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Where Is the silver lining?

Saturday, 22 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A recent leading article in a local daily lamented that “we have started the new year on the wrong foot”, adding that “it is not too late to reverse the situation, but the social partners ought to live up to their responsibilities”....

The Maritime sector

Saturday, 22 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Writing in The Malta Independent over the Christmas season, Competitiveness and Communications Minister Censu Galea dealt at length on the workings of his ministry in the maritime sector, so important for a country that is surrounded by sea....

The MUT – Past and present

Saturday, 22 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) is making hay while the sun shines. I do not blame them. ...

No, Minister

Saturday, 22 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Never before in the annals of Maltese legislation was there a bigger breakdown in communication than the chaotic situation over which Minister George Pullicino presided with regard to the introduction of the eco-contribution. ...

The World of computers

Friday, 21 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Over the past few days, we have had three important announcements in the information technology sector....

A New look for local councils

Thursday, 20 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Amendments to the Local Councils’ Act were put forward by Justice Minister Tonio Borg last Friday. ...

Anti-smoking Laws

Wednesday, 19 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

While we waste precious time and energy debating and writing about new laws, I think the time has come to ask ourselves whether all this controversy is really worth it....

Welfare State under fire

Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Blaming it all on the welfare state seems to be the best and the easiest way to address most governments’ woes....

Some Unsuitable reactions

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Some people are so surprising – or perhaps they are entirely predictable. ...

Clean-up In Wied ta’ Zejta

Friday, 7 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

We refer to the article Odds & Ends (TMID, 3 January). In this article there is a photo that was taken in Wied ta’ Zejta, in between Xaghra and Victoria, where some rubbish was dumped....

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