Rent Reform - some preliminary points
Sunday, 27 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
One seriously doubts whether anybody has read the pamphlet on the Rent Reform White Paper that was dropped in our mailboxes (at huge cost to the country) given that the p...
Ich Bin ein Berliner
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
It is one of the most famous sound bites in political history – John F Kennedy’s impromptu closure to his speech in West Berlin in 1963. The speech by the assassinated President was made shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany ...
The Calm before the storm
Friday, 25 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Every year, this country goes through its silly season. The hot and lazy months of July and August create an attitude of apathy and slowness which creeps into every sphere of life... or does it?...
Watch It…
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
George Orwell’s literary classic, 1984, inspired us to take ownership of Big Brother and turn it into a modern day phrase that covers everything involved with state monitoring....
Echoes Of the strike
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The public transport strike held last week will not only be remembered as having been the last attempt by the operators of the system to stop the liberalisation of their sector, but also as an example of what the ...
Strengthening Democracy
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The motion passed in Parliament last Wednesday – the last sitting before the summer recess – brought the government and the opposition in one rare moment of cooperation that should be welcomed by one and all....
Consultation On rent reform
Monday, 21 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The public consultation meeting held last Friday in connection with the proposed reform to rent laws was certainly an eye opener and definitely served to prove that...
More Than bargained for
Saturday, 19 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The government got more than it bargained for.It started off with the idea of liberalising just a small sector of public transport – the hearses market – and it ended up with not only that, but also with a commitment from the drivers of buses, ...
The Good and the bad
Friday, 18 July 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The Nationalist Party and its media are accusing the Malta Labour Party, and in particular its leader, of not speaking up about the privatisation of the Malta Shipyards....