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Money, Men and middle class Malta

Sunday, 15 May 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Money seems to be the hot topic of conversation these days. Those who have it talk about their latest property acquisition, their latest car, trip abroad, spa treatments or whatever....

Consensus Lost and found

Sunday, 15 May 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

What a breath of fresh air there was last weekend when the Leader of the Opposition announced that Labour’s parliamentary group had agreed to vote for parliamentary approval of the treaty regarding the new EU Constitution!...

Retiring With euros

Sunday, 15 May 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Just when you were thinking that political discourse had, of late, taken a more subdued tone, when over the span of a weekend two major economic ...

People Will believe almost anything

Sunday, 15 May 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

According to Edward de Bono, most of the mistakes we make in thinking are inadequacies in perception rather than the mistakes of logic...

De La Salle, Patron saint of teachers

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

Over one million students around the world who attend Lasallian schools are celebrating the feast of St John Baptist De La Salle, the patron saint of educators. De La Salle dedicated ...

Democracy With clay feet?

Saturday, 14 May 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Public Investments Minister Austin Gatt, perhaps unwittingly, put his finger on a raw nerve of Maltese democracy the other day when he told parliament that “the public sector could not ...

VE Day? What VE Day?

Thursday, 12 May 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta played a crucial role in the Mediterranean theatre of war during World War II, but you would never have thought it last Sunday. ...

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