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Yes For a second chance

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The divorce campaign has been unique in many ways.As we enter the final week and prepare ourselves for the vote - which I sincerely hope will be a majority of ‘X’ marks in the ‘Yes’ box - we can all start...

The Privatization of marriage

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

People today seem to have a different understanding of marriage commitment than in the past. The transition is from a commitment to an institution to a more personal bond....

Less Than one week to divorce D-day

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

All those who might think the whole surreal debate of the past months has been strictly about divorce must be either naïve or over simplistic. ...

Go Out and vote!

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

If you are toying with the idea of not turning up at the polling station next Saturday (28 May), for any of a multitude of reasons, maybe you have lost interest in the divorce issue or perhaps ...

Let Us celebrate Selmun today

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Let us celebrate a paradox of love today:Let us dance! Let us sing!Hug Mother Nature with music and bliss!...

J’accuse: Thoroughly Modern Malta

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It’s official. It’s no longer about divorce. Saturday’s referendum is about rubber-stamping Malta’s new Identity Card. Think of it as a visit to...

The Do-nothing cop-out of Żwieġ bla Divorzju

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Every time I listen to the Maltese Church, or to spokesmen from Żwieġ bla Divorzju or their apologists, I am vividly reminded of Pope Pius IX (Pio Nono). He was the bizarrely...

A Moment In Time - The bikini referendum

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I was shocked, as I watched an Italian TV news feature the other day, to learn that the bikini, perhaps the most popular piece of female ...

Women Propelling the Maltese economy forward

Sunday, 22 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The recently published study “Labour Market Adjusted Dependency Ratio”, funded by the European Commission, raised a number of economic, fiscal and welfare issues simmering beneath the surface of Malta’s economic edifice....

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