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Safeguarding Hondoq Bay for future generations

Miriam Dalli

The tenacity and dedication of many Qala residents, environmental NGOs and other objectors, led by Qala mayor Paul Buttigieg, have finally defeated several attempts to destroy the...

Saying sorry is not easy

Michael Falzon

As everybody knows, it is always far easier to ask for an apology than to make one yourself!

Saviour Balzan

There is little interest in what is happening and everyone, it seems, is geared into doing nothing but having a damn good time

There is little interest in what is happening and everyone,...

Endorsing the sustainable development goals

Alex Agius Saliba

I believe that if back in 2016 all countries, including Malta, agreed on...

I believe that if back in 2016 all countries, including...

Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded | Joseph Downing

Successive governments have used policing to control the population to prevent political turmoil, eroding the legitimacy of law enforcement along the way

Successive governments have used policing to control the...

Michael Falzon

Robert Abela had no choice but to practically withdraw the original proposals by heavily diluting the effects of the Bill in order to avoid a political crisis...

Robert Abela had no choice but to practically withdraw the...

Video games, to blame for French riots? That’s like saying: ‘Qu’ils mangent de brioche!’

Raphael Vassallo

What was it again, that Marie-Antoinette has so often (and so unfairly) been vilified for, over the past two and a half centuries? Because as far as I can see,...

What was it again, that Marie-Antoinette has so often (and...

Lara Dimitrijevic

As a human rights defender and women’s rights activist, I cannot but state how deeply hurt I am to see a socialist party and a ‘so called’...

As a human rights defender and women’s rights...

Another step in the right direction | Ramona Attard

The Criminal Code amendments passed this week are yet another step in the right...

The Criminal Code amendments passed this week are yet...

Understanding the Love Island Malta phenomenon

Josanne Cassar

It is clear that local TV productions need to be more relatable to the Malta we...

It is clear that local TV productions need to be more...

Julia Farrugia Portelli

The beneficiaries of these changes will be the consumers themselves, most of whom will not need to go to court or incur any legal expenses

The beneficiaries of these changes will be the consumers...

Are politicians worried about being ‘replaced by AI’, too?

Raphael Vassallo

So far, so predictable. But what were those ministers’ actual responses,...

So far, so predictable. But what were those...

Abela has ‘made history’, all right... by taking us back to the Middle Ages!

Raphael Vassallo

What ‘milestone’? What ‘change’? Because as far as I can see, the only tangible achievement that Abela’s abortion bill can...

What ‘milestone’? What ‘change’?...

Michael Falzon

It should not be about ‘artistic freedom’ but about confirming the constitutional right that all Maltese citizens already enjoy

It should not be about ‘artistic freedom’ but...

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Titan tragedy: Why the schadenfreude just because they were billionaires?

Josanne Cassar

It is possible to feel sorrow for the poor and desperate and to feel equal sorrow for the rich and mighty, both of whom have met their fate out at sea

It is possible to feel sorrow for the poor and desperate...

Saviour Balzan

So Vella's gamble has led Abela to retreat • The Prime Minister has claimed that the new abortion bill is a victory • We all...

So Vella's gamble has led Abela to...

Our responsibility to act | Chris Fearne, Jonathan Attard, Rebecca Buttigieg

There is one thing that unites us; our will to bring about justice... What we are proposing will always generate different reactions. However, it will surely...

There is one thing that unites us; our will to bring about...

Abela has let us down, but if civil society leads, Labour will follow

James Debono

Robert Abela has defused an issue which created tensions in his own party but...

Robert Abela has defused an issue which created tensions in...

Building a thriving society: the vital role of public officers in service delivery | Tony Sultana

Together, let us forge a brighter future, where our public services stand as a testament to the collective spirit of our nation

Together, let us forge a brighter future, where our public...

We asked for a ‘cannabis legalisation timeframe’, Leonid... not a bloody lecture!

Raphael Vassallo

Well, what more can I say? Way to go, ARUC! All that remains is for David Casa to become its next chairman; and finally, it would get the acronym that it truly...

Well, what more can I say? Way to go, ARUC! All that...