Sunday, November 8, 2009

Letters

Divorce - no case for moralising - Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, Chief Justice Emeritus, Valletta
The article by Prof. John Baldacchino of Columbia University (The Sunday Times, September 28) calls for a number of clarifications. The very...

So many choices - Prof. Carmel Pulé, Kalkara
Recently so much ado was made about the rights of all parties to spread their message. Now that I have raised my family in the traditional...

Senseless suggestion - Charles S. O'Flaherty, Sliema
The suggestions of the Jesuit Justice and Peace Commission regarding the rent law reform leave very much to be desired and clearly illustrate how...

Babies and substance abuse - Tony Mifsud, co-ordinator, Malta Unborn Child Movement, Floriana
Lino Spiteri (The Sunday Times, September 7) applauded Anthony Girard, a social worker, for making it his mission to highlight the dangers of...

Thorough and independent EIAs (1) - Marco Cremona, Mosta
It has been reported that the Malta Environment and Planning Authority has formally informed the St John's Co-Cathedral Foundation that it has...

Thorough and independent EIAs (2) - Noel Galea Bason, Floriana
I recall that in the early 1980s, the well underneath the courtyard of the Fine Arts Museum was converted into exhibition space to house...

National Day without division - John M. Portelli, Ta' Xbiex
The raison d'être of a National Day is to promote unity. Almost by definition it is the day on which consensus has been reached to bury...

'Second-class' Europeans in UAE - Ambrose Muscat, Dubai
Of late I found myself swelling with pride on reading articles in the press, both in The Times of Malta as well as in the Gulf News, one of the...

Residents' hell - Rio Sammut, Marsascala
My wife and I are elderly and live in Triq Patri Wistin Born, Marsascala. It used to be a peaceful street, with airy villas in the vicinity. But...

Rubbish galore - David Aquilina, St Julian's
August 27 was supposedly a happy day for the St Julian's community, especially for those living or working in the St George's Road area. Seeing...

End to cafe culture - Mike Thomas, St Paul's Bay
It was with great bemusement that we helped a local bar owner pack up his seats and tables outside his premises and hide them away last Friday...

Are green wardens extinct? - T.R.W. O'Neill, Mosta
It is with great sadness and regret that we have to conclude that we are witnessing the demise of the Lesser Spotted Green Wardens. These shy and...

Shooting alternative - Julian Camilleri, Sliema
Those whose hunting activities have been affected in recent times should consider swapping their guns for cameras. Both hunting and wildlife...

Voluntary work in Zambia - Julian Azzopardi, Lusaka, Zambia
I refer to the feature entitled 'Mission: It's possible' by Jo Caruana (The Sunday Times, August 17), on my voluntary work in Lusaka, Zambia's...

Missing bus shelter - A. Parascandalo, Vittoriosa
The Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communication (MITC) has booked advertising space in newspapers inviting readers to submit ideas on...

Malta in the US - Louis Abela, Ta' l-Ibraġ
I enjoyed reading the article 'No Maltese in Malta' by Paul Zammit Cutajar (The Sunday Times, September 14). As I like to travel and geography...

Pope Pius XII - Canon Joseph Grech Cremona, Floriana
Pope Pius XII died exactly 50 years ago. Born at Rome on March 2, 1876, Eugenio Pacelli was ordained in 1899. On May 13, 1917, the day of the...