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People in glass houses throwing stones


MaltaToday campaign
Growing pains
With such a large amount of a child's time being spent at school, teachers, along with parents, play an important influential role on a child, moulding their characters and helping them form their values



Where are they now?

No: 0072 - Zeppi il-Hafi






Sport today
After Malta's Danish debacle


Insight
Milking the land
We consumers tend to take for granted the fresh produce we find at the supermarkets.
We pick up our milk, yoghurts and 'rikotta' without a second thought about where they come from




This Week
This Week

Victor Paul Borg opens up a single mother's bag – her dreams, her life, her pain

Confident, pretty, charming: 19-year-old singer Ira Losco looks foward to fun and fame

He did it his way. John O`Dea on one of the greatest stories ever told

Isabel Warrington takes a peek at the local culture scene

Georges Meekers - in wine today






Tragedy at Bormla
A toddler died and his teenage mother is fighting for her life after the car they were in plunged into the sea off Xatt ir-Risq, in Vittoriosa yesterday afternoon, where they were watching the traditional boat races for the Freedom Day regatta. The tragedy let to the regatta being called off after only six of the 10 races had been staged. [READ FULL ARTICLE]



There were mixed, spontaneous reactions to an analysis published in MaltaToday's sister paper, The Business Times, depicting estimated income brackets for six different professions. [READ FULL ARTICLE]


opinion

Shoddy Malta, here we come
David Pace gives credit to the Travel Channel for presenting a real, yet thankfully somewhat restrained, picture of Malta

people

Agatha Barbara
When you have been brought up in difficult times under foreign rule, the words social justice have a special meaning. It is these influences, among others, that have made the ex-Labour minister and former President of the Republic, Agatha Barbara, sceptical about the phrase New Labour and the concept of EU membership, MIRIAM DUNN discovers

local news

Anglu Farrugia defends his turf
Labour party spokesman, Anglu Farrugia, who stood as a defence lawyer for Justice ministry member of staff, Claudio Grech, yesterday said he found nothing bizarre in supporting Opposition leader, Alfred Sant's severe criticism of the secretariat employee's brush with the law


Didier's attempt fails
The flamboyant and outspoken French Ambassador, Didier Destremau, tried to enlist the help of the former President of the Republic, Agatha Barbara, in a bid to bring the party leaders to agree over the European Union, MaltaToday has learned


Boomerang hits Mifsud in the face

Super One journalists are remarkably good news sniffers and when HSBC announced it's turnover for 2000, the news team burst into action following a useful hint from Education Secretary Joseph Muscat

Income benchmarking raises selfish eyebrows
A survey organised by this newspaper's sister publication, The Business Times, relates to the income tax benchmarking exercise being carried out by the Tax Compliance Unit

Malta shooting for $75m Ocean Warrior this summer
Cast to include Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Anne Heche, Martin Sheen

Clarissa Cachia's acquittal
Jurors ignore ‘Zeppi l-Hafi' testimony

Government to satisfy 44% of stock demand
The Treasury Department has reported that the issue of government stocks, worth Lm30 million with a return , in March has reflected a heavy concurrence by the general public, representing an average of Lm 5,000 per application



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Setting her sights on international fame: singer Ira Losco is making her voice heard