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Pressing sociopolitical issues

Sunday, 11 December 2022, 07:01 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

No, not all is well in this country of ours. There is one common factor in the majority of pressing sociopolitical issues we are facing. It is governance. Governance describes the way we manage our...

Good will prevail

Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 11:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Ivan Grixti

Last Sunday afternoon a significant number of Maltese people marched peacefully through the streets of Valletta to voice their concerns in respect of the proposed amendments to Malta’s legal...

Opinion: Stand up to be counted - Tonio Fenech

Sunday, 4 December 2022, 09:30 Last update: about 5 years ago

Just two weeks ago in an interview on a national newspaper the Prime Minister affirmed that the government does not have a mandate to introduce abortion in Malta.   Two weeks later, the...

A threat to proportionality and to life

Sunday, 4 December 2022, 08:03 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Asciak

If the Minister of Health has his way and proceeds with the Bill for amendments to allow doctors to terminate a pregnancy if there is a threat to the life of the mother or of a grave threat to her...

Abortion: such a gut-tearing subject on which to decide

Sunday, 4 December 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Roger Mifsud

It is so unkind, so unfair, that as a people our political masters play with our feelings and dearly held beliefs, to keep us in confusion so that we do not know who or what to believe. We are always...

You’re not stuck in traffic, you are traffic

Sunday, 4 December 2022, 07:01 Last update: about 5 years ago

The situation on our roads seems to get worse by the day. It is not something which is shared by one side of the political debate or another – it is a fact which we have all grown to accept,...

Bill on termination of pregnancy

Sunday, 4 December 2022, 06:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Pierre Mallia

The Bill on termination of pregnancy when there is danger to the life of the mother is welcome and I commend the courage, in the face of some opposition, to put it forward, without compromising values...

Dying a good death

Saturday, 3 December 2022, 09:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

The euthanasia debate is an emotive and contentious one. The arguments are usually focused on the ethics and legalities of allowing people who are terminally ill to request and receive assisted dying....

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