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My birthday mate’s canonization

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 09:08 Last update: about 11 years ago

With the fascinating melody of the great song written by the former I Pooh singer Riccardo Fogli, Storie di Tutti giorni (Everyday stories) in the back ground, I worshipfully contemplated...

Mother Teresa's dubious 'miracles'

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 09:07 Last update: about 11 years ago

Two dubious "miracles" have been ascribed to the "intervention" of the dead Mother Teresa. The first miracle allegedly took place in the Bengali village of Raigunj where a woman called...

Gozo with an inferior status

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 09:06 Last update: about 11 years ago

I was always reluctant to agree with many Gozitans who said that Gozo always takes second place when compared to Malta: fewer projects are done in Gozo by the government, etc. During the previous...

Simon Busuttil boasts of a scheme which keeps names secret

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 09:05 Last update: about 11 years ago

Dr Simon Busuttil, in an interview with the Sunday Times of Malta, boasted that the PN’s secret ‘cedoli’ scheme is nearing the €3 million mark. He said that this has cleared him...

Editorial: Malta and the EU - Have they all thought it out?

Saturday, 17 September 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The run-away train that is Malta is fast accelerating and heading into an uncharted territory as the Leo Brincat application to join the European Court of Auditors moves on to the next level. In...

Not a bad idea at all

Friday, 16 September 2016, 09:55 Last update: about 11 years ago

This cedoli initiative by the Nationalist Party makes sense for the party itself but it also makes sense for the investor. After the election which it lost, the party found itself in a horrendous...

Tough Task for Dr Gonzi

Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Dr Lawrence Gonzi took over the leadership of the Nationalist Party and of the government at one of the most important crossroads for the country....

Adultery Yes, divorce no – a Maltese dilemma

Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy started his famous book Anna Karenina with the haunting sentence, “All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”....

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