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More Than a €1 million a day on health

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The occasional political squabbles over our national health service and the sometimes-petty criticism might divert attention from the achievements...

A Moment In Time - From Olympic glory to diplomatic shame

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Whatever happens, if anything happens by the time this piece appears, the saga of Julian Assange holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to escape the wrath of a United States...

Swimming In the deep end

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The unbridled violence that has steadily escalated in Syria is now entering its tortuous 18th month. A series of minor scuffles and quasi-pacific ...

Would Air Malta Wait for me too?

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I don’t think so, but then I would not expect it or want it to, because I do not consider myself more equal than others....

Understanding Disabled persons with ‘challenging’ behaviour

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b’Diżabilità (KNPD) is currently implementing the project “Promoting the Social Inclusion of Disabled Persons with Challenging Behaviour” (ESF3.105). This project is...

Eurogeddon: A busted flush

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

After more than two years of eurozone crisis, I am beginning to come round to the view that Dr Alfred Sant’s scepticism about the wisdom ...

Oil And gas − a pyrrhic victory for party acolytes

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It was more than 50 years ago that the government of the day embarked on a drive to market Malta’s offshore acreage among oil companies with a view to encouraging them to prospect for oil and gas. ...

Social Networks Part 2 - Have You been infiltrated?

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The explosion of social networks and new user accounts in recent years is staggering. There are now over 1,000 social networking sites on the Internet, with ...

No One like Dom

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Men’s greatness is not measured by the length of their obituaries, nor by the intensity of the hatred of those who rejoice in their death....

Formidable Upsetter of many apple carts

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Love him or hate him, Dom Mintoff, Il-perit, was the most colourful and powerful politician we in Malta have ever had. The long obits in the upmarket international media are a testimony to that. ...

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