The World around us
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Is it really still a man’s world in Australia?A friend of mine reminded me recently of how Australian men, who have their fair share of uncouth beer bellied belchers with atrocious table manners and little sexual prowess, ...
A Moment In Time: Winking at Mabel
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As is my inexplicable, albeit eccentric, habit of winking at statues and effigies when I walk casually past them, I did so the other hot summer evening when, perspiring to the noodles, I trudged into Villa Parisio in Hal Lija ...
Route Development potential: Italy
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Due to high fuel costs, airlines serving Malta have been rationalizing their route network on longer routes. With the shift towards low-cost-carrier style, the “under two flight hour rule” will become more necessary to follow. ...
Santa Maria Notebook
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I’m glad to see that at least one police officer will be prosecuted for beating an African immigrant in Paceville earlier this summer. I do know that the Police Force took the accusations very seriously and rang all the eyewitnesses...
Full Circle
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It was exactly 50 years ago when talks started between the then PN government and the British Admiralty for the commercialisation of the Drydocks to safeguard the employment of the 6000 odd workers employed there. ...
The Independent Planning watch
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
An application to operate a snack bar at Number 20 A Saqqajja Hill, Mdina was lodged before the Planning Authority. The location of development classifies it as a designated Class B boundary of National Protective Inventory...
The Hidden costs of money
Saturday, 16 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
PRINCETON – When people say that “Money is the root of all evil,” they usually don’t mean that money itself is the root of evil. Like Saint Paul, from whom the quote comes, ...
The Zaragoza Expo 2008
Saturday, 16 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Wednesday, 6 August was Malta’s national day at the international Expo of Zaragoza. For this reason Finance Minister Tonio Fenech asked me to lead the Maltese delegation that visited the Malta pavilion at the same occasion. ...
Restoring Equity
Friday, 15 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
These past weeks in August, when everybody was on holiday, saw the continuation of various reforms the government wishes to implement. These reforms, some long awaited, like the much postponed rent reform, ...
Marching On Castille
Friday, 15 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
What’s the difference between the French and the Maltese?The French marched on the Bastille when the oppressed majority had had enough from the monarchy and its court of nobles. ...