Brazil revisited by Lawrence Gonzi
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Alison Bezzina
I had promised myself not to write about the subject of gay adoptions again, because I believe that there’s a huge value in knowing when to shut up, especially when you’re winning. But...
Objections need have nothing to do with religion
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
A few people – coincidentally all of them campaigned for Labour in the last general election – are seeking to put about the notion, by means of their commentary in the...
24 May is not an important date
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
Just a little more than a year has passed and we are back in election mode. We have become like the Italians, with an election every year. The parties...
1976 revisited
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 10:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Charles Flores
Those of us old enough to remember, will tell you that today’s topsy-turvy world of Simon Busuttil’s Nationalist Party has all the symptoms of George Borg Olivier’s Nationalist Party...
You and the nation go together
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Politicians often fall into the perennial trap where they either end up riding the wave of consumerism to extreme, or else seek to act “statesmanlike” by way of concentrating solely on the...
Preventing unwelcome behaviour
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Sexual harassment is a violation of human rights and a prohibited form of violence against women in many countries. A study published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental...
How free are we?
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Charló Bonnici
I have asked myself this question several times in the past few years. The last time I did so was when we were coming out of the parliament building following the vote on civil unions. Of course, we...
Rethinking the drug policy
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
While the government’s exact plans for drug decriminalisation, as alluded to by the prime minister in the immediate wake of the passing of the Civil Unions Bills, are still being closely...
An earthly honour
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The canonization of two Popes is an occasion for the Catholic Church to flatter itself and its followers after a long series of shameful scandals and cover-ups. On the cover of its 1 April...
The canonization of two Popes
Sunday, 27 April 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Finally, the day has come when two successors of Saint Peter, namely Blessed John Paul II and Blessed John XXIII, each one with his own God-given charisma, will be declared saints...