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Exposed: The hidden cost of hailing a cab | Aron Gatt

By establishing a regulated minimum fare, the regulator can prevent exploitative pricing while guaranteeing drivers earn a sustainable income, thus promoting a balanced and fair...

[WATCH] I’m suffering - why can’t I choose to leave this life? | Humanists Malta

Should those who want it have the right to make their own choices, to be in control of their own lives, and particularly their final moments?

Evarist Bartolo

We need to help our children distinguish between needs and wants and then to graduate to budgeting income and expenditure

We need to help our children distinguish between needs and...

Raphael Vassallo

It may be too early to draw similar conclusions about the introduction of civil unions: but again, the thrust of the scaremongering was all along about the...

It may be too early to draw similar conclusions about the...

Simon panders to business. At what cost?

James Debono

Politically, Busuttil is making some wrong assumptions about his own electorate. He apes Muscat’s pre-2013 populism when voters expect him to be a voice...

Politically, Busuttil is making some wrong assumptions...

Matthew Vella

Pro-lifers tend to be gung-ho about their sanctimonious banging. They are shouting bloody murder at the top of their voices and drowning out the real human...

Pro-lifers tend to be gung-ho about their sanctimonious...

Whatever happened to honour thy mother and father?

Josanne Cassar

Government needs to tread very carefully on its Bill to protect the elderly...

Government needs to tread very carefully on its Bill to...

James Debono

I was always in love with the idea of Europe; its openness and its roots in the popular struggle against Nazism and Fascism. But now I find myself...

I was always in love with the idea of Europe; its openness...

Raphael Vassallo

Muscat himself evidently agrees with the idea of issuing humanitarian visas, seeing as he suggested it himself. So what’s stopping him from doing it...

Muscat himself evidently agrees with the idea of issuing...

Evarist Bartolo

We know obesity is a problem in our islands but we have teamed up with the Ministry for Health to introduce more initiatives that will help educate our people...

We know obesity is a problem in our islands but we have...

This crisis will destroy Europe… but not how most people think

Raphael Vassallo

It is true that Europe’s future existence is ‘threatened’ by...

It is true that Europe’s future existence is...

Evaluating Simon Busuttil’s first two years

Frank Psaila

Whether Busuttil defies the odds to be a one-term opposition remains to be...

Whether Busuttil defies the odds to be a one-term...

Matthew Vella

This is a nightmare for all of us. A Holocaust is happening right here in our back-gardens, and we appear to be unwilling to provide legal ways of granting...

This is a nightmare for all of us. A Holocaust is happening...

IVF – the revolution has only just begun

Nikita Zammit Alamango

Rights, responsibilities, obligations and ethics are all fundamental to...

Rights, responsibilities, obligations and ethics are all...

Josanne Cassar

Can we try and learn to stick to the argument at hand rather than going off in so many tangents that it’s like an explosion of different opinions and...

Can we try and learn to stick to the argument at hand...

Refugees: are you asking what you can do to help?

Carla Camilleri

Although refugee arrivals to Malta have not been as dramatic as in other parts...

Although refugee arrivals to Malta have not been as...

Public opinion on the refugee crisis is changing fast – and for the better

The Conversation

For years, the bulk of the media, most politicians, and a majority of the public have ignored these stories. But whatever it’s taken to get here, this is...

For years, the bulk of the media, most politicians, and a...

Powerful image of dead Syrian toddler is timely reminder of our inhumanity

Jurgen Balzan

Aylan Kurdi, the young boy found lying face-down on a Turkish beach was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned attempting to reach Greece

Aylan Kurdi, the young boy found lying face-down on a...

Raphael Vassallo

“[Jeremy Corbyn] has done for the [British] Labour leadership race what John Travolta did for Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction: he has jabbed an adrenaline...

“[Jeremy Corbyn] has done for the [British] Labour...

Evarist Bartolo

The creation of jobs that match the individual’s skills and knowledge is a very important factor in determining the type of employment that applies to...

The creation of jobs that match the individual’s...