The Malta Independent 16 August 2026, Sunday
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A Moment In Time: Winking at Mabel

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As is my inexplicable, albeit eccentric, habit of winking at statues and effigies when I walk casually past them, I did so the other hot summer evening when, perspiring to the noodles, I trudged into Villa Parisio in Hal Lija ...

Drums In the middle of the night

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

If it were happening once a year, like for example the village festa, I would tolerate it. But, every Saturday night up to 3.30am and sometimes even later, I am unable to get any sleep because of the relentless, unbelievable noise ...

The World around us

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Is it really still a man’s world in Australia?A friend of mine reminded me recently of how Australian men, who have their fair share of uncouth beer bellied belchers with atrocious table manners and little sexual prowess, ...

What Legislating divorce really means

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I found Joseph L. Attard’s letter “Divorce – what does it really imply? to be a one-sided analysis of divorce and its consequences (TMIS, 10 August)....

Medjugorje: The debate continues

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to what Joe Abela Fitzpatrick had to say about my letter of 3 August.What I said in my letter were only facts stated by well-respected dignitaries of our Roman Catholic Church. ...

Of Lawyers and architects

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to an article by Architect Robert Musumeci wherein Mr Musumeci’s main area of practice is defined as “Mepa Law” (TMIS, 10 August)....

Still Reeling from Labour’s defeats

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Perhaps it is because of all his futile pre-election efforts, predictions and references to Sant as the new tenant at Castile that Zammit Marmara is still reeling from the MLP’s third consecutive defeat and the fact that his idol never made it....

The Electoral temperature

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The mills of history are irresistible. Much as government ministers sing from the same hymn sheet, the Maltese political scene has changed since the last election. ...

Divorce And the family: what family?

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to Not. J. L. Attard’s letter “Divorce – what does it really imply?” (TMIS, 10 August). The good notary fails to define what he means by the “family”. ...

The Hidden costs of money

Saturday, 16 August 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

PRINCETON – When people say that “Money is the root of all evil,” they usually don’t mean that money itself is the root of evil. Like Saint Paul, from whom the quote comes, ...

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