Times of Malta, 17 September 2010 Malta does not have many natural resources or great quantities of them. So why can’t we manage them properly? Just look at the state of three of our existing key resources: land, water and limestone. To those, add a potential resource: renewable energy. All four are in a deplorable state. Why are they not being better...
Times of Malta, 8 September 2010 This year, the European Commission decided to close the bluefin tuna season one week earlier, recalling its purse seine fishing fleet after the catch quotas had been reached earlier than expected. This is not the good news it might appear to be because the tuna massacre is set to continue as European fishermen flying non-European...
Valletta, 4 August 2010 The monument commemorating the Great Siege of 1565, an Antonio Sciortino masterpiece, is set to become the focus of a conservation initiative which aims to preserve this major Valletta landmark for future generations. The project is sponsored by Malta-based trade finance institution FIMBank plc and coordinated by heritage NGO Din l-Art Ħelwa. This well-known sculpture, which is located...
Times of Malta, 6th July 2010 On March 11, 1960, The Times of Malta reported that a press conference was held at the Palace in Valletta by Barker-Benfield, then chairman of the Tourist Board, to announce new plans to develop Comino into a tourist resort by the entrepreneur John Gaul. Apart from the hotel and bungalows, which were eventually built, the...
Times of Malta, 14 June 2010 Letter to the Editor – Environmental Saviour or Destroyer (2) It is no surprise that the meeting on the Ħondoq ir-Rummien project ended in a row. On one side, we have the developers who are looking at the project as another opportunity to make money at a time when business is low; the strongest point in...
Din l-Art Helwa Press Release 13 May 2010 Din l-Art Helwa does not agree with the construction of a large new tourist complex at Hondoq ir-Rummien bay in Gozo. Din l-Art Helwa is against the construction of new yachting facilities along stretches of undeveloped coastline, as this inevitably leads to the urbanization of the natural coast through the construction of...
Times of Malta 13 May 2010 Din l-Art Ħelwa is pleased to hear that the EU is proposing new measures to protect diminishing stocks of swordfish. According to regulations issued by ICCAT (2007/01) it is prohibited to fish for swordfish between October 1 and November 30. This will allow stocks to build up by allowing breeding and the swordfish will be...
DIN L-ART HELWA Spring Fête and Open Day at Msida Bastion Historic Garden The Annual Spring Fête and Open Day organised by Din l-Art Helwa at the Msida Bastion Historic Garden...
26 April 2010 Joint Press Release – BirdLife Malta & Din l-Art Helwa The Foresta 2000 afforestation site in Mellieha was once again the target of vandalism when 104 pine trees were cut down in two main areas on a hill on the east side of the nature reserve. The pine trees were left scattered on the ground, with most of them too...
