Where Colombian openness to nudity as a form of expression is seen from the perspective of Malta’s new Committee of the Wise Committed to Assessing the Obscene in the Name of the Hoi Polloi.
All's Well?
Franco Debono has made his first intervention in parliament since missing a vote before Christmas. The Times stresses “the government’s decision to bring into force provisions of a 2002 law on legal aid to people under arrest” and that MP Debono is pleased with this decision.
J'accuse: Empowerment
The latest fare from today’s J’accuse column in The Malta Independent on Sunday. In which we discuss Dalli, Debono, Camilleri and Avatar.
Bulgaria's Jeleva fails EP test
Bulgarian Commissioner-Designate Rumiana Jeleva failed to answers questions on a company she owns during the hearings at the European Parliament which will decide on whether she becomes the EU’s Crisis Response commissioner. According to latest news Jeleva will be asked to step aside from the Barroso II Commission.
Vatican Unimpressed by Avatar
The Vatican’s not impressed by the story of a guy who takes the form of a different race on another planet and is prepared to give up his life in order to save them from destruction and eternal damnation. Go figure.
or why Mark Camilleri (and Alex Vella Gera) really ought to be imprisoned for a sensible period of time