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Salt And tourism

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

So much has been written by armchair critics like myself about the deteriorating state of the tourism industry, that I think another letter to the editor would not come amiss. ...

Banana Editorial?

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Like many others, I was shocked to read your editorial last Sunday, which basically implied that a change of Minister, indeed replacing him with the former Labour Minister, would solve all our problems...

In Defence of Francis?

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Minister Francis Zammit Dimech may not be perfect but he has certainly proved to be a great constituency MP. ...

Can Tourism be saved

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The dire situation in which Malta’s tourism sector finds itself has rightly become a national concern. The government can no longer continue pretending that all is well. ...

For The record

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I have deliberately kept myself out of the sharp controversy surrounding Tourism Minister Francis Zammit Dimech because I felt that with my record as Minister of Tourism some years before him, any comments I...

Stateless Challenges for the State

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The month-long war between Israel and Hizbullah is thankfully over. Whether it is a mere pause or something more permanent remains to be seen....

Monsters Of the deep

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

It happened like this. Way back in 1934, a couple of pranksters up in the Scottish highlands devised a ingenious hoax that would radically alter their country’s tourism fortunes forever. ...

Securing Our future, really

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The government’s pre-budget document, all 178 pages of it, has now been published and accessible to the public at large for almost a month. The usual constituted bodies have made their (usual) ...

What A floating voter thinks

Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I found the editorial (Make or break, TMID, 17 August) very interesting. I found myself in agreement with almost everything that was written. Since I myself am a floating voter, I would like to share my opinion on the subject. ...

Harsh Penalties

Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The vandal attack on the Zurrieq snail-shell centre-strip (TMID, 18 August) is another example of our lack of civic pride and the need for harsher penalties if such culprits are caught....

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