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Righting Wrongs? No, wronging rights

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

Two weeks ago, I invited all and sundry to take the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to bed for some late night reading. Well, for a change I decided to follow my own advice this week, and... how can I put this? I must say, I wish I didn’t. ...

I Love you, I love you not, I love you …

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

Unfortunately, as with most other things, the discussion over what the country should do with illegal immigrants has got off on the wrong foot. ...

Who Is there to answer ?

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

In l999, Malta’s national debt totalled Lm837 million (57.5 per cent of GDP)....

Assessing Local councils

Sunday, 13 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Local councils have featured in the news lately, mainly because Parliament is discussing the amendments to the Local Councils Act, but also because the Auditor General ...

Outdated Rent laws injustice

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

As usual, Daphne has hit the nail squarely on the head with her account of the misfortunes of the Grech family (TMIS, 23 January)....

Arrivederci

Sunday, 13 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

This will be my last article for The Malta Independent on Sunday. I said last week that the time might have arrived for me to stand in front of the mirror and take a look. ...

Now We need a policy

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

The decision to convene a national conference on irregular immigration earlier this week was positive and many interesting points were raised, but it is not simply enough to talk....

Leave Those lights off

Saturday, 12 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I have been following the exchange of letters in TMID between the Malta Transport Authority’s PR manager and the Floriana Senior Citizens’ President about the pelican lights along St Anne Street. ...

The GWU And the social pact

Saturday, 12 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to Angelo Vassallo’s observation Here we go again!”(TMID 9 February). It’s not astonishing that there are people, the likes of Mr Vassallo, who jump at every opportunity to put the GWU at fault for what goes wrong in Malta....

MCA Collects more than it projected

Saturday, 12 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the article entitled MCA revenue half of that planned (TMID 9 February) and would like to clarify a number of inaccuracies. ...

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