Abortion amendment is a step in the right direction
It is impossible for the legislator to anticipate all the grey areas and...
It is impossible for the legislator to anticipate all the...
Malta has a crisis
Bernice did not need courage. She found the courage and did all she could to protect herself and her children. What Bernice needed was concrete and timely...
Bernice did not need courage. She found the courage and did...
Femicide: a nightmare from which we never ‘wake up’
As the NCPE reminded us, almost exactly a year ago: This entails a...
As the NCPE reminded us, almost exactly a year ago: ...
Shooting down political interference
One expects that any future decision – not just on Mizieb and Ahrax; but on public land in general – will not be taken for political reasons; but...
One expects that any future decision – not just on...
Weak prosecutions lead to injustice
The prosecution’s role in the justice system is crucial. The country cannot afford to have a weak prosecution. A weak prosecution only benefits the...
The prosecution’s role in the justice system is...
On abortion, some sense at last
It becomes a lot harder to ignore the realities on the ground when confronted directly by the people who are affected by them
It becomes a lot harder to ignore the realities on the...
Sexual harassment destroys lives
In this latest case, sexual violence ended up destroying an artist’s dream career; in Pauline Dembska’s case, it ended up killing her outright
In this latest case, sexual violence ended up destroying an...
Ħondoq may have been saved. But the danger remains
There is cross-party consensus to grant Ħondoq ir-Rummien the protection it so...
There is cross-party consensus to grant Ħondoq ir-Rummien...
Road safety should start with data analysis
It is useless having all the education campaigns of this world and the best...
It is useless having all the education campaigns of this...
Transparency still lacking in asset declarations
A closer look at the declarations themselves seems to raise more questions,...
A closer look at the declarations themselves seems to raise...
No-pain budget but no pitch for new economic model
Caruana may want to re-evaluate his strategy over the medium term by reducing...
Caruana may want to re-evaluate his strategy over the...
Government’s contempt for Parliament knows no bounds
It is precisely because this government has ‘the biggest majority in...
It is precisely because this government has ‘the...
Water is too precious, and too scarce, to be ‘free’
The worst thing we could possibly do, in the present circumstances, is to keep...
The worst thing we could possibly do, in the present...
Justice has only begun to be served
Five years after the murder itself, Abela’s government still proves incapable of building bridges to the Caruana Galizia family or reconcile itself with...
Five years after the murder itself, Abela’s...
Police brutality: mandatory anti-racism training needed
It is therefore high time that the government take ownership of this...
It is therefore high time that the government take...
Rural leases: property market must be regulated
What the government’s proposed reform for agricultural leases this week...
What the government’s proposed reform for...
PN protest: a reminder that ‘nature abhors a vacuum’
In this sense, the party needs to go into listening mode, and fashion its...
In this sense, the party needs to go into listening mode,...
Press laws not strong enough
The government cannot take its tweaked laws as a fait accompli, without a convincing public consultation that takes on board also important observations on the...
The government cannot take its tweaked laws as a fait...