Those who have written letters giving the poor quality of homilies at Sunday Mass as a reason for non attendance – in some cases even complete loss of faith in the Catholic Church – are in need of encouragement and certainly not condemnation nor ridicule....

How many of us had gone through the painful experience of infringing the traffic laws just once and being promptly caught by the long arm of the law, either by a hidden warden, a speed camera or a policeman ...

I refer to your story regarding Enemalta carried last Sunday. Enemalta did not send any representative to the conferences listed.Enemalta’s Generation plan is very clear. ...

In your piece “PM sits, Chirac stands” (TMIS, 17 September) you tried to ridicule our Prime Minister for remaining seated when greeted by the German Chancellor Ms Angela Merkel contrary to Jacques Chirac, who stood up and kissed her on the cheek. ...

At least twice in the past months, the various authorities this country is blessed with, have thought they had found the philosopher’s stone, the formula that would make a message instantly recognisable and understandable, ...

I refer to the article titled “Aero show crash could have been avoided” (TMIS, 17 September). ...

I refer to your editorial of 10 September. I quote its first paragraph: “So the government had to be dragged in, feet first, to do what it should have done ages ago – permit low cost airlines to come to Malta.”...

I am not a sister, neither a nun, but a lay person. I have been doing voluntary work for five years with the Missionaries of Charity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ...

There is nothing more compelling than reality, and the disappointing performance of the Malta tourist sector this season adds weight to the wake-up call by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) earlier this year. ...

Ever since the Church mass attendance figures were released, there have been letters upon letters in the papers to offer words of wisdom of how to encourage the flock to return....