Friday, November 20, 2009

Letters

Still no refund for cancelled concerts - Gordon Cook, St Paul's Bay
Last August, a news item in this newspaper announced the cancellation of the Ta' Fra Ben concerts and advised consumers to go to Maltapost for a...

Malta's most beautiful euro coins - Anton Caruana Galizia, Kappara
Jacqueline Calleja (November 17) is of course right about the religious inspiration of the EU flag and God's sense of humour but I can think of...

The secular media and sexual health - Mark Grech, Sliema
I read the editorial in The Times of November 18 entitled The Sexual Health Policy Controversy and was bemused by the dig at the secular media in...

Please switch off the traffic lights! - Vince Cachia, Ħamrun
Wednesday, November 18, 6.15 a.m. Most of Malta was in darkness due to some fault at the power station. All traffic lights were switched off and...

Build Balluta car park in the bay, not the square - John R. Mifsud, Attard
In view of the recent mainly negative response to the much-needed car park at Balluta Square, may I humbly suggest building the car park in...

Help for young patients at Mount Carmel Hospital - Marion Saliba, Attard
I am writing to publicly thank all those individuals, NGOs and other organisations that have been very generous in both their financial and other...

Dangerous darkness - Alexandra Balzia, Naxxar
Can someone please enlighten me as to why the road lights have been switched off at night in the bypass between Żebbuġ and Siġġiewi for the...

Action needed now on medicine prices - David De Marco, Sliema
The Times (November 16) reported that as far back as 2006 the Working Committee on the Pricing of Medical Products felt it was its responsibility...

Recycled Alfred Sant Budget response - Angelo Micallef, Marsaxlokk
Was it a Budget response speech or a political party mass meeting taking place in the room normally used as a Parliament? This is the question I...

Refund on cancelled flights to Catania - Rose Agius, San Ġwann
I refer to the letter by Mario Agius regarding the refund on cancelled flights to Catania. I too had three December 8 fares with return flight on...

A Maltese bishop with an African heart - Fr Mario Attard, OFM Cap, San Ġwann
The Directory for the Pastoral Ministry of Bishops, Apostolorum Successores, says that if the bishop's "episcopal ministry is to bear fruit,...

Power cuts in Gozo - Revel Barker, Għajnsielem
Following a power failure in June, the Enemalta chairman suggested that this was something that happened about once every five years. I queried...

And what about us? - Pio Fenech, PRO, o.b.o. our youths, Down Syndrome Association, Valletta
"This is a course for school leavers with moderate learning difficulties. Dan il-kors huwa maħsub għal studenti li jkunu spiċċaw l-iskola...

Josie Muscat's belittling of the gay community - Bernard Muscat, Malta Gay Rights Movement, Mosta
In his bid to discredit the LGBT network created recently within the Labour Party, Josie Muscat (November 14) goes as low as to shamelessly place...

NFL games on cable television (1) - John David Murphy, Żebbug
I refer to my open letter (November 12) asking why Melita was not showing NFL games on the ESPN America channel as is done elsewhere in Europe,...

NFL games on cable television (2) - Michael Busuttil, Valletta
The National Football League, a North American sporting institution, has over a billion supporters of this great game and its spin-offs called...

Justified plea for burden sharing - Emanuel Cilia Debono, Mosta
Allan Gatt (There's No Choice For Immigrants, November 17) accuses me of using "political rhetoric" while he himself tends to become...