In Defence of Prof. Manwel Mifsud
Sunday, 2 October 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The article entitled “Bubble, bubble is the Akkademja tal-Malti in trouble?” (TMIS, 18 September) contains a number of very serious and unfounded allegations about Prof. Manwel Mifsud, who is now president of the ...
In The national interest
Sunday, 2 October 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
The tragic end of the Maltese nation has started to unfold. We are now reaping the results of years of an administration’s passive attitude, which hoped that the omnipotent Europe could solve all our problems. ...
The Golf course
Saturday, 1 October 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
As I read the ongoing debate (?) about whether or not Malta wants or needs another golf course and wander from one uninformed contention to another it strikes me (OK, a foreigner, a Scot who just happens to ...
Tribunals, Cameras and wardens
Friday, 30 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
When are the government and the local councils going to realise that the wardens and cameras, visible or not, (wardens are even hiding behind trees as well!) are making an errand with a vehicle very irksome?...
Amateurish Calculations
Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
Having squandered my vote on the Alternattiva candidates in the European Parliament elections last year, I have vowed to henceforth not waste ...
The Church And the environment
Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
It is heartening to see the ecclesiastical authorities finally starting to play a major role to inculcate a national ethos conducive to a ...
Back To school
Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
Dear Teachers,Summer holidays are over. Time to get back to work. Before you know it, kids will be all over you. During the next nine months, they will be seeing as much of you as they do of their ...
Different Culture, different behaviour
Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The many articles and letters regarding the illegal immigration issue have led to the real issue becoming somewhat obscured. Unfortunately, most letters are no more than repetitive ramblings, or personal attacks on the columnists....
Bursting The bubble
Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
I see from your article “Bubble, bubble, is the Akkademja tal-Malti in trouble?” (TMIS, 18 September) that freedom of the press...
Racism For dummies
Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The current crisis of irregular immigration has brought large numbers of boat people to our shores seeking refugee status. This has led us to examine a previously unanalysed facet of our national identity – are we racists? ...