Letters to the editor - January 25, 2023

Staggering traffic

As recently reported by Times of Malta, it is normal overseas to have deliveries etc scheduled at all hours, thus clearing some traffic from our roads.

Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Having lived abroad for over 20 years, another better managed area is that of garbage collection, which happens very early in the mornings, with householders putting out rubbish at night. This might be a better approach because, as it is, even conscientious people may have to take out rubbish before leaving for work in the morning as their schedule means missing existing 7pm collections, whereas everyone mostly goes home to sleep sooner or later.

This would also leave pavements less encumbered for prams, wheelchairs, pedestrians while also avoiding rubbish left to fester outside all day, especially during our long hot summers if householders cannot be home by 7pm.

Anna Micallef – Sliema

Truly alarming

In his letter of January 20, Albert Cilia-Vincenti refers to a “scientific and ethical distinction between a ‘potential person’ (foetus or unborn child) and a legally real person that has been state-registered at birth...” He then refers to a ‘soul’ according to religious belief.

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