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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....

More Pressure on PN

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Arrogance can be seen in both little and big things – and the Nationalist Party in government has almost perfected the art....

If It can happen in Norway, it can happen anywhere

Sunday, 24 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The terrible events in Norway are a timely reminder that crazed individuals with religious or political obsessions and six tonnes of artificial fertiliser c...

No Other way out

Sunday, 17 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

I have nothing but praise for minister Joe Cassar and parliamentary secretary Mario de Marco for their courageous “yes” vote at the end of the second reading...

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