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The sweet smell of love and the stench of greed

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 15:29 Last update: about 11 years ago

I have always been fascinated by John 12:1-8. I like it for its powerful irony. This episode tells the story of Jesus who visits Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, at his house in...

Paying the Piper

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Caroline Galea

Few would doubt that the quality and grade of governance of the present Labour administration is sinking fast, and hope is fading even faster that it can be restored to some level of decency very...

The Maternity Leave Trust Fund – a win-win contribution

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

The National Council of Women welcomes the introduction of the Maternity Leave Trust Fund, a pool that will contribute to maternity leave of women employed in the private sector.  The recent...

‘Tallinja’: Taking us for a ride

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:32 Last update: about 11 years ago

Like those of many other aggrieved Malta Public Transport (MPT) customers, my son’s topped up Tallinja card is defective and malfunctions on the buses. Repeated e-mail, online and telephone...

Nests

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:31 Last update: about 11 years ago

Many young birds die because of breeders’ stupidity. One of the problems bird breeders have to face every year is the loss of fledglings. This is because they have to ring their fledglings...

Is history repeating itself?

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

It is often stated that history repeats itself. Under certain circumstances it certainly does. Around two thousand years ago, the followers of Jesus Christ, who they claimed was both Man and God and...

Hardly a Chinese puzzle

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:28 Last update: about 11 years ago

Ms Sai Mizzi’s performance at her press conference was a dismal exercise in pulling the wool over one’s eyes.  That was the only choice left to her, considering the many, well,...

Gozo’s Third World roads

Sunday, 2 August 2015, 08:26 Last update: about 11 years ago

The article entitled “Gozo-driving on Third-World country roads” (TMIS, 26 July) is, alas, a very correct summing-up of the disastrous state of Gozo's “roads”....

Why Remain open to blackmail?

Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I honestly cannot understand what is keeping the politicians from seeing what can be done about using ethanol instead of petrol for car engines. Or at least a mixture of the two, which would see a decline in the use of petrol. ...

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