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Tony Cassar

This author Tony Cassar has created 11 entries.

10 Sep

Karmenu Vella must champion environment across EU including in Malta, says Din l-Art Helwa

Press Release 10th September 2014 Din l-Art Helwa notes that European Commissioner-designate Karmenu Vella has been assigned a portfolio which includes the Environment. While congratulating Mr Vella on his new portfolio, Din l-Art Helwa trusts that he will now devote his energy to championing environmental causes across the European Union, including in Malta where, ironically, environmental concerns rank very low on...

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31 Aug

‘The Dubaification of Malta’, by Petra Caruana Dingli

The name ‘Dubai’ is associated with more than just another city state. The word is linked in the collective imagination with shopping malls, ostentatious wealth, and the large-scale consumption of luxury goods and entertainment including extravaganzas like ski slopes of snow in the hot desert. People associate Dubai’s landscape with high-rise ‘iconic’ buildings, ambitious land reclamation projects, gated luxury residential areas,...

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26 Aug

The Data Protection Act cannot be used to hinder NGOs right to freedom of expression

Press Release 26 August 2014 Din l-Art Helwa expresses its concern about the recent decision by the office of the Data Protection Commissioner, as reported in the press, to charge Birdlife Malta with an alleged breach of the Data Protection Act in connection with a series of films by a British journalist during the 2014 Spring hunting season. The Data Protection Act cannot be...

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23 Aug

DLH proposes Red Site Notices for those seeking to sanction illegal development

Press Release 23 August 2014 News continues to be published daily in the media re the increasing number of illegal developments taking place on public land and in other areas, in particular in the countryside and on the coast.  Din l-Art Helwa is concerned about the lack of enforcement action taken by the authorities in proportion to the illegalities committed and...

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16 Aug

DIN L-ART HELWA’s AL FRESCO DINNER

THE EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ADVISED THAT WOULD BE PUT IN A WAITING LIST. Join us for our al fresco dinner on  Thursday 18th September, 2014 at 19:45h for 20:15h, organised with the kind permission Chev. Maurice Mizzi in his renowned private garden at Bidnija. The organising...

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15 Aug

Extending hunting hours limits enjoyment of countryside and nature for families

Press Release 15th August 2014 Din l-Art Helwa is concerned by the government’s decision to again allow hunting until 7 pm in September, removing the 3 pm hunting curfew which was intended to protect migrating birds of prey during this period. Apart from the increased threat to migrating birds, extending the hunting hours limits the enjoyment of the countryside and nature...

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31 Jul

NGOs request Environment Minister to promote extension of protected area near White Rocks

PRESS RELEASE 31 JULY 2014 Din l-Art Helwa and Nature Trust Malta have written to the Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development Leo Brincat, requesting him to promote and initiate any required ecological studies on the area indicated as Zone 2 in the 1995 White Rocks Development Brief (see attached map), for its potential scheduling as a Special Area of Conservation...

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