The Malta Independent 16 April 2024, Tuesday
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SOLAS Will not be our solace

Monday, 3 July 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

As from 1 July, Malta’s irregular immigration problems look set to get a lot worse. ...

Vote Claire, Get no Grace?

Sunday, 2 July 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

It has been, and probably still is, unbearably hot. But that is no excuse for the ridiculous and downright rude behaviour we have witnessed of late. ...

Is Malta An EU showcase ?

Sunday, 2 July 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The European Union has gone a long way towards establishing a single European identity....

Blame It on our social culture

Sunday, 2 July 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The chairman of the Malta Tourism Authority has resigned, and a cheer has gone up among hoteliers. ...

Beyond Political correctness

Saturday, 1 July 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Democracy rests on the concept that power resides in the people, and that the people’s business is administered by consent....

Labour’s Doom and gloom

Friday, 30 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

This past week, our media was made to report various blasts by the Opposition Leader on colleagues of mine, be they ministers or parliamentary secretaries. ...

Friday Wisdom: You can be too rich

Friday, 30 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The old dictum that one cannot be too rich was proved wrong this week when the world’s second richest man donated 85 per cent of his estimated $44 billion fortune to the world’s richest man....

Breakfast With a Rat

Thursday, 29 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

On my bedroom wall, when I was 13 years old, there was a poster of The Boomtown Rats, pulled out of Jackie magazine. It showed lead singer Bob Geldof looking like he had just crawled ...

Prevention Is better than cure

Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Recent statistics show that the number of births out of wedlock has increased to 19.14 per cent in 2004 when compared to 1.71 per cent in 1990. ...

Footie Love and footie wags

Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Let’s clear the abbreviations first of all. Footie means football of course, wags means the wives and girlfriends of footballers, who are raising much more of a storm in Germany than the players in many instances with their diva like behaviour....

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