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Helping Those who help themselves

Sunday, 4 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

No, I don’t mean those who help themselves to State benefits they are not entitled to, be they (out of many examples I could choose) the males who work in our building trade or the women who pose as single ...

Things I Have noticed

Sunday, 4 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

There has been a little too much use of the trite argument: “Where would we have been if our parents had decided to abort us?” It doesn’t make any sense. ...

Do Not mess about with our health

Sunday, 4 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The way the Leader of the Opposition exposed the disgraceful sham of the government’s so-called plan to tackle the problem of breast cancer screening shows how vigilant we must all be to ensure that no one messes about with our health. ...

Much Pain, but where’s the gain?

Sunday, 4 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Bernard CassarThere we are again, at the bottom of the list. You name it, we’re there: unprotected sex, alcohol ...

Gaping Environmental deficit

Sunday, 4 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Granted that politicians tend to go ballistic when they discuss the pros and cons of each year’s budget, one must be prepared to make allowances for displays of euphoria ...

Energy Time bomb

Sunday, 4 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The developed, rich world has been talking for three decades about curbing its addiction to imported oil. But despite all the rhetoric, the oil supply problem has become worse...

Let’s Lighten up

Sunday, 4 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Let’s take a breather shall we? Let’s fold our hands, cross our legs in a Yoga position, breathe deeply, and chant “Ommmm”....

15,000 Times ‘thank-you’

Saturday, 3 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

In the aftermath of last May’s vandal acts on the trees in the Foresta 2000 site in Mellieha, I was faced with a dilemma. I could have decided to cover the costs out of public funds. ...

The Lancing of the boil

Saturday, 3 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

One of the wonders of Maltese politics arises from the deep-seated fact that there has never been a serious public analysis, much less a media debate, as to (a) why the ruling Nationalist government lost the support of well-nigh ...

The Tourism industry

Friday, 2 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

One of the topics that was debated during the budget is tourism. In the first nine months of his year, nearly one million tourists came to visit Malya. This is a very good...

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