Our intrepid journalist Stephen Calleja has done it again (“Property transactions and land ownership 'in the public domain'” – TMIS, 10 January).

After a bout of investigative journalism, intricate enough to take its place up there with the best (Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, etc.), our enterprising journalist discovered that contracts relating to property transactions could be obtained from the Public Registry. He has also discovered that one can conduct a search for planning applications on the Mepa website.

The mind boggles what this paragon of watchdog journalism will uncover next. Watch out, Pulitzer Prize candidates!

Romano Cassar

NAXXAR

Stephen Calleja writes: Mr Cassar – perhaps deliberately – missed the whole point of the article.

A week earlier, environmental groups had issued a statement saying two members were being harassed and expressed outrage that their property transactions and applications for development were being mentioned in the media.

The aim of the story was to show(for those who did not know, or pretended not to know) that these transactions and applications are in the public domain, a fact that the environmental groups avoid mentioning - again, perhaps deliberately – when claiming victimisation.

If these groups are indeed familiar with the law, they should not be complaining of harassment when their own property is spoken about. It seems these people believe they can say anything about anyone, but they should then be spared any

criticism.