“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”  Famous words said by British Prime Minister Margaret...

Since 22 September 2014, when Hong Kong students decided to boycott classes in protest at the central government's decision to limit voters' choices in the 2017 Chief Executive election, the democracy...

This month, the Parliamentary Secretariat for the Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing embarked on a series of new projects and services related to the elderly. October is the month...

An emerging fad in Western countries is the concept of a so-called "right to die". People fear dying or, in effect, they fear the pain associated with dying, and so they conjure up remarks like...

Maybe it was expected but, when it finally happened, it still surprised many, perhaps because it occurred in Malta many years ago. I am referring to Mgr Paul Cremona's decision to step down as...

Claire Azzopardi Lane Breast cancer appears to be the most common type of cancer in women and the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Women with intellectual disability are not an exception....

Fr Reno Muscat Once the rumours about the dismissal of the Archbishop of Malta spread not just all over the island but even in Rome, where I was on that day, I tried to follow what was going on...

Criticism directed towards the Minister of Transport regarding the traffic situation is more than justified. After all, following the shambles left behind by 20 years of ignoring the traffic issue,...

So it's official as per Konrad Mizzi,  there will not be a new power station by March 2015.  I cannot resist the urge to underline  that  when they came out with this bizarre idea...

John M. Cachia and Miriam Camilleri December 2012 was a milestone for all those working with and on behalf of vulnerable people in the fields of mental disorder, disability and old age. This is...