about 12 years ago

Marthese Portelli has revealed the PN’s real aim behind its continuous objections to the American University of Malta project, when she said that she is not concerned if the Jordanian investor,...

Vassalli’s manuscript

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 09:17 Last update: about 12 years ago

I refer to the article by Therese Bonnici entitled “Document promoting M.A. Vassalli’s unpublished dictionary discovered” (TMIS, 24 May). While I would like to thank Therese and The...

Trees, money and competence

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 09:15 Last update: about 12 years ago

The Floriana Local Council, whose budget is so small that it is unable to pay for sufficient street sweepers to keep the community clean, decided in its infinite wisdom and against sound advice...

The greening of a party?

Sunday, 31 May 2015, 09:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Michael Asciak

It seems from what I am reading and hearing that the PN has read the signs of the times and is making the environment one of its foundation policies. This is not to say that the PN has never had...

Development: Two weights and two measures?

Saturday, 30 May 2015, 07:46 Last update: about 12 years ago

The umbrella coalition against Zonqor Point seems to be growing by the day, with renegade government MP Marlene Farrugia seemingly joining the ranks of the opposition for their rally in Marsascala...

Parliament: More respect for the House

Friday, 29 May 2015, 12:35 Last update: about 12 years ago

Parliament has come a long way from the days when MPs crossed the floor with bad intentions to verbally assault their peers on the opposite benches. Just 30 years ago, there were various instances...

AUM: Time to take a step back

Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 09:13 Last update: about 12 years ago

This newspaper has repeatedly declared its stance against the siting of the American University of Malta at Zonqor Point. We believe that unspoilt land – the little of it that we have left on...

Prostitution: Health and safety should always be the priority

Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 12 years ago

In a story published on our front page yesterday, the Law Students Association called for prostitution to be legalised and regulated, mostly to safeguard the health of those who work in the sex...

Food waste: Europe should follow France’s example

Monday, 25 May 2015, 07:50 Last update: about 12 years ago

1.3 billion tons of food goes to waste every year. At the same time, the United Nations estimates that there are some 850 million people in the world who are hungry. The French Parliament...

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