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Editorial
The
right reaction
Being
a journalist can be a thankless task if you want to do it properly.
Post prandial privileges
How do we know summer is over?
Toon
Today:
Judging
the scales of justice
Newsreport
by Saviour Balzan
When
Bin Laden was a freedom fighter
Caroline
Hills
Two
weeks ago, Caroline Hills passed away. On the social occasions when we
met, she was not only a fun person, but witty and interesting. She also
loved Malta with all its bizarre habits, people and insular customs
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Coastal
security reinforced, airspace over MFS closed to traffic. [READ
MORE]
By David Lindsay
The
grim reality of the extent to which the US terrorist attacks will
impact Malta is fast becoming evident, especially in the tourism
sector.[READ
MORE]
Adrian Muscat Inglott
His weekly newspaper column has played a major part in encouraging
the public to voice their complaints. Today, he tells Miriam
Dunn about his years in consumer affairs and why he thinks traders
are, at last, learning about customer relations
Chinese
eat dogs – Europeans eat horses
Tony
Formosa, a former Valletta, Hibs, Sliema and national team coach
and one of the most popular critics on the island, continues with
his views on the controversial decision to hold the 2008 Olympics
in Beijing and the changes we are witnessing in the football world
‘Operation
justice delayed’
Some lives seem to be more equal than others in these days of war-talk
and terrorism, says James Debono
Political
oddities and absurdities
Where is ignorance an excuse? Malta. Where would you find golf in
its original oddities and splendour as invented in Scotland? In
the highlands of Tal-Virtu. By Victor Paul Borg
Carlo Vella
skolahbieb.com has quickly become popular, 19-year-old Carlo Vella
is the brains behind it. Interview by Zillah Bugeja
Malta’s wine queen
Now that autumn rolls around in Malta, winemakers and lovers of
the divine stuff look back at yet another successful vintage. But
until it’s time to taste this year’s new wines with old
and new friends, all of us in Malta wine country are left empty-handed.
By Georges Meekers
Personal
details on vehicle discs to go
Drivers’ personal details are set to be removed
from vehicle windscreen discs following a long-running campaign
spearheaded by consumer affairs columnist, Adrian Muscat Inglott
Silence
on televised security flaws
By
Kurt Sansone
‘Silence
is golden’ seems to have been the red-faced authorities’
chosen reaction in the wake of the serious security flaws uncovered
by Lou Bondi and Simone Cini during their TV programme screened
on Tuesday night
Labour
Deputy smells corruption at Tal-Qroqq hospital
Labour spokesman on health, Michael Farrugia, yesterday
warned about the possibility of corruption when tenders are awarded
in connection with the new hospital
Air Malta chief’s
‘no redundancies’ pledge
By Kurt Sansone
Although airline companies around the world are announcing massive
redundancies in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the US, Air
Malta chairman Louis Grech is so far holding firm to his pledge
to not lay off workers
TV
battle of the sports
By
Ray Abdilla
Melita
Cable Television has forked out almost Lm1 million on sport entertainment
in a bid to fight off the challenge of satellite TV
‘Wait
and see’- financial experts’ message to investors
By Miriam Dunn and Kurt Sansone
‘Don’t
panic – wait and see what happens’ is the message that
experts in the investment sector are relaying to concerned clients
Maltese send 15 million SMSs
per month
By David Lindsay
According to Vodafone Malta Managing Director, Joe Grioli,
Maltese mobile phone operators are processing an incredible 70 to
80 SMSs (Short Message Services) per client per month. The figure
is very close to double that of the European average of 45 per person
per month
Sixty
VAT inspectors monitoring business community
By Ray Abdilla
Some 60 VAT inspectors are now carrying out a wide variety
of duties around the Island, but their primary aim is to encourage
voluntary compliance among taxpayers, according to VAT Head, Joe
Portelli.
Work on Ikdam finalised
Workers at the Malta Drydocks have completed extensive works on
the Ikdam - a tanker previously registered under the name of Northia
- which has been converted into a Floating Production Storage and
Offloading Unit
Tal-Virtu’ farmers present
anti-golf course petition
The debate over the proposed golf course at Tal-Virtu’ yesterday
reached a higher pitch when a total of 92 farmers working the area’s
agricultural land signed a petition and presented it to the Vatican,
the President of Malta, the Archbishop of Malta and the Secretary
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