Homelessness is not the pathology, but a symptom
Sunday, 30 May 2021, 09:14
Last update: about 6 years ago
Three hundred. According to Dr. Roberta Sammut, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, this is the number of people who were sleeping rough in Malta in 2019. This figure does not include thousands of...
The motive behind Farrugia’s Private Members’ Bill on abortion
Sunday, 30 May 2021, 09:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
The private members' bill filed by MP Marlene Farrugia and seconded by her partner MP Godfrey Farrugia has and will continue to spark fierce debate across Maltese society over an issue considered so...
Whose morality? Empathy or reason?
Sunday, 30 May 2021, 09:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Pierre Mallia
It is in the interest of pressure groups to do all they can to force an entry into the law which they see as morally licit. In tensely related climates an "emotional atmosphere" is created. These can...
TMID Editorial: Infrastructure - The war against trees
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 09:16
Last update: about 6 years ago
This truly does feel like the umpteenth editorial that we are writing about the government’s apparent spite against trees. Yet once again, here we are, with yet another situation of mature...
It’s not a choice - eating disorder awareness
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 09:09
Last update: about 6 years ago
In the past, eating disorders tended to be seen as affecting mainly young females, however we now know more about them and realise that they are ubiquitous. They affect people from diverse...
Feast of ‘San Filippu’ – Launch of guidebook
Friday, 28 May 2021, 11:16
Last update: about 6 years ago
On 26 May, the Salesian Community in Senglea marked the feastday of St Philip Neri, the patron of their Church popularly known as San Filippu. It was an opportunity to bring the local community...
TMID Editorial: Eurovision investigation - Oh, the irony!
Friday, 28 May 2021, 07:37
Last update: about 6 years ago
In line with tradition, Malta’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has led to controversy a few days after the country, despite the expectations of many, failed clinch the...
Rethinking parliamentary democracy
Friday, 28 May 2021, 07:18
Last update: about 6 years ago
Fifteen months after the outbreak of the pandemic, everyone is called upon to think again, to think about themselves. No sector can simply wait for the crisis to end and then just return to life as...
Maria Borg exhibition at the Malta Society of Arts
Thursday, 27 May 2021, 14:37
Last update: about 6 years ago
Maltese visual artist Maria Borg's second solo exhibition, featuring a series of 23 works, will open at the Malta Society of Arts' (MSA) seat Palazzo de La Salle in Valletta between 3 and 24 June...