The Malta Independent 3 May 2024, Friday
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Forming An international peace movement is essential

Sunday, 13 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Faced with a developing fascist threat in Malta, it is important to be thorough and draw the political demarcation lines once more, since the traditional left-right divide seems to be insufficient to contain this fierce and destructive attack....

The Half a billion surplus myth

Sunday, 13 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Anthony Valvo repeats the persistent MLP myth that the current national debt is the result of the post-1987 PN administrations turning “a surplus of half a billion ...

Outdated Rent laws injustice

Sunday, 13 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

As usual, Daphne has hit the nail squarely on the head with her account of the misfortunes of the Grech family (TMIS, 23 January)....

Assessing Local councils

Sunday, 13 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Local councils have featured in the news lately, mainly because Parliament is discussing the amendments to the Local Councils Act, but also because the Auditor General ...

MCA Collects more than it projected

Saturday, 12 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the article entitled MCA revenue half of that planned (TMID 9 February) and would like to clarify a number of inaccuracies. ...

The GWU And the social pact

Saturday, 12 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to Angelo Vassallo’s observation Here we go again!”(TMID 9 February). It’s not astonishing that there are people, the likes of Mr Vassallo, who jump at every opportunity to put the GWU at fault for what goes wrong in Malta....

Leave Those lights off

Saturday, 12 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I have been following the exchange of letters in TMID between the Malta Transport Authority’s PR manager and the Floriana Senior Citizens’ President about the pelican lights along St Anne Street. ...

Taxes, Taxes and more taxes

Friday, 11 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It was not at all surprising that Giov. DeMartino, wrote (TMID 3 February), reminding one and all about what was happening in Malta 25 years ago under a Labour Party government....

Qui-si-Sana Roads

Friday, 11 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Over the past two years, all the roads leading to Tigne’ Point have been closed to traffic and pedestrians. This was done to enable MIDI to develop their project. ...

Divorce Prohibition, common good and the winds of change

Friday, 11 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I read with interest that one main argument that anti divorce supporters still cling to is the argument that before introducing divorce, one should keep in mind the “common good of society as a whole”. ...

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