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When It’s time to fly the coop

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

According to the latest Eurostat survey, the average age at which a Maltese man leaves home is 31. Maltese women are not much better – they leave the nest around the age of 29. ...

J’accuse: Worth

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

My iPhone weather app predicted a bit of snow for Saturday. Due to my inability to break the laws of the space-time continuum, I am unable to tell you whether it did snow on Satu...

The Circus of VVIPs of this world

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Everyone is born equal – or so they tell us. But we all know that this is a fallacy....

When Bush And Gorbachev breached our neutrality clause

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

How nice it is to reach the point where you can look back at the fairly recent past and remember it with a mixture of amusement and relief, rather than the despairing disbelief yo...

The US Will meet the climate challenge – in Copenhagen and beyond

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Climate change is one of those topics that can make eyes glaze over, but it shouldn’t. The consequences of failing to act – as illustrated by the intense storms that have threatened or destroyed cities in the United ...

Driven Into a cul-de-sac

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There was indeed a time when people thought Alfred Sant, and the Labour Party during his tenure, were playing the role of hapless victims in the face of the ramp...

Fighting Obesity through physical training

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Fat is a valuable and necessary part of our body’s make-up but excess fat is potentially harmful. It affects a person’s quality of life and leads to he...

By The people and for the people

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

A society can only be well governed if the citizenry has trust in the government, its elected representatives and in public ...

Evarist And other matters

Sunday, 13 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Every time I hear the Labour Party complain about the way its statements and events are reported by Public Broadcasting...

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