Manché’s pirouette for gay marriage
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alison Bezzina
If only Malta’s very own ballerina-turned-pastor Gordon Manché wasn’t so ridiculous, I might be a tad angry at his hypocrisy. I might also be slightly worried about his half-baked...
Godfrey Farrugia is a victim of Labour’s promises
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Godfrey Farrugia will probably not remember this. We were sitting next to each other during one edition of Xarabank a few years ago. Given the nature of the discussion – we sat there...
The end of my world
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Marie Benoît
President Abela created shockwaves by citing ‘moral grounds’ in refusing to sign the Bill that would create homosexual civil unions and allow same sex partners to jointly adopt children. I...
Unravelling the reshuffle
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Noel Grima
A Cabinet reshuffle is an important phase of a government. While the spin would have it that a reshuffle, like the latest Muscat one, is done out of necessity, in reality it is an instrument of power,...
Banding: look before you leap
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
This government has undoubtedly taken some laudable steps in the area of education since it took power a little over a year ago. In fact, a recent editorial in this newspaper heaped praise on the...
Opening the floodgates of God’s mercy
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
From Friday afternoon of 28 March to Saturday 29 March, the floodgates of Divine Mercy were generously opened to our shattered world. This Festival of Forgiveness, an initiative advocated by the...
Flashback
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Mifsud
Old age brings disadvantages. However, it also comes along with the benefit of many flashbacks that permit analysis and interpretation of current situations in the light of comparable past...
A role model for budding politicians
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Deborah Schembri
Virginia Woolf, a British novelist and one of the 20th century’s foremost literary figures once commented: “For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” Well, fortunately, women in...
The great LNG tanker decision
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Mepa Board (MB) chairman Vincent Cassar started proceedings by reading a letter from Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, pointing out that as the proposals under discussion were of national importance, no...