The abortion debate: just the beginning
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 08:50
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The approval of Bill 28 is not the end of the abortion debate. It is just the beginning. Maybe, the end of the beginning! The original proposals of Bill 28 were promising, even if they were no big...
The flimsy basis of unanimity
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 08:49
Last update: about 4 years ago
Noel Grima
I have come to distrust anything that says it was reached unanimously and so, without entering into the details, I am distrusting the so-called Abortion Clause approved by the House of Representatives...
An eventful summer for students
Friday, 30 June 2023, 08:09
Last update: about 4 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Education extends beyond textbooks and classrooms, and the Heritage Malta Student Passport Summer Programme recognizes this by offering a unique opportunity for students to broaden their horizons and...
Unintended consequences
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
In the organization and implementation of any project that involves many people and resources, even when aims are precise and have been fully agreed, the possibility remains of unplanned and...
Government’s tweaked abortion law
Monday, 26 June 2023, 08:06
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
On Friday 23 June 2023, after a seven month hiatus, government published its amendments to its own abortion decriminalization bill (Bill No. 28 of 21 November 2022). To prohibit outright any criticism...
The big with the little
Monday, 26 June 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alfred Sant
How meaningful is it for the “little” in size to deal and compete with the big ones – in sport, the economy, diplomacy? Everybody pays lip service to the dictum that...
Re-connecting with nature
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 08:59
Last update: about 4 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The EU Council of Ministers of the Environment, earlier this week, approved a common position on the proposed EU regulations relative to the restoration of nature. Seven EU countries did not support...
The AG messes up, again
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 08:13
Last update: about 4 years ago
Kevin Cassar
The Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg has done it again. In her mad rush to protect Labour from more damaging leaks of Yorgen Fenech's chats, she sprinted to court requesting Jason Azzopardi's...
The real gauge of greatness
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 07:59
Last update: about 4 years ago
Noel Grima
The saintly and wise Gozitan priest Paolo Cardona died at the beginning of this week. Among the comments put up on the social media there was an interview with him in which he spoke with great...
A watershed moment for all European fishers
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 07:52
Last update: about 4 years ago
Alicia Bugeja Said
Late last month, a significant deal was struck between the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. While not immediately the focus of media attention, the plausible outcomes of these...