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Editorial: The resurgence of the statue fetish

Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 10:42 Last update: about 10 years ago

Things do change even in deepest Malta. The Catholic religion may seem age-old, or age-less, but there are subterranean currents in it that should be noted.  Away from the glare of the media and...

Europe at 27: an honest debate

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 12:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

By European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Commissioner Karmenu Vella European integration was always a project created by the people, for the people. It was a movement carried by a...

Maternal thoughts and history lessons

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 08:50 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

Women parliamentarians can legislate and push for change, ensuring that if things are happening the way they should not happen, this will no longer happen. This was my message when concluding the...

Editorial: Identity Malta needs to get its act together

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 08:45 Last update: about 10 years ago

Many were taken aback earlier this week when an MP revealed that he knew of instances in which some people were in possession of more than one identity card.   But if they were taken aback...

Voters and the exigencies of mathematical formulas

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 08:42 Last update: about 10 years ago Clyde Puli

Our electoral system has served us pretty well - bar the 1981 perverse result - and with gerrymandering now rendered ineffective thanks to the corrective mechanism, there is little reason not to have...

Calamities as seen through the eyes of faith

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 08:35 Last update: about 10 years ago

With reference to John Guillaumier's letter 'Misnomer of the Year', everyone knows that along with heresy, we can expect calamities any moment. The population of the world will never see peace this...

Tangas In a twist

Monday, 19 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The recent decision of our courts to allow transsexuals to marry, as well as the nice new Archbishop's apparent stance in favour of the state offering more recognition to cohabiting couples both show how much a simplistic anti-divorce...

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