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Expect Rapid changes for more energy efficient goods

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

With looming economic difficulties and the current financial crisis, record crude oil prices which are now expected to increase following the recent drop, as well as environmental concerns that have been building up for decades, ...

Oh, To work with gorillas in the wild

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Now that the key witnesses in the case against former chief justice Noel Arrigo have been tried and sentenced, we can expect to see an end to the nonsense of having him sashay through society for the last six years as though ...

What McCain And Obama ignore

Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Barack Obama worked for three years as a community organiser on Chicago’s blighted south side, so he knows all about the real poverty that exists in America...

Progress Through innovation

Tuesday, 21 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

We are not a country that thrives on its natural resources. As you well know we have none of them. What we do have are valuable human resources. ...

The MITTS Scandal – the mystery thickens

Tuesday, 21 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The gatekeeping by Austin Gatt’s media friends was not enough to cover the fact that the government is simply sitting on a time bomb over the MITTS scandal. ...

Eroding Competitiveness

Monday, 20 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Notwithstanding the introduction of the euro Malta’s external trade performance has remained an important economic indicator....

Forty-three

Monday, 20 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Forty-three are the years that my friend and colleague Karl Chircop lived. ...

Apologise Before you leave

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

President George W Bush has started his last 100 days in office before handing over to a new president who will be elected on 4 November. When he leaves, Mr Bush will not only be ending his own presidency but will...

A Vote from abroad

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I voted for Obama this week. I know I like to joke around a lot in this column but on this I’m serious....

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