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September 11th: Five Years on

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

September 11, 2001. American Airlines 11. United Airlines 175. American Airlines 77. United Airlines 93. North Tower 8:46am (2:46pm in Malta). South Tower 9:03am. The Pentagon 9:38am. ...

If We don’t make it

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Some 10 days ago, when the international rating agency Fitch expressed its opinion that, due to persistently high inflation, Malta would more likely qualify for the adoption of the euro in 2009 rather than 2008, the silence from government was deafening....

The Birzebbuga Local council on alert

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to Frank Psaila’s article ‘Opinion’ in (TMIS, 27 August), regarding Birzebbuga, Birzebbuga local council would like to state that since its inception, Birzebbuga local council has always been aware how important it is ...

The Experience of Sunday Mass

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I'm writing in response to Daphne Caruana Galizia's article in which she states her views about Sunday Mass (TMIS, 3 September). I truly appreciate her honesty about her experience of Sunday Mass. ...

God’s Yellow Pages

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Rent-a-priestYoung people do not expect the Church to change its values in order to accommodate or satisfy their needs, but they do expect the Church to be flexible, not to point fingers, not to condemn. ...

The University of life

Saturday, 9 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to Marisa Micallef’s article, The university of life? (TMID, 28 August). Ms Micallef seems to feel that the University of Malta makes it unnecessarily difficult for students to enter university. ...

Be Smart

Friday, 8 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

“Be smart” is this year’s slogan for the festivities of one of Malta’s milestones, Independence Day, another in the long chain of achievements by Nationalist governments....

Mystery Guests

Friday, 8 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Quality assurance programmes are not uncommon in the tourism and entertainment industries and although the modus operandi may be different, the aim is usually the same: to gauge the level of service, the...

The Money grubbers

Friday, 8 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Well done on a very informative and interesting article (Daphne Caruana Galizia TMID, 20 April.) It really made me smile, but actually the points you raised are very serious ...

Malta’s Beautiful feasts

Thursday, 31 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Maltese traditional feasts are a source of cultural pride. They are centuries old and have been passed on for generations and each of them has its own distinctive nature....

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