Poor Quality on local TV stations
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
I do not follow local television stations regularly. I follow the news bulletins on PBS, Net and One because as a journalist I need to, and also to check whether any of my articles had been plagiarised, lifted or copied without any...
Mepa Hits another nail in its coffin
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A heading I read in the paper “Mepa sticks to its guns” on Tuesday should really have read Mepa hits another nail in its coffin. Mepa “sticking to its guns” was reacting to a statement by the Church’s environment commission, which defended its (Mepa’s) ...
The X Factor
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
By the time you sift the truth from the spin, and the facts from the rhetoric, time and again the choice of government always boils down to... who do people believe in the most?...
J’accuse: Symbolic
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I spent a day in Brussels this week, mostly lounging around the cafes and eating very homely Italian food while my better half was busy submitting to the exertions of European ...
COLA: A way forward
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
In recent years, the start of autumn, which is the time when pre-budget consultations hot up, ...
Small Businesses need Love
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Small businesses and entrepreneurs in Malta need love. Not warm words or misty-eyed smiles. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 95 per cent of all enterprises, ...
Every Little helps
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta’s knowledge of English and other languages has for centuries enabled it to keep in touch with the outside world and contributed to our success in commerce,...
US Works with Afghan leader, and around him
Friday, 20 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
“US officials say they are already diverting some development money and decision-making power away from from Kabul ministries, taking advantage of Afghanistan’s historically decentralised power system”...
Bold New thinking
Friday, 20 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
“Is this effective management! After a similar exercise one year ago, government got its biggest spanking in local council and EU elections”...
Malta’s Small miracle
Friday, 20 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
The past week has been characterised by the budget, its contents and the various pros and cons, depending from which side you look at it...