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Why is the law leaving me to suffer needlessly? | Humanists Malta

As it stands in Malta, the law withholds the right to assisted dying from those who would freely choose it, rather than endure an existence with no meaning or value

Sludge factories: GenAI and the mass production of misinformation

Alexiei Dingli

This dynamic approach will ensure that protections remain effective in the face of rapidly advancing technologies

Labour – bad governance and all – is winning the strategic game

Michael Briguglio

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many things can happen before...

Of course, a week is a long time in politics, and many...

The ERA’s credibility is at stake: it must appeal Townsquare or shut up shop

James Debono

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by the demerger law, it may well close its offices and reduce its staff complement to a secretary with...

If the ERA renounces the only power it has been granted by...

‘PC bitchslap’ is no hero. The police need better training

Josanne Cassar

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of lopsided...

Rather than making the police officer into some kind of...

Raphael Vassallo

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the change. The sentiment is perhaps best expressed by a car-sticker that seems to have become popular over...

Malta does ‘look just the same’ despite the...

English language teaching, a success story

Evarist Bartolo

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone pillar and a niche...

English language teaching has now become a stand-alone...

Literary and book circles are disappointed at cutbacks in shelving space

Mark Camilleri

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with any cutback in shelving space available in the market, especially in a prime location such as the...

Literary and book circles inevitably feel disappointed with...

Strasbourg’s death knell to defamatory libel

Kevin Aquilina

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure that the criminal law...

Successive governments have dragged their feet to ensure...

Michael Falzon

One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success is that rather than ditching whatever the previous administration did in the economic...

One of the secrets behind Muscat’s economic success...

Raphael Vassallo

Most of the issues up for discussion in this country will inevitably be the offspring of Maltese politics

Most of the issues up for discussion in this...

Saviour Balzan

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if they are planning to become richer and more comfortable with those whom they became chummy with

Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if...

A shimmer of hope to give us faith in humanity

Josanne Cassar

We can take a deep breath and try to look for the good which does exist in...

We can take a deep breath and try to look for the good...

Raphael Vassallo

The present government is a classic example of the Schrodinger’s Cat paradox in action

The present government is a classic example of the...

Kevin Aquilina

Residents and persons present in Malta are left with no choice but to bypass the Maltese legal system and petition the Strasbourg Court with all that it...

Residents and persons present in Malta are left with no...

Josanne Cassar

Maybe it is time they realised that life does not treat everyone fairly and justly and that some have had to carry more than their share of burdens

Maybe it is time they realised that life does not treat...

Evarist Bartolo

Employers said: ‘we need employees to be proficient and technically competent… but we also need them to know how to communicate, solve problems,...

Employers said: ‘we need employees to be proficient...

The threat of Islamic terror and our freedom of speech

Mark Camilleri

The notion that a vilification law is needed for national security defeats its...

The notion that a vilification law is needed for national...

Michael Falzon

The intriguing question is not whether the pill causes an abortion but how the hell did the seemingly never-ending argument about it start in the first place

The intriguing question is not whether the pill causes an...

Where are Labour’s environmental credentials now?

Raphael Vassallo

It is not the repercussions of any individual project we now have to worry...

It is not the repercussions of any individual project we...