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Friday Wisdom: Little to smile about

Friday, 11 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The smiling faces of a young family looking at the future with confidence adorns the front cover of the pre-budget document 2007, which has been distributed as part of a wide consultation exercise....

In The workplace we trust!

Thursday, 10 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The task of managing people in modern organisations is complex and certainly far from easy. ...

Magazines Are good for you

Thursday, 10 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I was saddened by the news that Family Circle magazine, a British monthly for so long a mainstay of news stands, is to close down after a run of 42 years....

Fathers And sons

Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Over the years international politics have been dominated by eminent personalities who happen to be the sons of equally prominent former politicians....

Friendship Before accountability

Monday, 7 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

One of the opposition’s political slogans that really sticks is the now infamous hbieb tal-hbieb (friends of friends). It sticks because this government, to whom it is directed, makes it stick like super glue. ...

Relative Danger, stranger danger

Monday, 7 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

All those who write, be they journalists, opinion writers or even writers to letter pages in newspapers have a tendency to write more about what is wrong, than about what is being done right. ...

I Am an Arsenal supporter

Sunday, 6 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I am an Arsenal supporter. My political allegiance over the years has oscillated between the palest of pinks to the palest of blues. I am not remotely formally religious but acknowledge my culture to be Catholic. ...

Control Of the purse

Sunday, 6 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The control of national expenditure by Parliament, and by the People through Parliament, is a basic democratic prerogative....

Billboard Branding

Sunday, 6 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Our tourism authorities seem to think that a strong brand for our tourism product can be built by declaring an intention to do so on billboards splashing the eight pointed cross as a cognitive campaign logo, ...

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