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Festering Sore

Saturday, 20 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

For yet another time, local bus owners have been facing the government, eyeball to eyeball, over claims for more subsidies. Singing from a worn-out hymn-sheet, the Public Transport ...

Taking Appropriate measures

Friday, 19 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

In the pre-budget document A Better Quality Of Life, presented by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi as head of government two weeks ago, one of the points that seems to have ...

Friday Wisdom: Selling Castille

Friday, 19 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

There are four ways by which the national debt could be brought down from the current 72 per cent of GDP to under 60 per cent, or at least firmly pointing south in that direction, in order to gain the ...

Chopper Squad

Thursday, 18 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Yesterday morning, I heard on the radio a Super One commentator who was ranting about the cost of buying a return ticket for a helicopter flight to Gozo. The way he was going on, ...

Gaza Pull-out opponents intensify resistance

Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip: The Jewish settlements of Gaza, a focus of deadly Israeli-Palestinian contention for decades, were thin...

The Gazan ‘rejoicing’ And Iranian ‘menace’

Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

At the time of writing, the two most dominant developments on the Middle East scene were the imminent Israeli pull out from Gaza and ...

Collaboration For competitiveness

Monday, 15 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Economic development is no longer solely driven by government policy decisions but it has become a collaborative process involving Government at multiple levels....

The Pious and the racist

Monday, 15 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As more and more people land on our shores illegally (and we cannot even decide what to call them, irregular, illegal or just plain unwanted), and the debate rages on, only two points of view seem to be aired. ...

Puppies Learning old tricks

Sunday, 14 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Until 1987, the GWU had a chair in the Socialist government’s Cabinet. It is impossible to imagine how something like this could be conceivable today, and not just because there happens to be the ...

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