Fidelity to the Gospel Koheleth, the biblical preacher, thus sings: “Is there a thing of which it is said ‘See, this is new?’ It has already been in the ages before us.” These words, written a few hundred years before Christ, ring true today as they...
Unnecessary euthanasia I sympathise with Sam (‘Put euthanasia on the agenda,’ activist patient pleads, December 7), pray for her and wish her every success in overcoming her Huntington’s disease but I need to tell her that euthanasia is not the solution.
A waste management strategy I refer to the article entitled ‘Waste management: too little, too late?’ by Daren Cordina (November 29). Aside from the undoubted good intentions of the author, there are several misunderstandings and assumptions that may...
Give us a break! I refer to Isabel Stabile’s letter (December 8). At school I was taught how to debate. I feel sufficiently well-informed about the dominant subject so often occupying this space that I could easily argue for either side (while...
Thanks from the missions I would like to thank the Mission Fund of Mosta for sending me €2,500 for the education of children from economically poor families. These children attend our well-run schools with boarding facilities and are prepared for...
Ectopic pregnancy: the truth In their increasingly aggressive campaign to promote abortion, Doctors for Choice again claimed that the criminal code has no provision for abortion under any circumstance, not even when a woman’s life is imminently at risk...
COVID vaccine The editorial (December 4) appealing for people to be responsible regarding protecting themselves and others this coming festive season is timely indeed. What would be welcome, however, is for the authorities to start being upfront with...
Rights denied women Revel Barker (November 21) is barking up the wrong tree (pun intended) if he thinks that I would not reply to his provocative letter. Is there anything else to write about in Malta, other than corruption, the murder of a journalist,...
Clarifications on abortion In her letter ‘Abortion misinformation’ (December 1), Isabel Stabile made some assertions that need clarifications. She said: “Because of the influence of Stoicism, which did not view the foetus as a person...” We are...
Oliver on the lighter side Whenever Oliver Friggieri and I met we laughed a lot! And he used to tell me: “Do you know when it was that I laughed so much?” I always replied “no”, and he would say: “It was the last time we met!” Having said that, I was...
Persons of trust I refer to the Times of Malta’s editorial “Shady ‘persons of trust’ appointments” featured on December 2. It is incorrect to state that the number of persons of trust is unknown. It has been publicly stated on numerous occasions that...
No credibility I never had any doubt that those so-called NGOs, Repubblika and OccupyJustice, were not genuine NGOs at all but were just front organisations for the former PN “rebels” who have now taken over the PN, even managing to put one of their...
Exemplary civil servant I would like to thank those old friends who wrote to Times of Malta, and all who expressed condolences, on the sad passing of my father, Patrick Staines. There have also been tributes from former colleagues who all spoke so...
Pandemic anomalies I would like to start by admitting that, by and large, our authorities are doing a good job, under extremely difficult conditions, in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. However… Many controversies are arising due to hurriedly enacted...
Our demolished civil service Donald Trump claimed he would make America “great again” (did he mean a return to the slavery period?) but is doing his best to reduce it to the level of a tin-pot dictatorship. London’s The Economist suggests Boris...
The living Church Why does John Guillaumier always blame the Church for the bad behaviour by some of its clergy (November 20)? How about the bright side of the Church, like, for instance, St Ġorġ Preca, a great educator of children and youths who...
Unfounded allegations I am instructed by Angelo Farrugia to write in connection with the article by Kevin Cassar (June 28). Contained in that article were allegations which were clearly culled verbatim from another article which appeared under the...
COVID-19 judicial protest I refer to the coverage of the judicial protest against the superintendent of public health and the health minister (Fearne, Gauci sued for ‘causing COVID-19 panic’, November 18). The article is incorrect in that the said...
Rights of the unborn Isabel Stabile wrote: “It [the embryo/ foetus] is only a baby after birth, which is when it derives its rights” (November 18). By implication, she is saying that the “embryo/ foetus” – as she prefers to call the unborn – has no...
The late Patrick Staines With the demise of Patrick Staines, Malta lost an exemplary civil servant who contributed a lot towards upholding and maintaining the traditional values inherited from the past. Staines was also a scholar and a historian. I...
SendOn service We write in reply to a letter by Richard Zammit from Swieqi titled ‘SendOn Disservice’ (November 19) regarding an alleged delay in the delivery of an item ordered from the United Kingdom via our SendOn service. After thorough...
Unjustified claims for abortion Isabel Stabile has been very busy replying to four correspondents who wrote in last October against abortion. I am referring to some points she brought up in her letter of October 24 (‘Right to abortion’) and these are...
Nonviable pregnancy I refer to Klaus Vella Bardon’s letter ‘Killing of the weak’ published on November 14. As is expected from the anti-abortion and anti-women’s rights brigade, his letter is riddled with pompousness and untruths and Vella Bardon is,...
COVID carelessness In these uncertain times, with new cases of COVID continuing to proliferate, the measures that have been introduced to mitigate its spread are clearly inadequate. Closing bars and allowing people only to meet up to a maximum of six...
Apology due I have to apologise to Send-on for a letter published in the Times of Malta headed Send-on disservice (November 19). I had explained that a parcel I had to receive by priority from the UK was not delivered after more than 20 days had...
Homosexual clerics In his homophobic write-up (October 27), Fr Patrick Pullicino wrote that “same-sex attraction may be experienced by individuals as an involuntary feeling, especially during puberty”. This is certainly not true when it comes to...
Space In addition to the excellent exposition by Alex Torpiano on the obscenities that the Planning Authority is now hellbent on imposing on the citizens of formerly picturesque St Julian’s (‘The farce has to stop’, November 14), I would only add one...
Anti-choice readers Another week and another six letters by anti-choice readers of this paper call for a reply. Two ladies have come out of the woodwork to disprove my theory that most misogyny is perpetuated by (mostly middle- aged) males. I was...
Flu vaccine and the elderly Not all the residents of a private home for the elderly located in Naxxar have been given the flu vaccine yet. What is the reason for this? The government should have ensured that the first batch of the flu vaccine covered...
Same-sex union and the Church With no pretensions whatsoever of being versed in legal, moral and this same-sex union issue, I must confess that I never expected Fr Patrick Pullicino to be lambasted by such a tsunami of criticism and comments on...
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