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Respect Thewishes of the dead

Thursday, 9 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Michael Farrugia, who speaks for the opposition about health matters, is pressing for legislation that will bar the next-of-kin of the recently dead from over-ruling their instructions that their organs be donated to others. ...

PN's Track record evident

Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Every year, in the run-up to the local council elections, I always tend to look back in order to analyse what Nationalist councillors carried out in the previous three years. ...

About Teeth and all that

Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

I believe a lot in people who are practical in their approach and can combine their academic knowledge with practical efforts to improve the collective life of our nation....

Local Council hullabaloo

Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Hands up all those who have had it up to here with local councils propaganda! We’ve been subjected to weeks of walkabouts, mud-slinging and press conferences....

The Qui-si-sana Struggle

Monday, 6 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The current battle in Qui-Si-Sana deserves an article all to itself, not least because it is a local issue with a national dimension....

Redemption: Dealing with clergy misconduct and abuse

Sunday, 5 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In response to new allegations of clergy abuse of children (MaltaToday, 22 January) Daphne Caruana Galizia raised a number of important questions (TMIS, 29 January). ...

Spiegel’s ‘new World’

Sunday, 5 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I bought a copy of Spiegel’s International Edition, a special dedicated to globalisation, (Malta’s latest buzz word). I thought it would make good reading because unlike so many “local experts’ reports”, it is a very crude ...

Focus On next general election

Sunday, 5 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The opening shots of the next general election have been fired and the pungent smell of gunpowder is already unmistakeable in the trenches....

In One country mode

Sunday, 5 March 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

It looks like government is being very cautious about its pension proposals. The fact is there isn't a magic formula that works well anywhere that will ease the crisis. ...

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