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Monitoring the monitors

Michael Falzon

The idea that an official monitoring system is subject to an informal and unofficial monitoring system is not something exclusive to Gozo. It exists all over the world wherever...

Cannabis in Malta: Prospects for 2025 and beyond | Karen Mamo

Cannabis concentrates made using solvents, such as shatter and other types such as Rosin and “butane hash oil,” contain relatively elevated levels of THC. These...

Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle

The Conversation

What could result is a new type of Palestinian mobilization, one that belies the idea of a fragmented people and unites all Palestinian people in a joint...

What could result is a new type of Palestinian...

Michael Falzon

Is it just to introduce abortion by any other name? Another good reason I can think of, is to put the PN in a quandary... and the PN promptly swallowed the...

Is it just to introduce abortion by any other name? Another...

Criminalising abortion doesn’t save unborn lives. It just exposes women to danger

Raphael Vassallo

All our abortion ban really achieves in practice is to drive the entire practice underground – and thus expose women in Malta to serious, possibly...

All our abortion ban really achieves in practice is to...

What is the point of empowerment if you try to stifle divergent views?

Josanne Cassar

We have backed ourselves into such a tight corner when it comes to political correctness, that we cannot even speak the truth anymore, and the truth is...

We have backed ourselves into such a tight corner when it...

Saviour Balzan

Maturity demands that we see further than the crass hypocrisy and narcissism of Marlene Farrugia, and consider instead the importance of what the pro-choice...

Maturity demands that we see further than the crass...

The bad news is Marlene’s abortion Bill could be dead in the water (hope I’m wrong)

Matthew Vella

Marlene Farrugia handed a grenade to the parties controlling the House Business Committee and asked them to take out the safety pin. All odds against

Marlene Farrugia handed a grenade to the parties...

What do we know about abortions in Malta? | Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

To create a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy, Malta must...

To create a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health...

Peter Agius

What use is it for Malta enterprise or EU funded joints to promote start-ups when all our budding entrepreneurs realise that the juiciest apples of government...

What use is it for Malta enterprise or EU funded joints to...

Yes, Destiny: you are beautiful. It’s the rest of us who are ugly

Raphael Vassallo

Destiny, you are beautiful. And that’s not an opinion of mine; it is a...

Destiny, you are beautiful. And that’s not an opinion...

A U-turn worthy of 'Dukes of Hazzard'...

Raphael Vassallo

And that is precisely the sort of daredevil, death-defying stunt, that no one – not even Bo and Luke’s body-doubles – would ever dream of...

And that is precisely the sort of daredevil, death-defying...

Michael Falzon

Behind the scenes, someone must have thought that they were very astute and intelligent and must have also figured that all the rest of us are idiots who can...

Behind the scenes, someone must have thought that they were...

Josanne Cassar

The only way this administration can ever hope to regain trust in the way it handles the environment is to actually listen to what the public is saying

The only way this administration can ever hope to regain...

It's Bernard Grech who has to kick-start the change in his party

Saviour Balzan

Bernard Grech’s political career may not be over but if he does not act...

Bernard Grech’s political career may not be over but...

Climate adaptation and the world of work

Aaron Farrugia

Every worker should consider how climate change can affect their sector. We must ensure that we protect ourselves against the dangers. The best way to do that...

Every worker should consider how climate change can affect...

Alex Agius Saliba

Those not biased against Malta can recognise that this is a reformist government and that is more than you can say for other governments in Europe who...

Those not biased against Malta can recognise that this...

My body, my rights in all areas of life, including mental health care

Cyrus Engerer

Fatima Awil, Jonas Bull, and Cyrus Engerer | Active and informed participation...

Fatima Awil, Jonas Bull, and Cyrus Engerer | Active and...

Michael Falzon

What is our PM waiting for to come clean and finally let go those who dragged the PL so deep in the mud? This dragging of feet is becoming more and more...

What is our PM waiting for to come clean and finally let go...

'Steal a little and they throw you in jail...'

Raphael Vassallo

How many cases have we seen, over the years, in which small, petty offenders...

How many cases have we seen, over the years, in which...