Birżebbuġa residents, farmers and people keen on protecting Wied Żnuber are shocked at plans announced on February 12 for a miniature airstrip by the valley and the cliffs of the area. Plans for the airstrip were announced at the signing of an agreement between the government agency INDIS and an airplane model association. The project...
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Planning Authority and Portelli threaten Sannat
Joint Press Statement 28.02.2022 An application (PA/02087/21) which will add 73 apartments to create a monstrous 125-unit complex in Sannat will be heard for the second time by the Planning Commission on 1 March at noon, following the peculiar and unjustified decision to request review of the application by the Executive Council. Twelve organisations are...
ENGOs express grave concern at Fomm ir-Rih ‘Agro-Tourism’ Proposal
Friends of the Earth Malta together with the six undersigned ENGOs wish to express their grave concern about the proposal to turn the Fomm ir-Rih Rural Hamlet into a tourist complex, under the guise of an agro-tourism project. The project includes the demolishing of several existing buildings to make way for new suites, as well...
Here’s how to save 20 football pitches worth of open space
Considering the rate at which open spaces, agricultural land and historical buildings are being razed and destroyed it is admittedly hard to keep track of all that is going on and what one can do about it. In order to make it easier we have compiled a list of the current sites which are about...
The best time to act is now
Maltese citizens are facing health and social challenges that merit urgent attention – obesity, mental health problems, respiratory diseases such as asthma, social exclusion, air, light and noise pollution – the list goes on and on. These issues particularly affect socio-economically disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and put pressure on already stretched health budgets.There has never...