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The pro-life world is responsible for a lot of dead women

Sunday, 4 February 2018, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

I have crossed swords with many "pro-life" fanatics over the last few weeks, in fact it is fast becoming one of my favourite past-times. But there is one thing that has struck me when I have been...

Turning the Fuel Service Stations Policy on its head

Sunday, 4 February 2018, 10:01 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Last Wednesday, the Parliamentary Environment and Land Use Planning Committee discussed the possible revision of the Fuel Service Stations Policy. The three development permits issued in recent weeks...

Decency, our greatest export

Saturday, 3 February 2018, 09:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

A government that is self-congratulatory is a government on the edge of reason.  It denotes lack of self-criticism, devaluation of the opinion of others, satisfaction with one's own...

Proposals

Friday, 2 February 2018, 08:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Owen Bonnici

When I entered the room in the European Parliament last week, I knew that I would be given very little time to put forward my arguments, so I had to be short, concise and to the point...

Sexual violence

Thursday, 1 February 2018, 07:50 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

There can be no keeping back in efforts to eliminate sexual violence in all its forms. As polities implement the principle that an open and protected space should be maintained where such...

Dear Victoria

Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 08:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I thought I would write a couple of lines following your untimely death - but where do I start from?  Well maybe I should begin from the fact that you are now six feet under I suppose. ...

Victoria

Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 07:59 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

In the past years, I have regularly penned my views on a wide range of issues but, admittedly, this is the first time that I write with a heavy heart.  I have rarely ever felt my blood boiling...

MCAST’s quandary

Monday, 29 January 2018, 09:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Therese Comodini Cachia

The impasse between MCAST's administration and MUT is worrying many students and parents. Its timing is certainly not the right one for the students. This is after all their exam time. This...

Checks and balances

Monday, 29 January 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

The debate about how to run checks and balances in modern democracies is a crucial one. Such mechanisms are essential to ensure that there is no take over by the tyranny of a majority or by the...

Social housing and the making of a land bank

Monday, 29 January 2018, 07:42 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

An agreement was reached in the past days between Minister Michael Falzon and BOV to help individuals, who normally cannot borrow money from banks to become owners of their own home. A similar...

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