No Mandate
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
I refer to the letter “No mandate to protect asylum seekers?” (TMIS, 7 October) in response to my letter “No mandate” (TMIS, 30 September)....
Intellectually Unbeatable
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Your regular columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia intrigues me. I am intrigued because the more I read the venomous pieces she writes on your paper, the more I compare her to a spiteful worker who harbours a grudge against ...
Campaign Strategies and tactical mistakes
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The last few weeks have certainly given new meaning to the term “dirty campaigning”. If this is going to be the level of debate before we go to the polls, it won’t be...
Hallucination 2007
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
After two decades in government, and a few months away from a general election the Nationalist Party has published a vision statement entitled “Vision 2015”. The vision is very broadly defined but not beefed up....
Local Councils – their governance and administration
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Over the last 14 years, the Nationalist Party has presented the best individuals available who were prepared to give voluntary service to their particular localities in the administration of local government. ...
We Definitely need a change
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Statistics published by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, show that while wages and salaries grew by an average 3.3 per cent in the EU, in Malta this grew by a meagre 0.3 per cent....
A Moment In Time: Strange wind of newspaper change
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Can there ever be too many newspapers? I start with an immediate auto answer to the question: of course not. With ink in my blood probably since conception, I have always believed the more newspapers we have ...
Bad Air!
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
I was disappointed with Professor Mallia’s response (“No good air”, TMIS, 7 October) to my contribution (“Who’s burning our lungs?” TMIS, 30 September). ...
Super Sarko May still be worth watching
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Despite having his “love handles” airbrushed out of a photograph in Paris Match while claiming that he had no time for Winston Churchill, as he was fat, le petit president is still worth a few words....
A One-nation party
Sunday, 14 October 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
It takes a social psychologist to explain how and why small communities are often split down the middle for religious, political or even sporting reasons. ...