Reaching a balance
Sunday, 30 May 2021, 09:46
Last update: about 6 years ago
Justyne Caruana
"Balance is not something you find. It's something you create." - Jana Kingsford, Australian motivational author. The virtual teaching that many of our educators have ably adopted...
The least we can do is decriminalise abortion
Sunday, 30 May 2021, 09:15
Last update: about 6 years ago
"Is this Doctors for Choice? I need to know how I can get some abortion pills." A tremulous voice was at the other end of the line. She barely wanted to give me any information, like the date of her...
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...