Malta – ‘...putting Wealthier States to shame’
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
This is what Dame Anstee, wrote in her autobiographical book Never Learn to Type – A Woman at the United Nation, published last year by John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, UK. ...
Daphne’s Christmas Sermon
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
In Daphne’s column last week a little paragraph was dedicated to a “cruel heartless woman”. I am that cruel heartless woman. Unlike what Daphne reported, my letter was printed it in The Malta Independent. My letter was inaccurately quoted and as usual Mrs...
Cold Fish and the price of kerosene
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Australian aborigines adapt well to their environment. Their body can withstand sub-zero night temperatures and scorching midday temperatures in the Australian desert....
Fair Play
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
For the sake of transparency, the Gaming Board should insist that the organisers of l-Istrina hold the lotteries in public, and not in an obscure room at Maltacom in Birkirkara. ...
Christmas? What Do you mean, Christmas?
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Why am I always the last to find out anything? Why did nobody tell me that Christmas was going to fall on the 25th this year? ...
The Magical Bug
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
When I walked into the Where's Everybody office on Monday I found a noose hanging from the ceiling in the studio. It had a note attached: “If you want to use this device, book your turn at reception. Thank you”....
Who Speaks for social justice?
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Theologians ought to be in a position to understand and evaluate systems of political economy. There have been many such in human history, ranging from the feudal system, based on grants of land to the nobility, to mercantilist systems, to several forms o...
Peter
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
As one gets older one treasures more and more catching up with past acquaintances and freshening up old relationships. ...
Assessment And resolutions
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
As another year bites the dust and we start the 41st calendar year after independence, we ought to make an honest national assessment of where we really stand. ...
Heroes And villains of 2004
Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
This certainly was the year of the villain. Saddam Hussein was finally captured and arrived on our screens looking like the criminal he is. But in a year where political correctness went mad the Pope expressed his concern at these images, and said his dig...