The current public discussion on euthanasia is long overdue, just like the debate on divorce and abortion was in the recent past. This is the result of the ethical pluralism unleashed on Malta's EU...

At Donald Trump's inaugural prayer service Bishop Mariann Budde appealed to the President to be merciful to minorities, "who fear for their lives".  "In the name of God," she implored, "have...

Probably we can all agree that a correctional facility is no place for children. A prison is a tough, intimidating place for adults most of the time, and the effect of merely entering it can be quite...

Some argue that it is about shortening life. Others say it shortens death. The debate is complex; deeply personal, yet raises ethical, legal, and spiritual questions. Assisted dying debates are...

Brake lights shimmer like a slow-moving necklace across Triq il-Marfa towards Cirkewwa. Drivers scroll social feeds, anxious whether they will miss their scheduled appointments and grumble because...

In an ideal world, an election manifesto would set out a political party's honest intentions about what it would do if it were in government. However, parties will always be tempted to overpromise to...

To outsiders the past days may have gone by with nothing unusual to record, except hotter days and the annual Eurovision flutter. But for us, born or bred on this island, the past days came with...

From the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, where I accompanied Prime Minister Robert Abela on a state visit, I called Miriana Conte in Switzerland and on behalf of the people of Malta, and the government,...

Let me state it clearly from the outset: the no-confidence motion against the Nationalist Mayor Helen Gauci presented by the Labour Party councillors within the Għargħur local council was in...

About this matter I've written before and much fear it will remain on the agenda in future, for it's really shameful. A construction project commences in a given street. Till it's finished, a whole...