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MLP Delegation meets Tecom officials in Dubai

Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

For some reason or other sections of the local media chose to ignore the contents of a press release issued by the Malta Labour Party wherein it was disclosed that an MLP delegation met high ranking Tecom officials in Dubai....

World Cup Madness

Monday, 26 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

I must declare a conflict of interest I simply cannot escape. I am an Italian football supporter and a Juventus fan patiently waiting to be condemned by the Italian Football Federation to watch Serie C football next season. ...

A Moment In Time - Tomorrow is too late – but what is political?

Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

In an island where the environment has, for far too long, been the wretched victim of a savage disregard for the future, it was refreshing and encouraging at the same time to see so many people joining in the ...

The People and the Constitution

Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Although the people of Malta were familiar with the features of the Westminster model during their long association with Britain, they assumed independent nationhood as recently as 1964. ...

What To do

Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Assessing the real state of our economy is becoming an increasingly difficult task. It is often the case that the reality on paper and that on the ground are very different. I must confess that I am often lost ...

Another Gem from the childcare experts

Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Benjamin Spock, it turns out, was one of the worst fathers in the western hemisphere, indifferent to every one of the rules he laid down for the mothers of the 1960s. A television documentary ...

How We live, what we spout

Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

This is a country which, for all its Catholic beliefs, Catholic upbringing, Catholic festas and relatively high church attendance, still manages to fare quite badly, as far as statistics which reveal our true morals are concerned. ...

A Tribute to entrepreneurship

Sunday, 25 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A tribute is due to Winston Zahra Jr for not mincing his words about the poor performance of the Tourism Minister and the Head of the MTA, who keep acting as if all is well and in order when, in fact, our bread and ...

Late Afterthoughts

Saturday, 24 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The government’s lack of initiative in dealing with environmental issues has been a matter of growing public concern. ...

Human Rights – a new beginning?

Friday, 23 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

This week I attended the first meeting of the newly-formed UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva....

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