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Dingli carob tree circus

Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 07:53 Last update: about 7 years ago

The appeal by NGO Moviment Graffiti against ERA permits for the destruction of carob trees in Dingli is a make or break for ERA’s image and reputation. The Planning authority (in the...

Wilful inaction

Sunday, 29 November 2020, 10:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Kevin Cassar

Johann Buttigieg handed out €120,000 euro in taxpayers’ money to Nicholas Wright, a pollster who helped Labour win the 2013 election. A National Audit Office investigation found absolutely...

The truth about emergency contraception

Sunday, 29 November 2020, 08:39 Last update: about 7 years ago

We have a duty as scientists and healthcare professionals – and as humans – to expose the fallacy that emergency contraception (EC) – the “morning-after pill” – is...

New beginnings - bring them on!

Sunday, 29 November 2020, 08:16 Last update: about 7 years ago Justyne Caruana

"It is known that education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X, human rights activist   In January, I wrote about the...

The pursuit of happiness

Sunday, 29 November 2020, 07:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Cyrus Engerer

In 1776, in drafting the United States’ Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote “We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal &...

Of waves, mechanisms and loopholes

Sunday, 29 November 2020, 07:39 Last update: about 7 years ago

I cannot help but remember our country’s reaction to the beginning of the pandemic. Schools had just been shut down and the panic started to rise. Slowly but surely, the rest of the country shut...

Not every home is a haven

Friday, 27 November 2020, 16:44 Last update: about 7 years ago

‘Not every home is a haven’. This is the theme chosen for this year’s international annual 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.  While we are...

Maltese in every manner

Thursday, 26 November 2020, 08:32 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmelo Abela

Malta has never been one to underestimate the value of the paint brush. We have always celebrated our artistic and cultural heritage, from the intricate red ochre wall paintings and carvings found in...

Stop violence!

Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 07:05 Last update: about 7 years ago

Violence, under whatever form, is derogative and unhuman, but when it happens in the sanctity of the home; it is a tragedy. As the severity of domestic violence increases, its impact has become...

SMEs: A time for renewal, courage and determination

Sunday, 22 November 2020, 09:16 Last update: about 7 years ago Silvio Schembri

To say that the global economic scenario is unpredictable would be a sore understatement. In normal circumstances this transience is already a given, let alone during a raging pandemic, the likes of...

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