Throwing Away a political career
Sunday, 6 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
He may not realise it yet, but Franco Debono is throwing his young and promising political career down the drain – if he has not done so already....
Gaia Wants her monument too
Sunday, 16 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I have never hurt an animal – except for the creepy crawlies and annoying flies and mosquitoes – and I hate seeing animals in distress. When, some time ago, a days...
They’ll Never agree
Sunday, 9 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
A recent meeting involving representatives of the General Workers Union, the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions and the Forum Unions Maltin was given little space in the media, except in the GWU’s ...
The Starting pistol has been fired
Sunday, 2 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I did not expect Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi to be so open about his election thoughts. Usually, he is very reluctant to be drawn into commenting about possibilities and how...
The Extended arm of bureaucracy
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
When local councils were about to be introduced, I really believed that they could make a difference to our way of life....
Some Thoughts about referees
Sunday, 18 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Competitive sport cannot exist without referees, umpires, judges; call them what you will, depending on the sport in question. These are the people who control ...
Change To live, live to change
Sunday, 28 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
“I will change my life, which has been unable to change me,” is a phrase in an Italian song – E dimmi che non vuoi morire (Tell me you don’t want to die), sung by Patty Pravo –...
Only Labour Can save PN
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The Nationalist Party is trying to lay a trap for the Labour Party. But the PL has so far resisted the temptation to play along. It does not want to repeat what it did in the previous term...
Church’s Popularity at all-time low
Sunday, 14 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The fact that two priests committed serious and heinous crimes does not entitle us to put all members of the clergy in the same basket. ...
Right To left, left to right
Sunday, 7 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is not easy to pigeon-hole the ideology of political parties these days. Most, if not all, sway from left to right and the other way around, depending on the circumstances and on what suits them most at that moment in time....