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Thank you Edwin…

Monday, 17 July 2017, 07:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

Now that the Law on same sex marriages has passed through Parliament, I have only words of admiration for Edwin Vassallo for having had the guts to stand alone in Parliament and vote against this...

Opinion: Rediscovering the PN’s voice

Sunday, 16 July 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Adrian Delia

The last few weeks have been challenging and interesting. Since putting forward my candidature for leadership of the Nationalist Party, I have often been asked whether or not I feel the PN has any...

It’s not equality when you mark people out as different

Sunday, 16 July 2017, 10:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Labour Party has rebranded its LGBTI 'section' as Equality Labour, totally oblivious to the irony of creating and running what is effectively a sectional ghetto for people marked out as different,...

Coming out time

Sunday, 16 July 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

I do not know about you, but personally, I have been experiencing a sort of creeping revelation over the past months as Malta debated gays and lesbians in a sort of lopsided way. On the one hand,...

The key issue

Saturday, 15 July 2017, 09:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

The crucial vote has come and gone but the real battle still lies ahead for the Nationalist Party.  It has come out bruised and flustered and in serious need of a reformation before it scatters...

The perversion of democracy

Friday, 14 July 2017, 15:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

In his vlog, Salvu Mallia spoke about the "perversion of democracy" and spoke of the lack of the national interest. He also speaks about the PN's situation following the election....

Notebook

Thursday, 13 July 2017, 10:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

So same-sex marriage is now possible in Malta – not that it wasn’t before, given that civil unions were marriage by another name. But now I suppose the government has plucked up the...

Cleansing

Thursday, 13 July 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Among the challenges – let’s not call them problems – that strong economic growth brings with it, features public cleansing. Waste is increasing at a rate which might be greater than...

‘You are ridiculous’

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 09:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

“You are ridiculous” and “friends are there to sometimes tell you uncomfortable truths” - both are bold statements made by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European...

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