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Waste And Marsascala

Thursday, 27 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The government’s plans to upgrade the waste recycling plant in the limits of Marsascala have obviously not been very welcome by the residents of this seaside locality....

Many Pitfalls ahead in Iraq

Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The vote in Iraq on Sunday to elect a 275-member National Assembly is an important test for US President George Bush’s mission to spread democracy through the Middle East....

The Hole of Nadur

Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On a recent visit to my village of Nadur, I was surprised to see this hole (picture) in the middle of the street leading to the Pjazzetta Arcipriet Dun Martin from the main road next to the Youngsters Football Club....

The Message from above

Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Now we all have heard it, loud and clear. George W. Bush – blessed be his name – in his address to the American people said that “we have received the message from way above the stars… that we are to spread freedom to our world”....

Don’t Be fooled again

Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The free trade unions, once known as the unions tac-cekcik, are happily riding on the back of an unscrupulous tiger....

Making The courts more efficient

Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The government last Friday published a white paper proposing changes to improve the administration of justice. In this interview, Parliamentary Secretary Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici tells Matthew Xuereb about the government’s plans to make the system more effi...

On Competitiveness

Thursday, 20 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The claim that the public holidays initiative may restore Malta’s competitiveness is tragically comic. ...

Looking After yourself in 2005

Monday, 17 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Now that the New Year is in full swing, we need all the strength we can muster to cope with the barrage of usually bad news that will hit us in the media. ...

What A scandal

Sunday, 16 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It was a scene straight out of the panic-stricken Labour government years of the 1980s. It brought back memories so many of us would prefer to forget, but tell ourselves not to do so. Soldiers beating on riot shields, bearing down on unarmed, peaceful pro...

Resorting To insolence

Sunday, 16 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I am sure Daphne Caruana Galizia does not need championing by the likes of A. M. Bezzina and Dr G. Debono (TMIS, 9 December). She made her views about kerosene price increases known in her article of 12 December, probably read my reply of the 19th (or she...

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