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Brainwashed But brain dead

Monday, 17 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Most educated people assume they can think well, write well and speak well....

Foetus Frenzy

Sunday, 16 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

With reference to Raphael Vassallo's article entitled Foetus Frenzy published in the edition of the Malta Independent on Sunday of June 5, 2005 the Editor and Mr. Vassallo declare that: ...

Good Morning, terrorism is back with us

Sunday, 16 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

I’m pleased to see that the police are treating the recent arson attacks on the Jesuit Refugee Service and the lawyer Katrine Camilleri as acts of terrorism. ...

Tourism Patchwork

Sunday, 16 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The government seemed rather surprised that, following a top level meeting with the MHRA and other key operators in the tourism industry where the Prime Minister announced a set of measures ...

Arabs Divided

Sunday, 16 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I was reading a piece in the Financial Times last week about the Arab League divide after the summit held in Khartoum. During this summit ...

The Easter Egg awards

Sunday, 16 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

THE “SMARTIES” EGG AWARDNow I don’t often have too much to say that is nice about our Minister of IT, but if Smart City does really come about, then he and his team do deserve to share a Smarties Easter egg for this achievement... ...

MEPA In the dock

Sunday, 16 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

It had to be a spectacular incident for the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) to be brought to book, and for its operational performance to come under close scrutiny....

Beware Private monopolies

Saturday, 15 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Micro economies like ours cannot escape monopolies, duopolies, oligopolies or whatever name is given to having the commercial ability to corner the market in the absence of true competition....

Morality And the market

Saturday, 15 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

It is a fact of history that the market system has uplifted millions of people from poverty and is capable of uplifting many more if it is allowed to function properly. ...

Tourism? We’re Out of our depth

Thursday, 13 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Hoteliers and other tourism operators have been agitating with the government to allow low-cost airlines to fly to Malta. ...

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