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Respecting Honest workers

Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Once again, the General Workers’ Union is dancing to the Malta Labour Party’s tune. A dance that reminds me of the old wedding pact that by now should have ended, according to the union’s chiefs. ...

The Ultimate U-turn

Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

It is true that nowadays – particularly since both sides have converged together on the EU issue – a consensual approach seems to be emerging in various areas of our foreign policy...

Tangas In a twist

Monday, 19 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The recent decision of our courts to allow transsexuals to marry, as well as the nice new Archbishop's apparent stance in favour of the state offering more recognition to cohabiting couples both show how much a simplistic anti-divorce...

How To confuse a user with a pusher

Monday, 19 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

2006 marked a very positive year in the fight against drugs. For the first time the act of sharing drugs was no longer punishable with a mandatory term of imprisonment. ...

Things Always blow up in the faces of control freaks

Sunday, 18 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Yes, they do. And the situation is worse when the control freaks run the country and try to impose their personal views on everybody else, forcing them to live as they think best....

Who Exactly was tampering with policy?

Sunday, 18 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The apparently, reluctantly departing Sonia Camilleri has certainly put the post of Commissioner for Children on the media map, which is a good thing. ...

Understanding The present

Sunday, 18 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Malta is a microcosm of the world at large. Its location is in the very cradle of civilisation. Throughout its chequered history its people have come in contact with the most powerful and the most advanced empires. ...

What Serves the country best?

Sunday, 18 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

As we move inexorably to the next general election, the present government, which continues to be in office but not in power, must waste no time and give priority to issues of national importance rather than concentrate on vote catching partisan issues....

A Moment In Time: Forgotten treasures

Sunday, 18 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Just before I was austingatted out of public broadcasting two-and-a-half years ago, I was happily involved at PBS in the EU-financed CapMed project aimed at not only salvaging what was...

The Watchdog of local council activities

Saturday, 17 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Ombudsman report on the role of the executive secretary in local councils runs diametrically opposite to what Labour has suggested in its pronouncements and documents. ...

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