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Of Restoration work and roads

Friday, 15 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

These past weeks I had the chance to visit the vast restoration work taking place around the island. The last one was in Zurrieq where an upgrading exercise bore fruit....

The ‘best’ Christmas

Friday, 15 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Businessmen are expecting that this will be the best Christmas in many years....

A Second cemetery in Nadur

Friday, 15 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

I am writing with regard to the recently launched “34U” – Tree For You campaign, appealing to Maltese and Gozitans to invest in the environment by planting a tree....

An Apolitical Christmas

Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Christmas festivities are with us and, thank God, it will not be a political Christmas, for once....

Being Fair by adopting FAIR

Saturday, 9 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Fair-pricing Agreements in Retailing (FAIR) is an initiative launched by the National Euro Changeover Committee that regulates the display of prices of goods and services, in both the Maltese ...

Youth – Our engine for a positive future

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

We have either been in the past, are at present, or will be in the future, passing through the interesting, energetic and creative phase of life called “youth”...

Beating The binge

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

It cannot be denied that Malta, like many other European states, has a binge drinking mentality, and this is unfortunately prevalent in teenagers....

A Last Christmas and New Year

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

I am only a silly Belgian. I write this letter because I’m feeling very sad about my favourite Maltese hotel being closing down after March 2007....

Better Late than never

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

In my reply to the budget 2006 and 2007 speeches on the vote for the Foreign Affairs Ministry, I laid great emphasis on the need to maximise the use of our diplomatic missions abroad to boost economic diplomacy...

Socialism – Maltese Style!

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

This is incredible but true! Two weeks ago I was watching a programme on NET TV and participants strongly felt that Government should give parents LM120 vouchers so that they could have the opportunity to send children to independent schools...

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