The Malta Independent 11 August 2026, Tuesday
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Diary: Surviving loss and lockdown

Sunday, 22 August 2021, 09:04 Last update: about 6 years ago

"I still recall the terrible feeling of anxiety and uncertainty of those first few months of the pandemic. Two years had barely passed since the sudden loss of Charles, my soulmate and companion for...

Getting to know Lydia: mother, wife, lawyer, role model

Sunday, 22 August 2021, 08:51 Last update: about 6 years ago Marie Benoît

Dr Lydia Abela is an asset to the Labour Party and now to the Labour government. The few times I saw her on television I admired the sober way in which she conducted herself as executive secretary of...

TMID Editorial: Yacht marina - The story is far from over

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 08:42 Last update: about 6 years ago

The Marsascala local council this week said in unequivocal terms that it is totally against the yacht marina being proposed by Transport Malta. But, judging by replies given to this newsroom by the...

TMID Editorial: Prisons - Why is the Minister so silent?

Friday, 20 August 2021, 09:22 Last update: about 6 years ago

Three days have now passed since Colin Galea died in hospital, some days after he attempted suicide while he was in prison. Three days where calls for the resignation of prison head Alexander...

Avoiding desertification

Thursday, 19 August 2021, 13:13 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

In these days of extreme heat, we would do well to consider the impact of the weather on the condition of life in these tightly-packed islands. We know of course that this extreme heat does not...

The grotesque within transmogrification

Thursday, 19 August 2021, 13:11 Last update: about 6 years ago

The Idea of the Grotesque understood as the Fundamental Basis of the Process of Transmogrification formed part of a joint exhibition entitled Strada Stretta Occupy by Students which was held at...

TMID Editorial: Education - The need to improve

Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 10:54 Last update: about 6 years ago

Last week news broke that there was a high SEC failure rate in core subjects – Maths, English and Maltese. Figures show that this year, 17% of students who sat for Maltese, 18% who sat for...

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