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A far cry from culture

Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 08:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

    In a mere two months of Labour government, we have become used to the manner of Labour appointments. First, there is a choice of person that makes us raise an eyebrow. Then,...

Life goes on … the PN has a new Leader

Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 08:09 Last update: about 14 years ago Gejtu Vella

I started drafting this opinion earlier last week and finished it late Sunday evening. The race between the four gentlemen is now over. Dr. Simon Busuttil will be the Leader of the Nationalist...

‘eBusiness’, an important arm for Malta’s digital economy

Monday, 6 May 2013, 08:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Edward Zammit Lewis

eBusiness is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling but also serving customers and collaborating with business partners.  This concept is much wider than...

Education and health

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 09:33 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

    News items these past few days about the health services and the government’s plans and thoughts on education are somewhat worrying.   First we had the answer to a...

Cars have been big news this week

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 09:30 Last update: about 14 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

    The subject of the day is going to be the Nationalist Party leadership election, but voting will not be closed by the time my column deadline closes, let alone the counting. So...

Riding out into the sun

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 09:21 Last update: about 14 years ago Noel Grima

    Hearing and reading certain expressions being bandied about, you’d think Lawrence Gonzi has died. ‘De mortuis nil nisi bonum’ and all that.   It would,...

On perceptions and reality: the Red Plan

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 09:02 Last update: about 14 years ago Clyde Puli

    It is often said that politics is all about perception and while some would readily contest the veracity of this concept, the Malta Labour Party seems to have fully embraced it and...

Growth needed to avoid the pain in Spain

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Alfred Mifsud

    The PN refused the government’s invitation to participate in the Action Committee for Economic Growth. It maintained that such participation would go against the...

European Maritime Day in Valletta

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 08:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The historic quays of Valletta, the capital of Malta, will play host to this year’s European Maritime Day. This year’s event is dedicated to maritime and coastal tourism, a very apt theme...

Jurgen Habermas

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 08:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is strange that while philosophers like Jurgen Habermas, a modernist sociologist with a neo Marxian bent, who however does not like the vicissitudes of post-modernism, are trying to laud Christian...

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