George Orwell
Friday, 1 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
It was the year 1949. George Orwell wrote his masterpiece “1984” where he specifically and with precise detail described life, with the future explicitly explained in the Oceanic State...
The Skeletons in the government’s closet
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It will take more than the well-tested strategy of keeping up appearances for this government to hide the skeletons that have been accumulating in its closet over the years it...
Xaghra Il-Hamra
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
After months of despair, common sense has prevailed. The rape of the virgin land earmarked for destruction due to a golf course that was to be built ...
Profit Is not a dirty word
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In his last annual report, the Governor of the Central Bank made discrete reference to the fact that the Maltese economy has not benefited to the same extent...
Our Truly gross domestic product
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Well, now we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are alarmingly fat, grossly so. That despite all the good news lately about our being up to standard to adopt the euro, our real figures, our bodies, are truly our unmissable gross domestic product....
A Moment In Time: Unnatural defiance
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The print media everywhere in the world is under siege from the electronic surge that is just as exciting and just as it is difficult to cope with considering the frantic pace of its development....
A Great Maltese saint
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
John Guillaumier is disappointed with Dun Gorg, saying that he never appealed to him (TMIS, 20 May)...
AD’s Role in Xaghra l-Hamra speculation
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
I refer to the great excitement in the local media about the PN’s U-turn regarding the proposed golf course at Xaghra l-Hamra in Ghajn Tuffieha and Manikata. ...
The Way to deal with our heritage
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The full page article which appeared in The Malta Independent last Sunday would normally have been ignored had the intervention not been underlined by a whole series of false statements and...
CVA Overhaul necessary
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
I suggest rationalizing the CVA system as follows:The cumbersome blue and green parking area markings (inconvenient to both Valletta residents and non-residents alike)...