Late last year, the government announced that, in the first quarter of 2005, so-called green wardens would be employed with specific duties to safeguard the environment....

By and large, the New Year’s Eve festivities were not marred by alcohol related injuries or deaths and it is heartening, bearing in mind the tragedies of Asia, to note that no individual tragedies were recorded due to excessive indulgence....

2004 began badly, continued so so and could not have ended worse....

We have started another year, one that, like those that preceded it, will bring with it a number of challenges, wins and defeats, joy and disappointment, love and betrayal....

It’s the end of another year and, as normally happens when chapters are about to close, one assesses what has gone by to build on what is already strong and try to make up for any mistakes....

It is a tragedy the world has possibly never witnessed before....

A total donation of Lm815,000 during L-Istrina last Sunday is not a small amount for a country like ours, especially considering that most of it was raised in 13 hours. ...

The statement issued by the government last Thursday with regard to the “no extra leave for public holidays on weekends” issue has left the social partners with a last chance to reach a consensus on a social pact....

The year that is about to start will probably lead to a shift of political power in Iraq’s modern history, while the country struggles with an revolution that has perplexed US strategists and their pre-war optimistic predictions....

Sooner or later, in a few years’, or months’ time, the world will have a conclave. ...