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Ban bail for alleged murderers, but introduce a time period for the judicial outcome

Saviour Balzan

Strangely both Robert Abela and the Caruana Galizia family would agree that the decision to grant Fenech bail now is bad

Maltese trappers and science cannot cohabit

Mark Sultana

Yet Lino Farrugia forgets to mention a very valid point; today, Malta allows trapping in open defiance of executive decisions taken at every level of European institutions. I...

Raphael Vassallo

If Repubblika’s proposal were to actually be acted upon… it would only illustrate the sheer extent to which the scars of our Colonial experience...

If Repubblika’s proposal were to actually be acted...

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...

Isabel Stabile

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...

Raphael Vassallo

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...

Michael Falzon

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

Josanne Cassar

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?

Saviour Balzan

From primary to secondary, as well as Sixth Form and university, thousands of...

From primary to secondary, as well as Sixth Form and...

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

Andrew Azzopardi

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...

Michael Falzon

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...

When it comes to education, in the grand scheme of things, what’s another year?

Josanne Cassar

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...

Saviour Balzan

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...

Towards implementing the PN’s energy plan

Ryan Callus

There’s one logical reason behind the government’s choice –...

There’s one logical reason behind the...

Why do we have an Environment Ministry, anyway?

Raphael Vassallo

Does he himself agree with Malta’s obstinacy in permitting...

Does he himself agree with Malta’s obstinacy in...

Addressing the needs of individuals on the autism spectrum

Alex Agius Saliba

Autism may be an unfamiliar condition to those who may not be accustomed to...

Autism may be an unfamiliar condition to those who may not...