May I take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the residents of Valletta who gave me their first preference vote during the local council elections on 12 March. ...

I would like to thank all those who voted for me on 12 March, especially those people who only turned out to vote because my name was on the ballot....

I reply to The ‘fine with me, don’t care about Jack’ mentality! by Angelo Micallef (TMID, 30 March)....

The tourism season has started and it can take 40 minutes for luggage to get from the aircraft to a carousel at the airport. ...

On Saturday, 19 March a pageant was held in Tarxien. The pageant was an excellent show of organisation and an excellent show of costumes. ...

The report on the National Association of Pensioners’ reactions to the Pensions White Paper (TMID, 31 March) described as “amusing” ...

Over the past few years, local government has changed a great deal as it had to face up to new challenges. ...

Many have shown their appreciation of the late Guzè Cassar-Pullicino (1921-2005) in the media. However, hardly anyone touched on his work in Maltese folklore. ...

I must express my disappointment that you deemed fit to publish Ken Grima’s comments in connection with Chiara’s video which originally appeared on the website. His comments were insensitive at best, offensive at worst....

Your correspondent Juan Ameen quotes Prof. Serracino Inglott as saying that “it is wrong to kill an embryo, but the obligation to keep an embryo alive is not absolute” (TMIS, 27 March)....