The Malta Independent 10 August 2026, Monday
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Dancing With wolves

Sunday, 5 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

A few days before the referendum, much was said about sly, hungry wolves. The interpretation, as to whom or what the wolves might be was left to the imagination of the reader or listener....

Microchips In dogs are safe

Sunday, 5 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Reacting to overtly alarmist correspondence by Anthony Zarb (TMIS, 29 May) on the possible health hazards posed by microchips in dogs, the following is in order. ...

Bring Back the double barrels

Sunday, 5 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The plant-eating dinosaurs (herbivores) have been extinct for a long time. According to recent findings, it is believed that their demise was caused by the lack of food in the wake of a global climate catastrophe....

The People have spoken

Sunday, 5 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

 The result of the divorce referendum has made it abundantly clear that a substantial majority of voters have approved the introduction of divorce legislation in Malta. The people have spoken, and what remains now...

Time To be courageous

Sunday, 5 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

I have been following the divorce debate in Malta from afar for some time now and was hoping that the Yes vote would prevail for several reasons, one being that individuals in a secular state have no right to impose their morality on others. ...

A Problem maturely consummated

Sunday, 5 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

St Augustine says that the definition of peace is ‘a tranquil state of order’. If the referendum on divorce proved anything last week, it is that we have matured enough to solve our differences in an orderly tranquil and therefore peaceful manner. T...

The Day after

Sunday, 5 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Thank the Lord it is over. The greatest charade this country had ever seen has ended, or has it? Whatever, now it is up to us to start harvesting what the people had sowed; some...

Time To be courageous

Saturday, 4 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

I have been following the divorce debate in Malta from afar for some time now and was hoping that the ‘Yes’ vote would prevail for several reasons. One reason is that individuals in a secular state have no right to impose their ...

Following One’s conscience

Friday, 3 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

While I respect the verdict that the majority of the Maltese said ‘Yes’ to divorce, I feel I followed my conscience and voted ‘No’. ...

Road Hogs abound

Friday, 3 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

How right you are Mr Vella about the standard of driving (TMID, 1 June). I would dare say that in my more than 45 years’ experience of driving, this era must be the most chaotic and dangerous of all times.  ...

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