The Malta Independent 17 May 2024, Friday
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Bugibba Or St Tropez?

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

The Church in Malta, or more precisely the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission, has just issued a perfectly fair, non inflammatory and reasoned critique on, among others things, the ...

The Electorate is older and wiser

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Democracy is a great teacher. Literature abounds with evidence of free citizens criticizing politicians or the way they are ruled. Experience enhances discernment....

Challenging Car registration tax – One approach

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Dr Mariosa Vella Cardona, a correspondent in another newspaper, pointed out that the Maltese road vehicle registration tax law might have discriminatory effects on...

Getting The facts right before jumping to conclusions

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A Maltese friend of mine who is married to a Russian lady, sent me the article entitled “Lady knights and Ladies of the night” by Marisa Micallef (TMIS, 17 December). ...

Learning Better

Saturday, 6 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Hands up those who remember how many so-called konsonanti likwidi (liquid consonants) there are in the Maltese alphabet and, more importantly, what these consonants are....

Goodbye Saddam Hussein

Saturday, 6 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Personally I do not agree with the death penalty. I always believed that just as it is God’s right for a person to be born, it is also God’s decision whether a person lives or not. ...

Friday Wisdom: Revisiting A warning

Friday, 29 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

On 24th February 2006, I had given this stark warning, through the medium of this column, to investors of Maltese shares quoted on the local Exchange...

Healing Wounds

Friday, 29 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

With the passing of the United States’ 38th President, Gerald Ford a couple of days ago, the debate over whether he should have given the disgraced Richard Nixon...

Against Cruelty to animals

Friday, 29 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

For the past 50 years, the Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS) has been at the forefront of the UK campaign to end the use of animals in circuses because of the inherent cruelty...

Appeal For photos

Thursday, 28 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

On Boxing Day my car was parked in the central part of Old Bakery Street, Valletta. Between 12 noon and 12.30pm someone smashed one of the windows and stole my small silver-coloured Nikon digital camera. ...

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