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Outrageous Pollution levels

Saturday, 8 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The latest issue of the scientific journal, XJENZA, violently disturbed the stagnant waters of officialdom with the publication of a study by Professor Alfred Vella and Mr Renato Camilleri on “Fine Dust Emission from Soft Stone Quarrying in Malta”....

Building A better Malta

Friday, 7 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The general council of the Nationalist Party has just been held. The positive feeling about it is that economy trends on the ground floor level are good, thus opening up the doors for this economic revival to be felt by all. I write this as the explanatio...

Privatising Properly 2

Friday, 7 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Private shareholders in Maltacom had the shock of their life this week when it was disclosed that the best binding offer in the privatisation of Maltacom values each share at Lm1.51c0, which is a 30 per cent ...

Speaking With one voice

Friday, 7 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The European Parliament yesterday adopted a resolution that sends a powerful message that the European Union should get its act together and help Malta deal effectively with the problem of immigration...

Treating People like goats

Thursday, 6 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

When journalists were allowed, finally, on a sort of “group tour” of the detention centres, shepherded by police in a bus, it was a sudden decision that appeared to be taken in haste and panic. ...

Malta And China: as equals

Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Were one to look at Maltese-Sino relations superficially one would find it hard to imagine how these two countries could treat each other as equals when they are geographically so distant from each other, and when their respective size and populations are...

Malta’s Day in Europe?

Monday, 3 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

A fortnight ago, I wrote in this column: “To me it is obvious that the EP delegation will be critical of detention centres and detention policy......

Are You engaged?

Monday, 3 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Work satisfaction, now called “engagement”, is what keeps us all going in the workplace, or at least is what prevents us from taking too much time off sick, or feeling utterly depressed in the place where we spend...

Going Round in circles

Sunday, 2 April 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

“Deep concern” over the situation in the tourist sector has prompted hoteliers and restaurateurs to schedule an extraordinary general meeting on 11April....

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