The Jellyfish, my dentist and I
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Is it not symptomatic of this nation, caught as it is in its present lethargic and laissez faire frame of mind, that while others find no difficulty in inventing unique ways and means to keep the big, deadly shark away from...
Lessons From Japan
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The only thing that Malta and Japan probably have in common is the colour of their national flags. Contrasts, however, abound – especially in recent political experience....
Afghanistan’s Elections: The democratic transition continues
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
During my meetings in Malta over the past two weeks, it has become clear to me that the Maltese are strong partners in the international community’s support of freedom, democracy and human rights throughout the world. I look forward to Malta...
Of Kings and men
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
A few days ago, MLP leader Alfred Sant declared that the Prime Minister should change the Cabinet “in the national interest”. ...
Change Is a law of life
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
The House of Representatives is about to resume its business after the summer recess, and Malta’s politicians will go back to the salt mines, as it were....
In Less than six years, our borders will be open
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
Those who write racist letters to the newspapers often try to conceal their primitive feelings behind pseudo-rationality....
The Disease to please
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The disease to please is found far far more among women than among men. It is as much part of our psyche as it is of men’s to compete and to thrive. ...
Golf Or bust!
Sunday, 18 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Government and opposition have found another point of political/ideological convergence, (apart from their mutual ignorance of the primacy of human rights and the establishment of pathetic electoral thresholds)...
False Pretences
Saturday, 17 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
The National Statistics Office has just announced that the number of licensed motor vehicles in these Islands increased from 248,270 in January 200l to 274,355 at the end of June...
Once Upon a time – Malta became independent
Friday, 16 September 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Forty-one years ago, our school teacher took us, his students, along with thousands of other students to the Xaghra tal-Furjana (later renamed Independence Arena)....