For A more transparent Europe
Friday, 27 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Europe has never been as open and transparent as today. This is in large part thanks to the democratic evolutions over the last decades...
To Divorce or not to divorce, that is the question
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Divorce laws vary considerably around the world. Very few countries do not permit divorce, such as Malta and the Philippines, although an annulment within the Catholic Church is permitted. ...
It All comes down to money
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Thousands of euros have been spent on newspaper adverts, professionally produced videos, numerous billboards, a music video, glossy full colour leaflets distributed door to door and personalised letters posted to women...
‘Crusade’ – Against the Church
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The divorce referendum campaign, now in its final stage, has been marked by misinformation, twisting of facts and half-truths...
The Obsessive need to control other people’s lives
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Somebody remarked to me earlier that the ‘No’ and ‘Yes’ camps in this referendum have brought together some pretty odd bedfellows. My response was that there is no ‘Yes’ camp. There is only a ‘No’ camp, and this regardless of the numbers involved...
The Sacred and the secular: promoting Muslim democracy
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
The presence of religion in public space challenges our ideas about the roles of faith in our lives and politics. Over the last centuries, pro...
‘My Genes made me do it’
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A question which is often raised with regard to genetics is that when we identify certain genes with behaviour, then we are more inclined to that kind of behaviour. ...
Strike A blow for justice, fairness and your civil rights
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
When The Today Public Policy Institute published the report ‘For Worse, For Better: Remarriage After Legal Separation’, of which I was the lead author, its objective, as with all its...
Food Fears return
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Lack of food is rarely the reason that people go hungry. The world today produces enough food to feed everyone. The problem is that more and more people simply cannot afford to buy the food they need....
On Saturday Malta Will decide whether to remain a confessional state
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
On Saturday by going to the polls on the consultative referendum on whether divorce should be introduced as a civil right as well as an option which one may opt for freely if his/her marriage has be...