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Sick Leave and the company doctor

Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On the morning TV talk-show Bongu, we raised the issue of sick leave certificates and the complications that arise in the relationship between the company doctor, the company itself and the worker. It is a typical case here, in my opinion, of medicine ...

Gonzi, Transparency International, Greece And corruption

Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In Malta we must have broken an all-time record, in the sense that in these past 30 years or so, hardly ever has a politician been nailed for corruption while every attempt at transparency...

Victoria Comes to life

Monday, 24 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Being a Gozitan, it gives me great pleasure to see my island attracting crowds for something particularly delightful...

Are The Barbarians at the EU Gates?

Monday, 24 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The euro area confronts a fundamental crisis that attacks on financial speculators will do nothing to resolve....

One More revolution

Monday, 24 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Opinions about the government’s performance are bound to differ from time to time but the truth is that the government is proving to have the courage and mettle to implement one revolution after another...

The Family paradigm

Sunday, 23 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The government that speaks so much about the family, that says (and does, in good ways and perhaps in debatable ways, but that’s not the subject today) it wants to promote the family...

The Cohabitation cart and a horse called Divorce

Sunday, 23 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I didn’t think much of Peter Serracino Inglott’s views about the Valletta theatre project. I thought they were conceited rubbish. But when it comes to his remarks...

J’accuse: Show Me the funny

Sunday, 23 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Laughter, they say, is the best medicine. More often than not a good sense of humour is the ideal sort of equipment to deal with hard times...

Deliberate And devious lethargy

Sunday, 23 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

All of us are affected by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) because it is the national authority responsible for land use,...

Some Consistency would be nice

Sunday, 23 May 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I think we need to decide once and for all what freedom of speech really means in this country, what the parameters are and at what ...

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