Cruising For publicity
Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
Tom Cruise’s contract with Paramount Pictures has been severed after 14 years. No specific reason was given, but apparently he has suffered a significant decline in popularity....
Washing Our dirty linen in public?
Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
Someone, God knows who it was, wrote on a wall in the city of Bogota: “Let’s leave pessimism for better times.” Is our local pessimism as grounded in ...
Tourist Sector malaise
Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
In Malta, there is never a dull moment, although our economic climate risks becoming more and more dull with every passing day. ...
The Natives are restless...
Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
When people are frustrated beyond endurance because their quality of life has deteriorated, it becomes as natural as breathing to blame everything that goes wrong on the government. ...
George, Jason And Josephine
Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Hammer blowsWhen George Abela, then deputy leader of the MLP, resigned from his post, it was a big blow to Labour and its credibility....
The Euro: a vehicle for inclusion
Saturday, 26 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
A person’s ability to deal easily with money is fundamental to the ability to lead an independent life. For thousands of Maltese living with some form of visual impairment it is essential for the introduction of the euro to ...
MLP Cockpit politics
Saturday, 26 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
As Malta approaches the run-in to the next general election, the political parties will switch their roles from the defensive to the offensive. They will proceed by deploying their troops, hitherto engaged in static trench ...
The Problems at Ta’ Xbiex
Friday, 25 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A few days ago, the Nationalist Party executive committee confirmed that I should contest the upcoming general election on the ninth district, comprising Gharghur, Swieqi, Msida, San Gwann and Ta’ Xbiex. ...
Friday Wisdom: Benchmarking Shame
Friday, 25 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
I hate it when it happens to me and I regret it is happening more and more often. Whenever I visit a foreign country without many expectations, I often remain marvelled at the development and quality ...
The Myths that made us
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The great debate about the colours of our flag and where they came from, which grew out of that other great debate on whether we should keep the George Cross or let it go....