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Joseph, Marie-Louise And the Fabled Money-Tap

Thursday, 22 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Labour Party is just unreal. It talks about profligacy in public spending, but then bends over backwards to encourage the mentality of something for nothing, of ‘stenna l-bajtra taqa’ f’ħalqek’, of ‘iss ħ...

The True promise of synthetic biology

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Those who followed Euronews this week would have heard of the development of cells to replace blood. This means that, in the hopefully near future, we would be able to produce ...

Were Catholics and renegade priests to blame?

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I had hoped not to return to the subject of the Maltese Church. But two quite extraordinary articles by Monsignor Dr Anton Gauci and Dr Klaus Vella Bardon, blaming Catholics and “renegade priests”...

To Be or not to be (in denial)

Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A couple of Sundays ago, while attending the opening of a new synthetic turf football ...

Can We increase gross national happiness?

Monday, 19 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

PRINCETON – The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known internationally for two things: high visa fees, which reduce the influx of tourists, and its policy of ...

Research On offshore wind energy in Maltese waters

Monday, 19 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The EU renewable energy directive requires that 20% of the energy used by its member states comes from renewable sources by 2020. Malta must also do its part and we are seeing some renewable energy ...

Climbing Back

Sunday, 18 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

I don’t have access to any opinion polls but I would wager that at the height of summer, the PN’s popularity nosedived spectacularly....

Edward Scicluna Sits in another parliament and cannot speak for the Opposition

Sunday, 18 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The other day I wondered out loud why it is always the Leader of the Opposition who criticises the government in matters of the economy and finance. Is he going to be our finance minister as well as our prime minister in 18 months’ time?...

Some Thoughts about referees

Sunday, 18 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Competitive sport cannot exist without referees, umpires, judges; call them what you will, depending on the sport in question. These are the people who control ...

What A hypocritical world we live in

Sunday, 18 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

How can countries that market arms to tyrannical regimes pretend that they do not support human rights violations? What is even more two-faced is that they then get on their high horse and interfere militarily, or subtly, ...

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