It’s Debatable
Sunday, 26 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I didn’t catch the debate between Dr Gonzi and Dr Muscat on the night it was shown. This meant that next day I ended up hearing and reading public reactions to it before I actually saw it myself. ...
J’accuse: Atonement (more Than words)
Sunday, 26 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
DisproportionateThe super-mega-giga-prize jackpot in the Italian Enalotto has finally been won. Some geezer (or a group of geezers who pooled in money together)...
Health Proposal for Budget 2009
Sunday, 26 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Once again I raise my head above the parapet, always at risk of attracting the usual snipers – forever ready to shoot down new ideas....
The Centre of the universe
Sunday, 26 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I was with Nationalist teenage friends during the Independence ceremony of 1964 at midnight in Floriana. ...
GOZO – An ecological island
Sunday, 26 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The conceptThe concept of establishing Gozo as an ecological island is indeed a great concept: a concept which can not only transform Gozo...
Errors, Mischief could lead to long election night
Saturday, 25 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
WASHINGTON: As Election Day nears, memories of the 2000 contest remind Americans that polling-place foul-ups and close races in key states can send them to bed not knowing who their next president will be. ...
Beyond Aspirations
Saturday, 25 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
We should be proud of our progress but we need to ensure that what we have attained we will keep, and what we desire and need does not become mere aspiration....
Changing Scenarios
Friday, 24 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
These last few weeks have seen many changing scenarios. The oil price is seemingly going down, although one must relate to the oil price as we buy it, and link it further to the US dollar exchange rate, that is now climbing...
Friday Wisdom: The Global recession is here
Friday, 24 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There can be little doubt about it now. The credit and financial markets dislocations experienced since the collapse of Lehman Brothers will exacerbate the unfolding recession. Credit markets became...
The Worst of all worlds
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Have you noticed how environmental campaigners almost inevitably say that not only is global warming happening and bad, but also that what we are seeing is even worse than expected? ...