Letters to the editor – August 11, 2025

Strangers at home

Emily Barbaro-Sant of Mosta writes:

Anthony Saliba of St Paul’s Bay concludes his contribution (‘Living in Malta’, August 4) by saying: “I feel I am not an inhabitant of Malta but of some other foreign country.” I totally agree with him.

Going about my daily chores/errands, I myself feel a tourist in my own country. On the road, in shops, in restaurants everywhere. The number of foreign workers surpasses local ones and, obviously, one enquires on the whereabouts of the local workers. The answer is simple. They have been employed with the government. Rightly so, we Maltese feel tourists in our country, which should not be the case.

Malta is losing its beauty because of all the cranes dotting the skyline. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Malta is losing its beauty because of all the high buildings we are surrounded with and the cranes that “decorate” our skyline, high over our heads. Slowly but surely, Malta is losing its identity.

The rapid increase of the population is causing the country a lot of problems. Former prime minister Joseph Muscat tried to fool us by saying that without foreign workers our pension is not safeguarded. But this bubble blew in his face as it is now an open secret that, although foreign workers get the cheapest possible salary, they send most of it to their families abroad. How can they, in any way, qualify to pay taxes and, thus, contribute towards our pensions? 

All this is resulting in the deterioration of health services; heavy daily traffic causing frustration and resulting in road rage by some drivers; accidents and tragedies on our roads; rubbish and dirt everywhere; bad roads and health-risk pavements; beaches not fit for swimming.

Robert Abela simply puts all this aside. He is not interested. All he cares about is giving a heavy helping hand to developers who, in turn, contribute heavily to the Labour Party. I feel sure readers remember Anġlu Farrugia’s famous phrase about ir-raba’ sular, the fourth floor.

A heartfelt plea to whoever is responsible, to whoever is duty-bound to safeguard our constitution and see that Malta is not being used as a milking cow for the Labour Party. Someone needs to speak up and save Malta from further destruction in terms of our language, history, culture, behaviour.

Let us try – together – to get back to unique Malta before it is too late.

Enough with words. Action please.