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English And evolving Maltese

Sunday, 11 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Regrettably, the Kunsill ghall-Ilsien Malti seems determined to ruin those English words that creep into Maltese usage by advocating that we spell words such as coat into the evolving Maltese kowt, ...

J’accuse: J’accuse’s Theory Of Relativity

Sunday, 11 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Relative in-laws – potentially I’m still on holiday ... only this is a different one. I just crossed the Chunnel and am busy introducing a group of French potential in-laws to the beauty of the Garden of England that is Kent....

Liberally Speaking

Sunday, 11 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Gonzi, I think we have a problem – and no, his name is not Jeffrey (who has apparently become an Untouchable)....

Calling Government employees

Sunday, 11 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The government has agreed to second three of its current full-time employees, on existing salaries and conditions, to work at Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary near Paradise Bay, Mellieha....

A Moment In Time: Creatures of habit

Sunday, 11 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

I really do not know why so many Labourites, just because the election was lost by a whisker, think that the Nationalists will now ponder and wonder as to how they will govern. ...

Abuse Of the vulnerable

Sunday, 11 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The recent spate of reports on child abuse by the Catholic clergy both in Malta and overseas, particularly the USA, is just the tip of a monstrous iceberg. ...

Shedding Light on the doctors’ strike

Sunday, 11 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The ring of a bell might have made a Pavlovian dog’s mouth water. In contrast, recall of the turbulent Mintoff years leaves a bitter taste in one’s mouth....

Back To Parliament

Saturday, 10 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Two months after the election gave the Nationalist Party a slim relative majority, Parliament will convene this morning to officially kick off the new legislature....

Stella Maris Street Under threat

Saturday, 10 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

According to “The Building Heights and Urban Design” Policy issued by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority in 2006, the height limitation in the above mentioned street between “Capua” and “Howard” ...

The GWU And the social pact

Saturday, 10 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the comments made by the General Secretary of the Union Haddiema Maghqudin, Gejtu Vella, which were part of an article penned by David Lindsay under the title “UHM ready to restart social pact discussions” ...

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