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AD Want you to rent, not to buy

Monday, 18 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In their lack of preparedness for the implications of any changes in the rent laws, (which was really displayed in all its sadness in he last Bondiplus show) AD have simply stuck to one aim....

May ‘the Force’ Be with you

Sunday, 17 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The other day I must have fallen asleep while watching the 8 o’ clock news on TVM. To be honest, it’s been happening to me a lot lately. Maybe it’s the July heat....

These Are people, and not animals

Sunday, 17 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Speaking from the heart is pointless unless your heart is in the right place, and that is why the prime minister comes across so well when he is required to speak about matters that demand ...

Civil Service Headaches

Sunday, 17 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It was, at first sight, refreshing to take in the upbeat vision of the new Head of the Malta Civil Service, Dr Godwin Grima, as reflected in a full page interview in another section of the Press. Dr Grima, who was ...

Rent Laws, Compromises and solutions

Sunday, 17 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Last Wednesday, during the last of the Prime Minister’s bi-weekly meetings with the general public, Dr Gonzi informed those present that within the next few weeks, various amendments to the present Rent Laws would be discussed ...

Telling It as it is

Saturday, 16 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There is an atmosphere of despondency on the local economic front. Interested commentators are beginning to speak out, and consumers and taxpayers are facing the music. ...

Better A government I know…

Friday, 15 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

I was proud to be among the full compliment of the Nationalist Party parliamentary group voting in favour of the ratification of the European Constitutional Treaty. It was a historic day for Malta, one that has cemented Malta’s future. ...

Friday Wisdom: Worse Than a recession

Friday, 15 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The Prime Minister, during his monthly press briefing, made issue out of a claim made by colleague economist Prof. Edward Scicluna....

Do As you would be done by

Thursday, 14 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

More people have drowned off Malta, in a desperate attempt at starting a new life. Many among us have shrugged their shoulders and said, good, that’s fewer for us to deal with. ...

Democratising Workplaces

Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

In these last decades, Malta made enormous progress in liberal democracy; however, we still lack in industrial democracy. Democracy must be available for everyone and everywhere and the workplace is not an exception. ...

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