Responsible…and Irresponsible
Sunday, 15 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
When asked on Monday evening to describe the crux of Budget 2010 in a single word, most were stumped for a response. Now, with hindsight, that word would be ‘responsible’. ...
Making Amends
Saturday, 14 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Young teenagers across the world watched the event on television. Characteristically stiff Germans, from both East and West literally let their hair down and began to sing, dance and drink in the street....
Safety In the law courts
Friday, 13 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Just a couple of years ago, the powers that be decided to install a scanning machine and a walkthrough metal detector in our courts....
The 11th Hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
It is truly sad. Most of the last few World War I veterans still alive are over 100 years old. The end of the ‘Great War’ came in 1918 on the 11th hour, the 11th day and the 11th month...
Into The modern era
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
When Maltese governments come to announce the budget for a given year in Malta it sometimes evokes harrowing images of housewives in the 1980s scribbling down prices frantically as they were being read out...
Analysing The budget
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
“To do so, it has sacrificed its committed targets to get to a balanced budget by next year, but there is a national consensus about that”...
A National exercise
Monday, 9 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The government will today be presenting its plans for the coming year.It is budget day, and although over the past years much of the aura surrounding the ...
Another Year, another balancing act
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The government is set to perform its yearly balancing act tomorrow evening, and this year the budgetary tightrope is perhaps thinner and longer than ever. ...
Hospital Services
Saturday, 7 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Bad news always grabs more attention than good news. That is part of life.But it is wrong that positive achievements are sometimes overlooked, ...
Missing The wood for the trees
Friday, 6 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
What’s all this malarkey? The decision to force a ban on the display of crucifixes in Italian state schools by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights has raised a right furore throughout Europe and even further afield....