Housing Huffs and puffs
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It seems like our housing market is quietening, is huffing and puffing with tiredness after a 10-year building frenzy which has left Malta looking uglier and feeling dustier...
Begging Pardon
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I wasn’t surprised by the feedback I received on the current presidential pardons controversy. The root cause of the unease seems to be not so much the pardons themselves,...
Consultation And representation
Saturday, 11 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD) was set up under new legislation and met for the first time in September 200l. It could not be claimed that it has lived up to expectations....
Local Councils’ shortcomings
Friday, 10 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
My last article on the state of San Gwann and its residents, including those who live in Kappara, and the lack of reaction from the mayor, continues to anger the residents of San Gwann. ...
Friday Wisdom: Selling Right
Friday, 10 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Melita Cable was sold by its founding private shareholders to an international private equity fund for a total enterprise value of EUR167 million....
The Raison d’etre of EU funding
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Without any doubt, each and every Maltese citizen has come into contact with some sort of advertisement or information related to Malta’s benefits from EU funding. ...
The Incredible shrinking man
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The London newspapers regularly report the fact that girls are doing much better at school than boys, who are falling behind and dropping out, and that women are crowding into universities and performing better all round at work ...
A New beginning
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Last Monday week, the Labour Party gave the Maltese people a taste of what the dialogue process we undertook with the civil society was really like; and this through its publishing the Pjan ghal Bidu Gdid (Plan for a New Beginning). ...
Humanitarian Aid
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
In the last few weeks, the European Union has provided EUR59 million in humanitarian aid to several countries around the globe – much needed assistance to victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. ...
Labour’s Strategy of calm and rational change
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
If Labour faced a degree of indifference when its individual policy documents and vision statements were published, I will not be surprised if the same approach is adopted in its regard now that ...