Selective Charity
Sunday, 19 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I would like to express my disappointment after hearing Peppi Azzopardi say, during last Friday’s Xarabank programme, that only the SPCA will benefit from the percentage going to animal welfare NGOs from l-Istrina....
Health Services
Saturday, 18 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Health is a subject we tend to talk about only when we need it....
Budgetary Boredom
Saturday, 18 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Year in, year out, we have to assist to the annual farce of what I term as budgetary boredom!...
Youths And alcohol
Friday, 17 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Earlier this week, the Foundation for Social Welfare Services (FSWS) published the third European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs....
A Lesson in catering
Friday, 17 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
On 10 December we decided to go to the airport for a coffee. It was 10.40pm when we opted for the Bistro situated on the building's top floor. ...
Devaluing The Maltese lira
Friday, 17 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
While working in the United State House of Representatives several years ago, I had the privilege of working with members of the Maltese delegation at the embassy in Washington. ...
Viable Infrastructure projects
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Resources and Infrastructure Ministry has become one of the most prominent Ministries in Malta – largely because it has “nice” areas under its portfolio – such as embellishment, restoration and landscaping....
Divorce A necessary evil
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
I have followed the various letters in the media on this subject....
In Praise of WSC
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Some of us sometimes are economical of praise; this attitude at least on occasions needs to be remedied....
The Exchange rate saga: an issue that needs to be addressed
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
“The government seems impatient to take Malta fully into the Eurozone. If Malta moved in at an over-valued exchange rate the result could be a double-decker calamity…” – Economist Lino Spiteri, The Times, 6 December....