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Timely Tribute to people’s poet

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

At the recently refurbished 17th century Razzett tal-Markiz in Mosta, a bust of the late Frans Baldacchino “Il-Budaj” will be unveiled this evening – certainly a timely tribute to the people’s poet less than a year since his sad and sudden demise....

Corruption – The seed of evil

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

Way back in 1987, the Nationalist administration was elected to office on a promise that it would eradicate “root and branch” all traces of corruption. At that time the administration was all fire and fury,...

Getting It right

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

An IBM advert run some years ago stated “there is a difference between knowing what needs to be done, and knowing how to do it”. ...

The ‘internati’ – And who should be ashamed

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

Allow me to introduce myself. I am the proud and unrepentantly defiant son of one of the internati. My conceit increases exponentially because my father was not merely an internat, but a deportat too, one of the 43 ...

Reality Bites

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

I have a confession to make.Lately, I’ve been gripped by an inexplicable, irresistible urge to watch reality shows. I honestly don’t know what’s come over me. ...

On A hot winter’s day

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

It turns out that this was not the warmest winter on record, but the warmest in the last 52 years....

Malta’s Double-edged scourge

Saturday, 3 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

This newspaper devoted the best part of a page on Ash Wednesday (21 February) ...

Of Local councils

Friday, 2 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Tomorrow week there will be another round of local council elections. The end of another mini-campaign by the PN, MLP and AD is in sight. ...

Friday Wisdom: How Will my dog vote?

Friday, 2 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In evidence that we are gracefully slipping into a pre-election mode, we are witnessing increased frequency of supposedly scientific-opinion surveys which tend to indicate which political party is ahead in the race ...

Euro Application: What next?

Thursday, 1 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Last Tuesday, the government of Malta presented to the European Commission and the European Central Bank a request for an assessment of whether Malta has attained the Maastricht Convergence Criteria. ...

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