What Christmas Is all about
Monday, 21 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It is of course expected to have a commercial element in these festivals...
Reform In primary health care
Monday, 21 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“On the other hand the writer is incorrect in stating that“...
Where’s The beef?
Monday, 21 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The deal clinched in the final hours of negotiations in Copenhagen was striking only in the sense of what it left out from what was expected of it....
Truly Insufferable
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Franco Debono tells us that he wished to pass on a message from his constituents when he left Parliament in a huff. He doesn’t tell us what that message is. Nor does he tell us whether his constituents are the ...
The Strowger Inheritance
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In 2003, just a few weeks before the EU accession referendum, our company (Standard Publications) held a packed business breakfast to hear Dr Alfred...
J’accuse: Bad Romance (They’ve All gone Gaga for Xmas)
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The business of gifts is in full swing now as we approach the celebration of another saturnalia engulfed in the final, rushed and panicked search for presents. Have...
We Are all innkeepers
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I don’t like Christmas. I never did.Who knows, maybe having been a Christmas baby – well, actually, I w...
A Birth like no other
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
I walked past row after glittering row of toys for all ages, from the electronic gadgets we give our children so that we can play with...
Not In a position to respond
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I really needed cheering up lately and this week’s story about PN backbencher Franco Debono defying his own party has done wonders for my humour. I’...
The Straightjacket of political correctness
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
There was a time when journalists chose their words with discernment. They looked at life and saw its many hues. Today, the tendency is to see the world in black and wh...