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The Hypocrisy of prelates and politicians

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The standing of the Maltese Church and of the Maltese Parliament has been diminished by the divorce debate. The abiding impression is one of hypocrisy as each of these human institutions has manoeuvred to retain their power over the Maltese people....

Europe Offers a helping hand: Strengthening the rights of victims

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

On a warm spring night, imagine you are walking to the metro after enjoying a film at the cinema. Suddenly, two men jump in front of you. One hits you on the head while the other rifles through your pockets...

A Worrying performance over two decades

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The table accompanying Noel Grima’s report (TMID, 14 May) about the Maltese economy, plus analysis, provide concern about the real state of Malta’s economy...

Malta Made to eat humble pie

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Being in total agreement with PL leader Joseph Muscat that immigration, jobs and energy are three of the uppermost priorities of a future PL government, it ...

Religion And the public sphere in India

Monday, 16 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In contrast to most South Asian countries, modern India has always been officially ‘secular’, a word the country inscribed in its Constitution in 1976. Secularism, here, is not synonymous with ...

Arrogance à La carte

Monday, 16 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Doubtlessly the ongoing cabinet-salary-raise-saga continues to haunt the Prime Minister and his cabinet. It simply won’t go despite ...

The Blame game

Sunday, 15 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Let me start from the widest possible angle: our people have evolved in one direction and one only over the past years – towards more and better standards in anything and everything....

Empowering Our youth

Sunday, 15 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Last Monday, students from various secondary schools teamed up with Members of Parliament and leading officials of the European Commission and the European Parliament ...

It’s The commitment stupid

Sunday, 15 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This is a government that may talk the talk. But it is a miserable failure when it comes to implementation. The VAT debacle is but another example....

The End justifies the means

Sunday, 15 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Helen D’Amato claims that her selective quote against divorce was not a deliberate mistake, and her superior, Minister Dolores Cristina, ...

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