The Presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
This case concerned an appeal to the Constitutional Court alleging a breach of the fundamental human right to the presumption of innocence till proven guilty protected by the Maltese Constitution and the ...
Pension Reform: To discriminate or not to discriminate!
Sunday, 3 September 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I recently started a heated discussion among a group of mature adults regarding people who inflict self-harm, such as smokers and alcoholics,...
Defending Malta’s Farmers
Sunday, 3 September 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
As time goes by, it is becoming ever more clear that, all claims notwithstanding, joining the EU could be the death-knell for Malta’s ailing farmers....
Poor Vehicle – bad driver
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
While I do not in any way intend to shore up the Tourism Minister for badly underperforming in his pivotal sector....
Principle Of a better quality of life
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Budgets are serious business and are all about planning ahead – something that has so far been the hallmark of the Gonzi Government. ...
Press Freedom is supreme
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The release of two American journalists, kidnapped in Gaza nearly two weeks ago, was very welcome news indeed....
The University of life?
Monday, 28 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
So the “A” level results are out in the UK, with record numbers of “A” grade results, which have been met in some quarters with huge scepticism and derision. Some scoff that the UK “A” ...
Washing Our dirty linen in public?
Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Someone, God knows who it was, wrote on a wall in the city of Bogota: “Let’s leave pessimism for better times.” Is our local pessimism as grounded in ...
Unacceptable Statements
Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
We have been instructed by our clients, AME International GmbH of Vienna, Austria, to refer to the article written by David ...
MLP Cockpit politics
Saturday, 26 August 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
As Malta approaches the run-in to the next general election, the political parties will switch their roles from the defensive to the offensive. They will proceed by deploying their troops, hitherto engaged in static trench ...