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Stirring The pot

Sunday, 18 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

We just love our political intrigue don’t we? Alfred Sant writes one article in which he disagrees with the report on why the Labour Party lost and...

Eye Drops

Sunday, 18 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is several months now that I have been trying to purchase the medicinal eye drops Pirfalin and so far pharmacies are still out of stock. I have also been told that there are no replacement drops for them. ...

Credit Where it is due

Sunday, 18 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Dr George Abela’s nomination as President of the Republic gives us many ponderables and what ifs. However, the question we must all truly answer is a simple one: what the nomination means to us on a political ...

The Climate change safari park

Saturday, 17 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As Barack Obama prepares for his inauguration, it is worth contemplating a passage from his book Dreams from My Father . It reveals a lot about the way we view the world’s problems. ...

Another Missed chance?

Saturday, 17 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The government, mostly through the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA), spends millions of euros in campaigns to market Malta as a destination for tourists. Each and every year,...

Public Administration and Gozo

Saturday, 17 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

There was no mention of Gozo whatsoever in the bill presented to Parliament last May entitled Public Administration Act 2008 and which has now been reported to the House for its third reading....

A Tame directive

Thursday, 15 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The build-up was full of pomp. Eleven unions sat down together and, in a press conference on 2 January, when everyone was recovering from the sumptuous New Year’s Day lunch, ...

Who Wants the occupation more?

Thursday, 15 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

If the Israeli occupation were half as brutal as the Palestinians allege, they surely would have done everything in their power to ensure that Israel did not reoccupy Gaza after leaving it unilaterally....

Total Confusion

Thursday, 15 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Never in the history of local politics has a political party, the Nationalist Party in this case, single-handedly and against all odds thrown its political adversaries into such a state of total confusion....

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