What is more important: that Mintoff’s own (unabridged) version of events is recorded for posterity… or that it remains at the level of mere gossip and hearsay...
Claire Pierson, Liza Caruana-Finkel | Criminalising abortion of course doesn’t stop it happening. It places it outside formal healthcare settings either through abortion...
Greylisting is an opportunity, yes… to clean up our act
Ultimately, Malta has to clean up its stables, before someone else does it for...
Ultimately, Malta has to clean up its stables, before...
Abortion: a mandate to deceive | Charlene Giordmaina
Irrespective of whether the majority of the electorate bases its vote on that...
Irrespective of whether the majority of the electorate...
Abortion is a human right, MEPs say | Isabel Stabile, Christopher Barbara
The European Parliament has unequivocally stated that abortion is a right, a fundamental human right, putting paid the ridiculous assertions of...
The European Parliament has unequivocally stated that...
Ah, but life isn’t fair, Robert. It’ what we all learnt at school...
To reduce it all, once again, to ‘headmaster-speak’… what we’ve just been told is: 'No more excuses; no more fancy talk; you know...
To reduce it all, once again, to...
The sky has turned grey
The promised new beginning never was and the list of people in the Muscat administration who should have been brought to justice but were not, is not small
The promised new beginning never was and the list of people...
It’s not just one shade of grey | Alex Muscat
Parliamentary Secretary Alex Mjuscat | We engage with international bodies,...
Parliamentary Secretary Alex Mjuscat | We engage with...
An icy cold shower in the middle of a heatwave
Malta got its own icy cold shower last week when the news broke that it had...
Malta got its own icy cold shower last week when the news...
Exams: is it time to rethink our evaluation of young people?
From primary to secondary, as well as Sixth Form and university, thousands of...
From primary to secondary, as well as Sixth Form and...
Greylist: a call for a new political will to clean up our act
FATF and the ‘ignominy’ of its greylist remind Malta once again...
FATF and the ‘ignominy’ of its greylist remind...
The power of inclusion | Samar Mazloum
Together with our national stakeholders, with our partner organisations, with communities and with refugees, we continue to heal, to learn and to bring about a...
Together with our national stakeholders, with our partner...
COVID-19’s effect on families: a woman’s perspective | Julie Zahra
As we move forward into a post-pandemic world, this shared experience can provide an opportunity and a wake-up call for us all
As we move forward into a post-pandemic world, this shared...
Solitary confinement in Malta: a call for reform
The use of solitary confinement as a ‘last resort’ indicates that...
The use of solitary confinement as a ‘last...
The Matic report: MEPs... who will trust science? | Andrea Dibben
There cannot be a commitment to the fundamental right to gender equality...
There cannot be a commitment to the fundamental right to...
‘Letting Bernard Grech sink’ is not an option
There is, simply put, more at stake here, than just a case of Bernard Grech...
There is, simply put, more at stake here, than just a case...
Discrimination in building permits
In Malta they also get the hotch-potch development and the skyline they deserve
In Malta they also get the hotch-potch development and the...
The beam in your eye
On FATF: It will be nasty to have the Americans taking out the speck of Malta’s eye while we are powerless to remove the beam in theirs
On FATF: It will be nasty to have the Americans taking out...
When it comes to education, in the grand scheme of things, what’s another year?
In a year in which even adults have suffered mental health issues due to job uncertainty, anxiety over illness and even the loss of loved ones, why are we...
In a year in which even adults have suffered mental health...
A cloudy forecast on FATF
Be it grey-listing or enhanced follow-up Malta is struggling in the wake of stronger governments whose voice at the FATF is a political tool that...
Be it grey-listing or enhanced follow-up Malta...
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