FW: The Equivalent of a custard pie
Friday, 7 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
One has to admire the courage of Nicola Abela Garret in taking to task Minister Austin Gatt over the ridiculous bus times which people are having to put up with after the ridiculously botched route planning for Arriva...
A Sad loss: A modern genius
Friday, 7 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Apple’s visionary, Steve Jobs, has lost his long battle with cancer and has left us. It is bizarre to think that this man who invented gadgets could have such a profound effect on our lives....
Social Services: Benefit Of the doubt?
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The issue of social services is one which is always on the agenda. Maybe it is sometimes quietly on the backburner, but there is always tweaking and fine tuning as the realities of the day change....
Life: Smile Please, oh non-smiling people
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The best place to observe the Maltese people is either to watch them on the recently-improved buses or on the streets...
Amanda Knox: Will We ever know the truth?
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Amanda Knox and her former partner Raffaele Sollecito walked away from court as free people...
Innovative: Denmark’s Fat tax
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
No, we are not talking about a huge tax to be imposed on Europe, and no, we are not talking about making obese people pay for hospital treatment or to pay extra when they travel....
Greece: Surprise, Surprise
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Late on Sunday evening, the Greek government announced that it was falling behind on its deficit reduction targets and was likely to close the year two percentage points off what it had originally projected....
Greece: Oh, The irony
Monday, 3 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Why is it that when the Government and the Opposition generally agree on something, the general public seem dead against it?...
2011: Is Democracy evolving?
Monday, 3 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Winston Churchill was perhaps one of the greatest advocates of democracy in the recent past and a hero who epitomized the right to free will, to self determination and resistance to foreign aggression in Europe....