I would like to congratulate the Malta Olympic Committee for the sterling work it is carrying out to improve Maltese sport....

The Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises is doing well to oppose waste deposit system that would see “customers going to outlets to receive a refund for beverage packaging” (TMID, 30 March)....

I am pleased to note that the Housing Authority has taken the bull by the horns and is planning to allocated Lm3 million to buy old houses and convert them into new residences....

I would like to congratulate the government, and especially Minister Austin Gatt, following the recent signing of the heads of agreement with Tecom Investments, which will lead to the building of SmartCity@Malta....

The opposition believes that the pension reform need not be tackled now because the problem is only likely to be felt in 20 years’ time.... No further comments on this!...

Anybody who needed to conduct business at the Cittadella in Victoria lately, will agree that something has to be done with regard to the parking arrangements in this area. ...

I refer to a letter titled “Managerial incompetence at St Luke’s” by Victor Spiteri (TMIS, 19 March)....

In his complaint about the third programme in the series L-Istorja minn wara l-Kwinti, Vincent Camilleri was completely off the mark (TMIS, 26 March). ...

While admiring and to a large extent sharing Dr G Debono’s enthusiasm for wind energy (TMID 15 March) I cannot help feeling that he is too liable to allow his advocacy to get out of hand and so to damage the very cause ...

The Nationalist Party has just suffered a massive defeat in the local council elections; yet for Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, the results of the elections do not mean that the world has caved in. ...