The Auditor General’s report on local councils for 2004 makes shocking reading (TMIS, 16 January). It is unfortunate that your article does not identify the local council criticised for a particular item....

Unfortunately, and I truly state this with regret, the Institution of Mediation has by-and-large served only one purpose, albeit a political purpose, and is not in the interests of the persons affected. The government can boast in the House of Representat...

Reference is made to the article by Raphael Vassallo “Decisive decisions indeed” where he passed depreciative comments on the Minister of Health the Elderly and Community Care in connection with, among other issues, the St Luke’s Hospital incinerator. Mr ...

I was intrigued to read that I am a candidate for the EU post in Malta. I did not apply because frankly I never knew that there was a call for applications. ...

Unfortunately, there is still lack of awareness concerning the serious threat to our health and environment posed by the continued widespread use of plastic bags in this country. Noel Grima’s informative article on the problem with plastic bags (TMIS 16 ...

The “polluter pays” principle is considered a good attempt for environmental protection. However, one has to be assured that the money collected from eco-tax will be utilised solely for environmental progress....

If the Hon. Minister for the Environment really wants to reduce the number of spent cartridges littering our countryside, let him make it illegal to use shotguns with more than two shots at one loading. ...

Never before in the annals of Maltese legislation was there a bigger breakdown in communication than the chaotic situation over which Minister George Pullicino presided with regard to the introduction of the eco-contribution. ...

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) is making hay while the sun shines. I do not blame them. ...

We refer to the article by Matthew Xuereb (TMID 4 January), in which he reported about complaints by Gozitan residents of tourists being harassed at various tourist sites at Xaghra....