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Government Workers not to be blamed for decisions taken by higher powers – GWU

Monday, 9 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The public sector of the General Workers’ Union has asked the Public Works Department director general to step in as a mediator between it and the manufacture and services director over the issue that arose when the shifts of those working with lifts...

Wardens Do not necessarily have to hand fines to offenders

Monday, 9 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Over the past few weeks, an increasing number of wardens have reported that some motorists are speeding past them when seen to be not wearing a seatbelt or using their mobile phone while driving – possibly in the belief that if they are not given a f...

Treatment Facility to compress waste in Gozo before it is ferried to Malta

Monday, 9 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Gozo is to have a waste treatment facility that will compress waste into hermetic containers that can then be transported over to Malta for disposal without causing inconvenience to passengers on the Gozo ferry, Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono has told...

PM: Economy Is on the mend

Sunday, 8 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday listed a whole catalogue of facts and figures to prove that the economy is heading for a better time, trying to counteract the general feeling around the country of gloom and doom while berating the media for n...

Maltese MEP Urges women commissioners

Sunday, 8 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Maltese MEP David Casa has pledged his support in favour of an equal number of male and female Commissioners in the European Commission....

New Book on Vassalli presented to French ambassador

Sunday, 8 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A volume containing new studies on Mikiel Anton Vassalli, the father of the Maltese language, published by the Ghaqda tal-Malti (Università) and the Institute of Linguistics, was recently presented to the French Ambassador Patrick Chrismant....

An Original poet

Sunday, 8 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

As I leafed through volumes of Napoleonic history, first editions of Guze Muscat Azzopardi’s Cejlu Tonna and waded through a myriad of rare coins, artefacts and old newspapers, I began to understand what Noel Fabri’s lifelong passion is. ...

What A show!

Sunday, 8 August 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The venue: Fort Manoel’s dilapidated Parade Ground. The event: Malta’s first Classic Rock Festival. And what a festival it was! ...

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