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Unknown Father

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Over the last 10 years, 3,250 children were born in Malta whose paternity was registered as ‘unknown’. This makes the mothers whores with too many clients to keep track of, or just women who got ...

J’accuse: Mother’s Way

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Many moons have waxed and waned since our days in the schoolyard under the watchful supervision of adults. In those days of Lemonora and Desserta canteen treats, life was relatively...

The Constitution, The Church, and freedom of conscience

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

By any objective reading of Malta’s Constitution, we are a secular, liberal parliamentary democracy. By secular, I mean a government which is not controlled by a religious body,...

An Insult to our intelligence

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Anyone who follows my column knows where I stand on the issue of divorce. I consider divorce to be a civil right for the minority that needs it. The absence of divorce ...

Yes To divorce, no to child abuse

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It was one of those school activities I hate attending, but feel duty-bound to go to. I was about to doze off but I perked up when I heard the priest delivering the talk mention the media. What others think about ...

Out Of the mouth of babes

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This is a sad and, at the same time, a beautiful story. It concerns a child struggling for life, medical decisions that seemed to look at life in rather a cold unemotional manner, and ...

Mother’s Day: 50 Years of celebrations in Malta

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Fifty years ago, in 1961, the second Sunday in May fell on the 14th of the month. Four days earlier I had mentioned, for the first time in Malta...

A Moment In Time - Joseph won’t stand alone

Sunday, 8 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Joseph Muscat certainly has the courage of his convictions when it comes to the divorce issue. Even before taking over his party’s leadership he had already declared his intention...

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