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Abortion – anticipation of a public debate

Sunday, 1 May 2022, 08:07 Last update: about 5 years ago Pierre Mallia

The BBC on 23 April made a caption on abortion and of course Malta was mentioned. The lady, speaking in a calm nice voice, was saying that Malta is the only country in the EU which has not yet...

Injecting life into abandoned villas m

Friday, 29 April 2022, 08:46 Last update: about 5 years ago

In the bustling town of St Julian’s, there are a few unexpected places, offering quietness and solitude, for those, who seek something other in the context of the current Maltese architectural...

State of the (nation’s) faith

Sunday, 24 April 2022, 09:58 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

A day passed is a day closer to our death, to our day of reckoning, depending on whether we believe in an afterlife or not. Faith and spirituality is the dividing line between whether we live a life...

Time for an electoral reform

Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 11:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

The way we have been electing Members to the House of Representatives has too often meant that our parliament does not actually represent Malta. There was a time when the link between how popular a...

Taking the next step – Do we really want quality tourism?

Sunday, 17 April 2022, 08:47 Last update: about 5 years ago Julian Zarb

In my last article, I wrote about the need to rethink our tourism policy seriously. As I have mentioned countless times, I do not want to give any recommendations or proposals frivoulsly. Those who...

Revisiting our whole jury service

Sunday, 17 April 2022, 08:46 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

It is rare to find someone excited over jury duty. I have never met such a person. When the summons for jury duty arrives in the post, how many people scream, “Yes!” and run to clear the...

The plea-bargain conundrum

Thursday, 14 April 2022, 09:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

The plea-bargaining deal that the AG's Office reached with Darren Debono, It-Topo, about his involvement in a botched heist at HSBC Bank Malta cash depot 12 years ago, had given rise to a string of...

Ukraine: Denazification and the war of words

Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 13:04 Last update: about 5 years ago Giuseppe Attard

Swinging the term around on multiple occasions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has abused of the term ‘denazification’ in order to confuse the brainwashed Russian citizen in supporting...

Growing old and abused

Sunday, 10 April 2022, 08:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

The term “elder abuse” was first documented in 1975 (World Health Organization, 2014). Even though research has shown that abuse of older persons existed prior to such date, such crime was...

The purpose of fasting

Sunday, 10 April 2022, 08:51 Last update: about 5 years ago

The true purpose of human life is to worship and understand God the Almighty and have utmost devotion to him. God says in the Holy Quran: “I have created jinn and human beings so that they...

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