Sunday, September 7, 2008
Letters
The power surcharge in perspective
The government and Enemalta have been extraordinarily inept in announcing the increase in the fuel surcharge from 50 per cent to 95 per cent,...
Police need training in cordiality
The front page reports in The Times earlier this week, regarding the arrogance of some members of the police force, reminded me of an incident...
Delayed appointments at Mater Dei Hospital
Millions of liri were spent on a state-of-the-art hospital. Millions were spent on medical equipment.
Millions of euros are being spent on the...
Paying for the HQ
The stylish way the PN HQ has been embellished should trigger a national call for proper, transparent party financing legislation.
Revealing poll on Paceville incidents
Following the shocking incidents at Paceville involving the Malta Police Force, the results of The Times poll regarding confidence in the force...
Action on rusted ladder
While thanking Charles Schembri (Dangerous Rusted Ladder At Qawra, July 3) for bringing the matter to our attention by means of this newspaper, I...
One-way sign of laxity
I refer to the one-way sign at the junction between Triq il-Uqija and Triq Ibraġ in Ta' L-Ibraġ opposite the Greens Supermarket, which...
Street lights on in daylight
In these days, when the price of oil is reaching unprecedented levels, and even if it was not, why are the street and tree lights on the St...
Council needs to keep its eye on the ball
I refer to the news item (June 30) about action being taken to eliminate eyesores from sensitive areas in Rabat and Mdina. Among the eyesores...
Wied iż-Żurrieq is no shambles
Eugenio Cutajar (Wied iż-Żurrieq Shambles, June 29) is right when he says that Wied iż-Żurrieq is the responsibility of the...
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Godfrey Laferla, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta made a number of inaccurate comments regarding the Royal College of...
Hardly the best supporters
In disbelief and amazement I read the letter in The Times about the Ħamrun Spartans (football) supporters by Joe C. Cordina (my namesake!)...
Valletta is a beautiful city (beyond the first few metres)
I wish to congratulate the mayor of Valletta, Paul Borg Olivier, on becoming the new secretary general of the Nationalist Party. He has certainly...
Balance in view on rent reform (1)
The rent reform is at long last seeing the light of day. The suffering landlords who have for so long been deprived of their properties or a fair...
Balance in view on rent reform (2)
Żminijietna - Voice of the Left welcomes the government's rent reform proposals, which are a historic compromise. But it should be emphasised...
Balance in view on rent reform (3)
Social Policy Minister John Dalli said in Parliament that the White Paper on rent reform is based on an analysis of the relevant existing...
Airline emissions capping
The report Deal Clinched On Capping Airline Emissions (June 28) stated that "Malta, representing the national airline's view, was not very...
Dangerous traffic in Lija village core
I refer to the law report titled Heavy Traffic At Excessive Speed Annoys Lija Residents (June 28).
Permit me to bring forward the following...
Reliable Air Malta
I can sympathise with both your correspondents Mark Lavelle from Mellieħa and Joseph Ellis from Victoria (Two Airlines' Lack Of Transparency,...
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