State And people
Monday, 27 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Last Saturday former Prime Minister and former Malta Labour Party leader Dom Mintoff was laid to rest. This did not happen before the state and the people gave the Perit a very well deserved thanks and emotional good bye....
So Did the hero of the urban underclass die a pauper?
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Now that all the fun, games and circuses of the funeral of the year are over, it’s time for the press to turn its attention to some of the real stories....
Formidable Upsetter of many apple carts
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Love him or hate him, Dom Mintoff, Il-perit, was the most colourful and powerful politician we in Malta have ever had. The long obits in the upmarket international media are a testimony to that. ...
No One like Dom
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Men’s greatness is not measured by the length of their obituaries, nor by the intensity of the hatred of those who rejoice in their death....
Social Networks Part 2 - Have You been infiltrated?
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The explosion of social networks and new user accounts in recent years is staggering. There are now over 1,000 social networking sites on the Internet, with ...
Oil And gas − a pyrrhic victory for party acolytes
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It was more than 50 years ago that the government of the day embarked on a drive to market Malta’s offshore acreage among oil companies with a view to encouraging them to prospect for oil and gas. ...
Eurogeddon: A busted flush
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
After more than two years of eurozone crisis, I am beginning to come round to the view that Dr Alfred Sant’s scepticism about the wisdom ...
Understanding Disabled persons with ‘challenging’ behaviour
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b’Diżabilità (KNPD) is currently implementing the project “Promoting the Social Inclusion of Disabled Persons with Challenging Behaviour” (ESF3.105). This project is...
Would Air Malta Wait for me too?
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I don’t think so, but then I would not expect it or want it to, because I do not consider myself more equal than others....
Swimming In the deep end
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The unbridled violence that has steadily escalated in Syria is now entering its tortuous 18th month. A series of minor scuffles and quasi-pacific ...