opinion
Letters to the editor - December 18, 2021
From the online comments board Property prices up in Gozo, down in Northern Harbour, survey shows So this will be the opening salvo for price hikes whether this report is true or not. It is my belief that this is the property industry spin, hyping up...
Critical analysis in education – Charles Xuereb
Critical thinking has recently taken centre stage in a discussion on educational methodology specifically in the tertiary sector and particularly in such subjects as science, technology, engineering and mathematics. A sector that is fundamentally...
Justyne’s quagmire – Kevin Cassar
“The report’s author was Bogdanovic,” Education Minister Justyne Caruana testified. She knew full well it wasn’t. The country knew for months that Caruana abusively awarded her ‘close friend’ Danijel Bogdanovic a €5,000 monthly direct contract. What...
The hospitals’ deal haemorrhage
There seems to be no end to documented evidence of the institutionalised corruption that occurred under former prime minister Joseph Muscat. Some may no longer feel shocked as we and other news outlets continue to expose the corrupt political practices...
Letters to the editor - December 17, 2021
On electoral process manipulation The report about the political turmoil created in Malta as a result of the fact that the Labour Party had won the 1981 general election by winning the majority of seats – according to the electoral law existing at that...
Letters to the editor – December 16, 2021
'Uncertainties’ in therapeutic terminations of pregnancy I have asserted that the present ‘blanket ban’ on all abortions seemingly mandated by the criminal code does not apply to therapeutic abortions, that is, those terminations of pregnancy carried...
Letters to the editor – December 15, 2021
Abortion and healthcare I can assure Giovanni Bonello who, in his letter ‘Abortion – self-defence’ (November 29) described my actions as an “ill-informed sortie in the field of law”, that I did nothing of the sort. This is because abortion sits firmly...
Letters to the editor - December 14, 2021
Advocating for changes to the law The verbal sparring between Giovanni Bonello (November 29 and December 6) and Alfred Sant (December 2) on the issue of therapeutic abortion, and to a greater extent most of the online comments that ensued, did not...
Denying access to information: a dangerous precedent has been set
Dilemmas are common in life. Choices have constantly to be made. Compromises, too. Striking the right balance can be difficult, especially when dealing with fundamental human rights. The controversial decision by the government to issue a legal notice...
Letters to the editor - December 13
Two weights, two measures, PN? The most recent public opinion survey commissioned by the sister paper, The Sunday Times of Malta (November 28), was a repetition of other similar surveys commissioned by other newspapers and which have been published...
