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Sharing The drugs debate

Monday, 20 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The drugs debate has always been controversial, at times outright acrimonious. ...

Planning For the future

Monday, 20 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The decision to relocate certain specialist medical care units to bigger and better premises that also leave room for further expansion in the future is a positive move that will hopefully reduce overcrowding in our hospitals....

Internet Abuse

Monday, 20 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The setting up of a hotline to report internet abuse is welcome news.Unfortunately, many parents are not computer-literate and as such are not in a position to keep up with their children....

Local Councils

Monday, 20 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Another round of local council elections is coming up and, as usually happens, the two main political parties are pushing what “their” councils did and downgrading those led by their rivals....

In Defence of me

Sunday, 19 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I think Ms Josephine Vella did not quite get my point (TMIS, 12 February). Not that I have any problem with Ms Vella disagreeing with me; like everybody else, she has the right to her own opinion and it would be dull ...

‘Munich’ – Steven Spielberg’s Nightmare of moral equivalence

Sunday, 19 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Like many others in Malta, I couldn’t resist the strong temptation of going to see Munich, Steven Spielberg’s litigious movie that owes much of its publicity to the torrent of criticism it has received both in Jewish and ...

Freedom Of speech is not a box of chocolates

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

In October 1979, Labour supporters marched on the Valletta offices of The Times, ransacked them, and then set fire to the place on the grounds that ...

Mepa Opens can of worms

Saturday, 11 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The State of the Environment Report, drawn up by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa), and released to the media by Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino last week, highlighted ...

Friday Wisdom: Tax To reconsider

Friday, 10 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The government has finally indicated its readiness to reconsider the airport departure tax, which was increased by Lm10 last year and which on evidence has materially impacted on the residents’ ...

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