Horses For courses
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The newspaper MaltaToday, which has no discernible source of revenue apart from the very few advertisements on which it is impossible to run an office and newsroom, seems unable to gauge when a campaign should be brought to a halt. ...
J’accuse: Telegraphic
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
There are days when no matter how much I try, I fail to find a topic that will serve to meld together the little fragments of information of the past week. In such cases I tend to roll my eyes in autistic desperation while hoping for some divine...
Youth In action
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Young people are sometimes perceived as being indifferent to what is happening around them. And when, on occasions, one observes youngsters seemingly taking things for granted, with that laissez ...
Playing Games with Marisa
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Predictably, the newspapers last Sunday and on many other days were inundated with comment pieces about the defection of Marisa Micallef from the Nationalist to the Labour camp. It was bound to happen. It is not common for...
Social Dialogue in the European Union today
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The world is going through one of the worst economic recessions in decades, a recession that is having a direct impact on employment levels, as many enterprises ...
Not Wearing a condom is stupid, not macho
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“Unfortunately, it’s the rise of feminism”, pontificated a man in The Times in response to Minister Dalli’s concern over the rise of unknown fathers, reported on Thursday....
From Isle Of MTV via routes to Happy November
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The comments made by Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism Dr Mario de Marco on my article regarding the Isle of MTV’s advertising ROI provided some very interesting insights, ...
Why People can’t be bothered
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
While Net TV is busy trying to stir things up by poking microphones in the faces of Labour politicians, asking them what they thought of Jason Micallef’s resignation, most people I know have given up trying to keep ...
Power To the people
Sunday, 11 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
The politics of Malta take shape on the small scale of a city state The total number of eligible voters at the last (2008) general election was slightly over 294,000, of whom 285,000 cast ...
Gonzi In Bush’s footsteps
Saturday, 10 October 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Stop the clock. Turn back time and let’s go back to 1988, to be precise to 18 August. The place was New Orleans. The occasion: the National Convention ...