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Media Comments on hospital crises

Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I was invited by One News to give a comment on prevention of flu. As I sat on the low bench feeling like a chicken about to lay eggs, I listened attentively to the feature on hospital that was aired before...

SB1070: The Challenges it faces, and what its passage indicates

Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Though facing an injunction imposed by the federal court, months of debate have not changed the reality that Arizona’s controversial immigration Bill, SB1070, may go into effect...

Insensitivity

Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

One would have expected the government to have made an effort to mend its ways once the New Year has kicked in...

The Japan Myth

Monday, 10 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The first decade of this century started with the so-called dot-com bubble. When it burst, central banks moved aggressively to ease monetary policy in order to prevent a prolonged period of Japanese-style slow growth....

Great Start for the New Year

Monday, 10 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Never in my life have I attested to a greater sense of revulsion than that expressed by the general public the moment the New Year heralded the imposition of higher prices for fuels and essentials....

The Week’s really bad news

Sunday, 9 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The week’s really bad news was – no, not the fuel price hike, or the increase in gas prices, or the rise in the price of milk....

What Are prisons for?

Sunday, 9 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Certainly, the reason for the prison system is to confine people who have been deemed a threat to society. ...

They Want to gag us all

Sunday, 9 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The priests (former priests?) who are being tried for grave crimes against children in their care have come up with yet another bald attempt to stave off ...

A Year of contrasts – yellow or blue LPG gas

Sunday, 9 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

We are now in the 11th year of a young millennium and our destiny beckons. By now, we will all have forgotten our New Year’s resolutions...

The Realities of global price rises

Sunday, 9 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Food and its production have been a perennial concern for mankind since the dawn of time. Our main sources of food are derived primarily from ...

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