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Labour’s Electoral manifesto

Saturday, 18 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Last week Dr Alfred Sant unveiled the Malta Labour Party’s electoral manifesto for local councils. ...

Women And work

Saturday, 18 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Statistics issued by Eurostat confirm that in spite of efforts made to encourage more women to go out and work, the rate of female employment in Malta is still very low; in fact, it is among the lowest in Europe....

TV Subscriptions

Saturday, 18 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I wonder for how long are we going to be taken for a ride and pay for services we’re not getting. As football fans might have noticed, last Wednesday’s UEFA Cup match between FC Brugge and AS Roma was blocked by Melita Cable....

Euro Coins

Saturday, 18 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I am saddened by the fact that the Maltese have chosen to link religion with money matters....

Hamrun – 12 February 2006

Saturday, 18 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

It was pouring cats and dogs but the people didn’t notice. The air was as cold as the Titanic iceberg must have been but the people did not mind it. They worked to overcome the shivers because they just had to be there. ...

Local Elections at Mgarr, Mtarfa and Rabat

Friday, 17 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

On 11 March, one third of the Maltese electorate will be called to decide the administration of 23 localities for the coming three years. Each party has seen to it that it fields the best available people who, in their opinion, ...

Discipline First and foremost

Friday, 17 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The tit-for-tat discussion between the Malta Union of Teachers and Education Minister Louis Galea this week was uncalled for and did little to tackle a growing problem in schools in Malta and Gozo....

Revocation Of decree

Friday, 17 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the news item, under the heading “Indictment retracted”, (TMID, 16 February). ...

It’s Not the thought that counts, but the action

Thursday, 9 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

How odd it seems – or perhaps not – that the very same individuals who think that Mohammed should not have featured in those newspaper cartoons also voted to have the image of Jesus Christ on our coins. ...

The Roads saga

Thursday, 9 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Whenever a problem crops up, the government is usually the first to get the blame. In the majority of cases, we would be more than justified in criticising the authorities but there are times when the government is only part of the problem. ...

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