Unleash The potential
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A mere 17 months ago, Malta was going through the usual five-year euphoria, when time and work and sense come to a grinding halt, and we Mediterranean folk relax to loudly...
Corruption – A wake-up call
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We know from the annual reports of the Auditor-General that outstanding annual arrears of revenue routinely run into hundreds of millions of euros, but there is no way for the...
Labour In denial
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Joseph Muscat’s half-hearted apology for the events of Black Monday rekindled many memories of the horrendous times through which we all lived between 1979 and 1987, and the topic...
A Consensus Budget
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
One could say that last Monday’s Bondi+ failed. On the other hand, one could also say it succeeded....
Burka Not offensive to the Archbishop
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Trust the politicians to play to the gallery and make a big to-do to keep attention away from more relevant topics....
Wrong Move, Mr Rector, sir
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
When he reported the editor and publishers of a student newspaper to the police, the university rector may have been motivated by genuinely respectable concerns, like the need to uphold the dignity of women and fight against misogyny. ...
J’accuse: Offensive Behaviour
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The WordYou do not need to be of a bible-bashing persuasion in order to recognise that within...
Tomorrow Evening
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
“So what is in it for me?” and “How will it affect me?” These would be typical questions tomorrow evening. However, as has been custom in previous years, ...
Don’t Touch that cross
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
I’m sorry, but I just can’t get myself so worked up about this ‘crucifix ban from Italian state schools’ issue. To me, the idea of a secular classroom does not fill me ...