Genetics Clinic hopes to lift the cloud surrounding inherited illnesses
GENETIC AND neurological conditions tend to breed fear and uncertainty in people.
Finding out a child is suffering from a condition like cerebral palsy, dwarfism or Down’s syndrome is one of the things parents dread the most.
But experts say it doesn’t have to feel like the end of the world.
(archive article – Sunday, April 22, 2007)
AS I WALKED into the kitchen, the incredible aroma of Chinese food enveloped me, and once I saw the menu, I couldn’t wait to tuck in.
“CIVIL SOCIETY is indispensable to the health of the democratic culture of Cyprus, which encourages young people across the island to take a more active interest in and be part of the debate about what is, after all, their future.”
THE MUCH-vaunted switch to natural gas as the primary fuel for the island’s electricity needs has been in the news lately. Who wouldn’t want to save 30 per cent on their electrical bill every month? It’s good news for consumers, and happy consumers translate into votes at election time.
Sir,
I was recently the passenger in a car driven by my parents to Paphos airport. We were flagged down by a man in civilian clothes near the airport with customary cigarette telling us we could no go further than him and his badly parked car.
Sir,
Your editorial in the issue of April 24 on the planned reconstruction (sic) of Eleftheria Square in Nicosia concludes with the sweeping dictum that “it is far too late to scrap the project because of aesthetic objections”.
Sir,
What a load of nauseating poop (to use Nirpal Dhaliwal’s own choice of words). Why would the Cyprus Mail want to subject its readers to such narcissistic codswallop as it did on Friday, April 27 under the guise of ‘commentary’? Had it been earlier in the month, I would have thought Mr Dhaliwal to be the April Fool.
Sir,
Regarding your articles about lack of tourism in Cyprus, it seems to me that no Cypriot bureaucrat realises that the main problem is the exchange rate. The Cypriot pound is too strong against the British pound, and as a British Cypriot I find Cyprus too expensive.
Alec Georgiou
London SE9
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
