As the government introduced its proposed amendments to the Embryo Protection Act, last week, a new ray of hope emerged for many persons that normally chose to live their suffering in silence within...

Introducing this policy without changing other things will not bring about the desired effect. I will comment on the recommendation of giving eight hours a week to Year 9 students and up. During these...

We are very concerned by the fact that while the importance of ethics has been recognized to the extent that it is being taught in primary schools, there seems to be no serious attempt for such...

An embryo is a new unique individual produced when an egg from a woman is fertilized by a sperm from a man. An embryo is made up of cells, a new-born baby from a larger number of cells and an adult is...

Mark Josef Rapa    Any debate on abortion that does not discuss the various positions on the moral status of the foetus and embryo lead only to further confusion and baseless...

Jean Pierre Fava & Maureen L. Condic     It might seem obvious to some but not to others, that the life of a human individual begins at conception. Academic research in...

I do not condone the industrial exploitation of blue-fin tuna, the population of which is threatened. Importantly, tuna with a gaudy, crimson-tinged colour is being offered for sale. This may be...

I refer to Dr Jean Karl Soler’s letter entitled “Better roads mean safer travelling” (TMIS, 15 April) in which he served up another sermon on why car drivers in Malta should be...

On an individual level, a person’s identity is shaped by several factors (such as income and occupation, social class, status, religious beliefs and ethnicity) as well as the character traits...

Last Monday, Pope Francis published his third apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, (Rejoice and Be Glad). This phrase, taken from Matthew 5:12, concludes the beatitudes. Jesus presented...