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Ten Years on

Sunday, 6 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

On 3 February 1995, the inauguration of the new Malta Financial Services Centre was being celebrated at its spectacular building in Mriehel....

The Gozo Helicopter service

Sunday, 6 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Very recently, Malta Air Charter’s now suspended services to Gozo were described by a prominent politician as “shameful”. ...

Traffic Lights in St Anne Street, Floriana

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Reference is made to the letter from Simon Bonello, president, Floriana Senior Citizens, entitled Traffic Lights in Floriana (TMID 31 January)....

The Helicopter service

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

After a few months of negotiations following the end of the helicopter service between Malta and Gozo in November, the government has recently reached a deal with a Spanish company, Helicopteros Del Sureste, for the service to be reintroduced....

An Insult to the village of Kirkop

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Every time immigrants with no documents arrive in Malta, they are, after some investigation, kept in a detention centre – that of Safi. ...

In The name of democracy

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A self-confessed Labour dissident wrote a full-page article in a local Sunday paper, saying that if the MLP “wants to win the next elections, he (Sant) has to go”. A week later, Richard Matrenza, in An open letter to Dr Anna Mallia, emphasised that Sant h...

Guardamangia School in urgent need for play area

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The children who attend Hookham Frere School in Guardamangia are without a play area to use during the break. To many of the parents of the children attending this very well-run school, this is typical of an administration that often shows itself insensit...

Unfounded Allegations

Friday, 4 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the article entitled MRA chairman resigns, written by Mark Micallef (TMID 28 January), and wish to make certain clarifications. ...

St Michael: The Patron saint of cancer

Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

There are some people who prefer to use the “direct line” and speak directly to God in prayer, especially those afflicted with cancer. ...

The Story of a house

Sunday, 23 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

This is the story of a large old townhouse in Sta Venera. In the mid-1970s, a frail and elderly man moved out of this house after his wife died as he could no longer live there alone....

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