Dog abandoned because owner thought he was gay adopted by gay couple

Mar 23 2022

A dog who was abandoned by his owner because he thought he was gay has been adopted by a gay couple.

The dog, Fezco, was recently dumped at the Stanly County Animal Protective Services, which is an animal shelter in North Carolina. This was because his owner saw Fezco humping another male dog.

According to staff at the shelter, the owner said he didn’t want a ‘gay dog’ and left him in the shelter’s care. The shelter took to Facebook to share Fezco’s story, describing him as getting along well with people and other animals.

Fortunately, it did not take long before someone decided to come forward and welcome the dog into their family. Steve Nichols and his partner John had been together for over 30 years and came to Fezco’s rescue after hearing about the story.

‘It’s just such a silly reason to turn in a dog’ said Nichols. ‘We just thought it would make sense for the gay dog to be adopted by a loving gay family.’

Nichols went on to open up about discrimination, saying that they’ve been subject to ‘that kind of bigotry and ignorance throughout our lives together, and we couldn’t always do anything about it.’

Fezco’s name was changed to Oscar after the late gay Irish poet Oscar Wilde. Addressing the issue, Dr William Pressly of Pressly Animal Hospital said that ‘mounting, thrusting and humping’ are normal behaviours exhibited by most dogs. All dogs do it.’

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Seven drive-thru voting centres as COVID cases spike

Mar 23 2022

Following a recent spike in COVID-19 infections, a number of drive-thru voting centres for virus positive people and others in quarantine have been set up, bringing up the amount to seven.

People who are positive for COVID or in mandatory quarantine up to Friday 9pm are asked to vote in these centres rather than the polling booth which is indicated on their document. This special arrangement was decided upon ahead of the election to enable such people to vote without introducing risk to others.

The drive-thru voting centres are spread out across Malta. They are as follows:

Voters registered in the 2nd and 4th districts: Smart City, Kalkara
Voters registered in the 1st and 6th districts: MCAST, Paola
Voters registered in the 3rd and 5th districts: Ħal Far, Birżebbuġa
Voters registered in the 7th and 11th districts: Ta’ Qali
Voters registered in the 10th and 12th districts: Pembroke
Voters registered in the 8th and 9th districts: Life Sciences Park, San Ġwann
Voters registered in the 13th district: Xewkija

As of yesterday, there are currently 2,723 active cases in Malta, with 41 in Mater Dei, one of whom is in the ITU.

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Young PN candidate has a chat with PL supporters ahead of election

Mar 23 2022

Posting to Facebook, young Nationalist Party candidate Rebekah Cilia was snapshotted speaking to Labour supporters, just days before the general election takes place.

The politician posted to social media saying that as the election draws nearer, ‘it is important to keep in mind that we are all Maltese brothers and sisters. Our political colours should not divide us’.

The interactions occurred in Rabat last Sunday, with Cilia describing the chat as an amazing moment as she campaigns for the Opposition.

This is exactly the type of politics we want and love to see as it brings people together and decreases the tension and often ugly encounters which election campaigns are unfortunately known to bring about.

The post by Rebekah was met with considerable praise, supporting her decision to take to the streets and talk with political opposition. The young candidate forms part of an attempt by the PN to revitalise the party, bringing in even the youngest political candidate in Maltese history, Eve Borg Bonello.

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Court action against Electoral Commission by PN due to prison voting

Mar 23 2022

The Nationalist Party will be taking court action against the Electoral Commission after turning down requests to cancel the early voting which was held at Malta’s prison on Saturday.

The commission decided to turn down the PN request on Tuesday after a day earlier the Opposition said that prisoners sentenced for more than a year of imprisonment had been allowed to vote despite being ineligible. The PN went on to call for another round of voting with reviewed lists of who of the prisoners could in fact vote.

The PN said it will be filing an urgent application requesting the court to order the commission to open the sealed packets listing the persons entitled to vote at the prisons as well as the packets holding the voting documents of those who cast a ballot.

The commission is also being ordered to present a list of prisoners who have been disqualified from voting and the list handed to the commission. The opposition is asking the chief electoral commissioner and the commission declare that they failed in their duty to ensure that thy received the required information from the registrars.

Finally, the Opposition is calling a cancellation of last Saturday’s vote and to hold a new election on the basis of an updated list of prisoners that excludes ineligible voters. With the party asking the court to stop the opening of the ballot box used at the prisons on Saturday until a final decision on the application is taken, general secretary to the party Michael Piccinino said the PN did not want anything to hinder next Saturday’s general election and that the case should thus be addressed with urgency.

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