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. ...