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Certain Projects have been awarded to the wrong contractors

Sunday, 3 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I do not propose to comment on the Manwel Dimech Bridge, as volumes have already been said and written about the work on this bridge – apart from the fact that it is not for me to comment as to who is responsible for the inexplicable delay....

Riding On the crest of a wave

Sunday, 3 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Riding on the crest of a wave is a metaphor that indicates that one is at the height of success, with a forward movement that is heady and exhilarating. ...

If You do not intend to vote, think ‘Coalition’

Sunday, 3 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

If there is one thing that both floating voters and undecided voters agree on, it is the fact that a one-party government, red or blue, is a poor option. It will place the future of this country for another five years under a quasi-dictatorship....

A Nation of copycats?

Sunday, 3 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Since my column last week, a new billboard has gone up. “The People’s Princess”, oops sorry, I mean “The People’s Prime Minister”, is now being seen against...

Of Bambini, bags and belts

Sunday, 3 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Here are a few questions for you.In what country are young schoolchildren seen waiting for their normally bright red mini vans at 6.30 in the morning?...

Currency Traitors

Saturday, 2 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Everyone wants economic stability, and many are reluctant to abandon today what gave them stability yesterday. But trying to obtain stability from rigidity is illusory. ...

Foreign Interference

Saturday, 2 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It doesn’t pay foreign politicians to interfere in Maltese politics. Malta seems to somehow put some sort of jinx on foreign politicians who arrive at these shores. Ask Romano Prodi, who earlier this month came t...

Labour’s Repeat performance in the offing

Friday, 1 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Last Sunday saw the closure of the Labour Party conference. Though overshadowed by the final night at the Malta Song for Europe Contest the previous evening, leader Alfred Sant was back to his good old self. ...

Billboard Battle

Friday, 1 February 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If you still have any doubt that we are very close to the calling of a general election you were probably sick at home this week and did not get to see the billboard battle now going on between the two political parties....

Recount Kenyans’ Votes

Thursday, 31 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Kenya is aflame after a presidential election on 27 December widely believed to have been rigged to secure the re-election of Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki’s opponents took to the streets...

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