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The Petition that was sucked into a black hole

Sunday, 27 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Funny how the petition raised by journalists and other media persons, calling for access to detention centres for irregular immigrants and asylum seekers, has been sucked into a black hole. ...

Malta In the EU or the EU in Malta

Saturday, 26 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A year ago, this country was invited to analyse the pros and cons of EU membership and state its opinion in a democratic referendum. ...

Role Of independent press

Saturday, 26 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Without pointing a finger at any one particular newspaper on the stalls, the past few months saw a marked intensification of invective, even vituperation, in the local print and broadcast media. ...

Bonus – Local councils – GWU

Friday, 25 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The local council elections to be held on 12 March are one of the most popular subjects at the moment. ...

Friday Wisdom: Beg, Steal or borrow

Friday, 25 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This is what most of us have had to go through in these first seven weeks of the new year in order to attend to our basic needs of cooking our food and warming our houses. ...

A Perverted fairytale

Thursday, 24 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Ask a woman what she thinks of the recent announcement that the Prince of Wales will marry Mrs Parker Bowles, and the chances are that the answer will be....

Science Cannot replace religion

Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Science finds out how nature operates and then gives names to the new issues and phenomena. ...

Maltese Tax system and tax compliance

Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Making the fiscal system work is a large part of making democracy function. The setting up of the Maltese tax system is important for a variety of reasons, especially since it is a very important source of income for the government. ...

Careers For Gozitans?

Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

We are preaching to our kids – and quite rightly so – to take school seriously, to sit down and study hard, so that they may eventually acquire a solid foundation for a satisfying career. ...

Rediscovering PPPs

Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If there is one thing that both major parties do not disagree about, that happens to be the concept of PPPs – private publish partnerships....

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