Contradictions Exposed
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This was the week when hidden contradictions were exposed.Take the proposal presented by the government for the introduction of a new utility rate tariffs effective ...
Cleverness Is good, but intelligence is better
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Joseph Muscat has begun what will doubtless turn into a rather protracted campaign to convince those who voted for Lawrence Gonzi that they shouldn’t have done so. ...
Economical With the truth
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
One of the main characteristics of a democratic society is the enjoyment of privacy by all its citizens. The right to privacy is ingrained in our right to freedom. Anything that threatens such a right should be viewed as a serious threat to our democracy....
The Blame game
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
People are getting a little tired of hearing politicians blaming each other for everything that goes wrong instead of just getting on with it and making Malta a better place to live in. ...
J’accuse: Das Kapital... (Kein Kapital)
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Karl Marx must be laughing in his grave. Admittedly, you’d have to have one hell of a sense of humour to find anything on this earth funny once you’ve moved on to pastures new but still, I guess the old geezer would have a bit of a point. ...
World Arthritis Day
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
World Arthritis Day falls on 12 October. On this day, people suffering from arthritis from all over the world come together to make ...
On Transparency... how would you spend €200 million?
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Walk outside the European Parliament building in Brussels on a standard Monday of what is known as ‘Strasbourg week’ and you will see a mass exodus of MEPs, their assistants and other EP staff, ...
Profit Making and profiteering
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The most outstanding development in the world economic scene before the turn of the century was, without doubt, the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union and its far-flung empire, and the rapid spread of market economics in the Third World....
A Free society needs marriage
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As so many have already noted, there are not enough studies available that show the reasons adversely affecting marriage in this country. ...