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Marriage equality isn’t quite there yet, so same-sex couples can now get married at sea
BY SHANNON CONNELLAN From Mashable Not living in a country where same-sex marriage is legal? Even though your own government isn’t recognising your civil right to marry whoever the heck you like, the sea will. Cruise ship company Celebrity Cruises…
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No tax haven, but this label can cost Malta untold harm
By Michael Falzon From Malta Today No anti-Malta stance but a socialist initiative to push for the eventual aim of tax harmonisation across the whole of the EU; this is still on the cards and Wednesday’s vote was just an…
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Can Malaysia take the lead?
Freedom United have asked our readers to take their Commonwealth campaign to the next level. Will you help them? From Freedom United: Call on the Malaysian Prime Minister, as the future Chair of the Commonwealth, to support the adoption of…
Data leak reveals details of 70,000 offshore firms in Malta, German state minister claims
From The Times of Malta ‘Malta is the Panama of Europe,’ says NRW minister Walter-Borjans A data leak has revealed information about 70,000 offshore companies in Malta, a German state minister claimed this morning. North Rhine-Westphalia finance minister Norbert Walter-Borjans…
Brexit: rising frustration across EU at Britain’s unclear exit strategy
By Jon Henley, Jennifer Rankin and Stephanie Kirchgaessner From The Guardian UK Mounting concern among EU-27 that UK government and Brexiter MPs seem unwilling to accept that what they want is not on offer EU diplomats and officials have admitted…
MFSA Warns that Alpha Capital Markets is Unauthorised in Malta
By Rosemary Barnes From Finance Magnates The company has allegedly been misleading investors by pretending to be regulated. Malta’s financial markets watchdog, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), today issued a warning against forex broker Alpha Capital Markets (Alphacmarkets). The…
Demand for OFWs still high in 2016 – POEA
From Sun Star Manila OVERALL demand for overseas Filipino workers will remain strong this year, as indicated by continuing job orders of various occupations, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said. In his report to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, POEA Administrator…
On making a mockery of regionalism
From Barbados Today The coordination of foreign policy among member states was one of the principal reasons for establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) back in 1973. The founding fathers felt that by arriving at common positions and speaking with a…
Pope won’t be lenient with predator priests: ex-prosecutor
By Philip Pullella From Sun Sentinel VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will not show leniency towards pedophile priests because truth and justice are more important than protecting the Church, the Vatican’s former sex crimes prosecutor said on Saturday. Monsignor…
