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A Leopard doesn’t change its spots (2)

Saturday, 16 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It is incredible how the General Workers’ Union has for some time now captured the headlines of the local news. ...

Wake-up Call

Saturday, 16 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There is nothing more compelling than reality, and the disappointing performance of the Malta tourist sector this season adds weight to the wake-up call by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) earlier this year. ...

Strange And disturbing

Friday, 15 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A strange episode happened last week. Or perhaps one could call it disturbing. Last Saturday, 9 September, a constituent hailing from Rabat called at my office to see me regarding an investigation being carried ...

Stuck In the mud

Friday, 15 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There is nothing wrong with the government conducting a wide consultation process to take as wide feedback as possible in shaping its public budget for 2007. ...

The Things that never change

Thursday, 14 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Gladiators are not things of the past, and nor is the public’s thrilled enjoyment of their performances, which carry the ever-present risk of death. ...

Brand ‘int@smart_malta’

Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

The present Nationalist administration has embarked on a futile exercise of trying, not only to persuade us that everything is OK, but that they are achieving “excellence”....

Five Years after 9/11: a political balance sheet

Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

The core issue that many people are asking themselves in the wake of the fifth anniversary of 9/11 is whether we are living in a safer and more secure world or not....

Going Native in September

Monday, 11 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

It is funny, isn’t it? This is a country, like most other countries, incidentally, where almost everyone is a bit of a racist, although the degree of racism varies enormously....

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