J’accuse: Daphne Says ‘Give Up’
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I got some advice from fellow blogger/columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia this week. “Here’s a tip, Jacques,” she said, “try writing...
It Will not go away
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As though the Delimara power station extension contract has not caused enough controversy, we now learn that a...
A People of extremes
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Now that the drydocks has been closed down and the bus drivers seem to have accepted the idea that a reform...
Time For new ideas
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
In her heyday, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made the perceptive remark that “once a politician is given a certain image by the media, it is almost impossible for him or her to shed it. ...
Are Yo-yo politics on the way out?
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
“Two very different ideas are usually confounded under the name democracy. The pure idea of democracy, according to its definition, is the government of the whole people by the whole people, equally represented. ...
Apologies Made and accepted
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
From powerful presidents, dictators and stubborn statesmen to bishops, prime ministers and popes, there is always a time and a place for apologies to be made and accepted. ...
Consulting Our Small Businesses
Saturday, 1 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Nationalist Party in government has always promoted and sustained the belief that small and medium enterprises are the backbone of our economy. This belief has ...
Remuneration Of financial sector workers
Saturday, 1 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Remuneration of financial sector workers has come to the forefront due to the economic crisis. Is the EU taking any initiatives in this regard? ...
In Search of the soul
Friday, 30 April 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“Every religion emphasises human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people’s suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal” – Dalai Lama...
The Volcano, the pope and Delimara
Friday, 30 April 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
The month of April has been very hectic in different ways. We had the volcanic ash disruption, the Pope’s visit in its midst, and the auditor general’s report on the Delimara power station extension contract....