Criminalising abortion creates ‘chilling effect’ on healthcare providers

Isabel Stabile

It is about safe medical practice, because abortion is healthcare. This issue demands empathy and solutions that are grounded in respect. Beliefs should not jeopardise patient care

Poor Alex? MEP’s chiding was entirely appropriate

Peter Agius

What could have been a feeble attempt with little attention and no follow-up, or a simple exchange of views, is now becoming a matter of high attention within the ranks of several...

Isn’t it time for another police press conference?

Raphael Vassallo

Maybe the time has come for another police press conference; this time, to...

Maybe the time has come for another police press...

Josanne Cassar

Whether the couple should have stayed in Britain and continued with their Royal duties, or whether they were right to leave the UK and relocate to the US, is...

Whether the couple should have stayed in Britain and...

Saviour Balzan

Today we have lost control over COVID. Even the mortalities have snaffled away younger people with apparently healthy histories

Today we have lost control over COVID. Even the mortalities...

There is no judicial review for decisions refusing citizenship applications

Malcolm Mifsud

The granting of citizenship is the Minister’s discretion and therefore, cannot be subject to the Court’s judicial review

The granting of citizenship is the Minister’s...

There will be no ‘Team Malta’ high-fives if our country’s leaders expect us to ignore the fact that, of the top 40 days in which Malta...

There will be no ‘Team Malta’ high-fives if our...

Decision-making roles still a male prerogative | Graziella Attard Previ

Far from the rights which are entrenched in laws, often, the everyday lives of most women are fraught with inequalities

Far from the rights which are entrenched in laws, often,...

Challenge your moral convictions | Isabel Stabile

Most people have not done enough independent research to back up their strong...

Most people have not done enough independent research to...

You can’t cure a disease by distorting the symptoms

Raphael Vassallo

While the earlier COVID-19 predictions turned out to have been slightly...

While the earlier COVID-19 predictions turned out to have...

This inquiry should cast a light on how a number of inexplicable permits – some in violation of policies – were approved; and come out with clear...

This inquiry should cast a light on how a number of...

Like Corsica or the Azores, we can make Gozo an island of opportunity

Peter Agius

Any vision or plan for Gozo has to depart from its very own competitive...

Any vision or plan for Gozo has to depart from its very own...

Women on boards: a long way to go | Renée Laiviera

Research shows that when women have less decision-making power either in...

Research shows that when women have less decision-making...

Bolted out of decent conditions | Erica Schembri

It is high time that we recognize all workers, be they Maltese, European or...

It is high time that we recognize all workers, be they...

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JP Fabri

For balance, I propose a conference on National Disunity

The Skinny • No 77 – The President’s National Unity Conference

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Michael Falzon

There are breaches of the rule of law in all countries that declare its observance. Some are worse than others. Malta is no exception. But depicting Malta as...

There are breaches of the rule of law in all countries that...

It’s a question of responsibility. And it has to be answered

Raphael Vassallo

Let’s face it: Robert Abela’s idle boast – ‘back...

Let’s face it: Robert Abela’s idle...

Journalists are there to ask the hard questions, not to make you look good

Josanne Cassar

Backlash against the journalists who posed difficult questions to the Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci exposes the poor grasp many people have of...

Backlash against the journalists who posed difficult...

Saviour Balzan

Journalists are doing their job in asking the tough questions, and if politicians find the kitchen far too hot, they should just pack their bags and leave

Journalists are doing their job in asking the tough...

It is the role of the press to ask uncomfortable questions

Journalism is there to mediate between a public that cannot question the people...

Journalism is there to mediate between a public that cannot...