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Recreational Drugs

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to Juan Ameen’s article entitled “The war on drugs is ‘lost’” (TMIS, 7 November). I’d like to add that the war on drugs was lost before it began. ...

Political Parties’ funding

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

What an obscene and obnoxious sight, seeing our government ministers and parliamentary secretaries handing over thousands of Maltese liri claiming they were given by “hbieb tal-Partit”. ...

Let Them buy air-conditioners

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Congratulations to Albert Bezzina (TMIS, 26 December) for taking time off from the Christmas rush to challenge an obnoxious letter written by Alfred A. Camilleri in response to Daphne Caruana Galizia’s aptly titled article, “Where homes are always cold”....

An Act of God - Who is to blame?

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The devastation caused by the 26 December earthquake and tsunami was one of the biggest natural disaster ever. ...

Words And deeds

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Has it escaped notice that the brunt of the tsunami catastrophe has fallen on the world’s most populous Muslim country? One that has an active branch of al Qaeda?...

Calculating Costs is not rocket science

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Mr A. A. Camilleri writes again (TMIS, 2 January) in answer to my response (TMIS, 26 December) to his letter (TMIS, 19 December) criticising an article on home heating and the price of kerosene penned by Ms Caruana Galizia (TMIS, 12 December). ...

Principles And logic

Saturday, 8 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I read with interest the position taken by the unions at the MCESD meeting regarding public holidays falling on a Saturday or a Sunday....

Tsunami

Saturday, 8 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Sometimes it has to be a tragedy to make us aware how fragile we are as a nation....

There Comes a tide....

Friday, 7 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Could not the heavenly message that the angels did sing: “Peace on earth to Men of goodwill” be given a chance to be fulfilled in our days if Man, with heart and soul and mind, did make a now-or-never gigantic effort to grasp the occasion of this paralysi...

Convinced

Friday, 7 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I am morally convicted that l-orizzont and Co. are very, very, very pleased that L-Istrina has broken all previous records!...

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