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Aspirations For the New Year

Friday, 4 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The New Year is here. So are the resolutions which were made last Monday night. There were those who aspired to small things. Others would have set themselves targets which, four days down the road, already seem unattainable. ...

2008 And all that

Friday, 4 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Time flies.It seems like barely an hour ago since we all popped our champagne bottles to celebrate the New Year – and already four days have passed. We have all returned to work and most ...

New Year’s Resolution

Friday, 4 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

We have all made our New Year’s resolutions. Some will be achieved, others will not. Some have already fallen by the wayside....

Physical Exercise

Friday, 4 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I wholeheartedly agree with your line of thinking with regard to needing to invest more in sport, and sport-related activities (TMID, 29 December)....

Dr Sant And the election

Thursday, 3 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The news that Malta Labour Party leader Alfred Sant “will be fit” for the election campaign following the major surgery he underwent two days after Christmas, “even if (the election is) called in the near future”, ...

Drug Victims

Thursday, 3 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

They shouldn’t be there in the first place. They are not the destroyers of other human lives but their own. What started as an experience in the very first throngs of youth ended up making them heroin’s victims....

Christmas Activities in Paola

Thursday, 3 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I would like to publicly thank all those who were involved and the public who attended the first edition of the activity Milied Imdawwal, held in Paola on Saturday 22 December between 6pm and midnight. ...

Tips For a smooth changeover

Thursday, 3 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The New Year has finally arrived and has brought with it a historic step for the Maltese population. Not only have we welcomed a brand New Year, undoubtedly full of resolutions and opportunities,...

How To worry

Thursday, 3 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Since time immemorial, people have worried about the earth’s future. We once believed that the sky would fall. More recently we worried that the planet might freeze, and then that...

Ghettoising Identity

Wednesday, 2 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Once, as I picked up the Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen at his hotel, the receptionist asked me if I was his driver. After hesitating, I nodded yes. ...

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