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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? ...

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