It must be summer. The echoes of the resignation of Sea Malta chairman, Marlene Mizzi has unleashed an extraordinary amount of vituperation and bad feelings....

Since my last contribution to this newspaper, another 250 have boosted the population of illegal immigrants. ...

I would like to congratulate Alex Pace for his excellent letter “Illegal invasion” which appeared in this newspaper a couple of weeks ago....

Since time immemorial, nations have warred against each other, killing, plundering and enslaving peoples under all sorts of pretexts....

I write in support of the action being taken by Arthur Busuttil of Mosta as described in his letter “Reserved …for tables and chairs, not cars” (TMIS, 12 June)....

Without doubt, the most outstanding development in the world economic scene before the turn of the century was the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union and its far-flung empire, and the rapid spread of market economies in the third world....

The news that Malta Freeport Terminals Ltd will be investing a total of e40 million – about Lm17 million – in a year to improve its efficiency and services is a clear example of the positive aspects of privatisation....

Reference is hereby being made to the article “White storks shot - BirdLife” (page 10, TMID, 31 May)....

Political gimmicks are not new to these islands. Some are harmless and are merely used as a ploy to attract attention, but are less innocent in scope. ...

“Reports suggest there will be no initiative to rescue the Constitution, no agreement on the budget for 2007-13 and an unusual silence on what many consider the EU’s most successful policy – enlargement.” (source BBC news, 16 June)....