George Camilleri

This author Tony Cassar has created 11 entries.

07 Mar

New Discoveries at the Ghajn Tuffieha Roman Baths

Din l-Art Ħelwa is pleased to announce a public lecture by Mr David Cardona MA, to be held on Thursday 13th March at 18.30 at Din l-Art Ħelwa, 133, Melita Street, Valletta.  Mr Cardona will talk in English and illustrate his presentations with images. Entrance is free, but donations to Din l-Art Ħelwa would be appreciated. Quite frequently,  civil works lead to...

06 Mar

Delimara Decision scheduled for 24 March on location of gas storage tanker at Delimara is premature says DLH: risk analysis is incomplete

Press Release 5th March 2014 Din l-Art Helwa is concerned that options for the possible locations of the new gas storage tanker at Delimara have not all been assessed in detail. In a long-term project of major national importance, it is expected that all options are seriously assessed but this has not been done. In the race to meet deadlines, the planning authority is now ready to accept the location of...

26 Feb

DELIMARA LNG TERMINAL PHOTO MONTAGE

Din l-Art Ħelwa is insisting that the risk analysis for the proposed gas-fired power station at Delimara must be completed before the permit determining location is granted, and that the environmental (IPPC) permit and the development permit should be considered together by the board. ...

23 Feb

Din l-Art Helwa’s environment task list to government

Din l-Art Helwa has drawn up an action list of environmental tasks for government which the organization considers are urgent for the protection of Malta’s land and marine spaces in view of the many development policies and regulations impacting upon territory which the government intends updating or launching. The tasks have been listed following recommendations made during the General Assembly of...

19 Feb

‘Is this scaremongering?’, by George Camilleri

I am unconvinced that the reason for mooring the FSU (Floating Storage Unit) for the new power station inside Marsaxlokk Bay is anything but financially and politically expedient. There are going to be five huge LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) storage tanks on top of a ship as long and as wide as three football pitches...

16 Feb

‘Where is the master plan?’ by Simone Mizzi

Well, we are all saying it. NGOs are pleading for it. A public rally dema-n­ded it. The Guardian for Future Generations, the Church Commission for the Environment and environmentalists have spoken out to the same end. Din l-Art Ħelwa has taken the issue to the Parliamentary Committee for Environment and Development Planning. And now… even the President of the Malta Developers Association...

07 Feb

SAT FEB 22ND: CONCERT TO CELEBRATE THE RESTORATION OF MATTIA PRETI’S MASTERPIECE AT SARRIA CHURCH, FLORIANA Dear sponsors, members  and friends of Din l-Art Ħelwa, At the small, exquisite Sarria Church, in Floriana, there are no less than seven splendid paintings executed by Mattia Preti, il  Cavaliere Calabrese. The most beautiful of these works, and also the one which has most suffered...

05 Feb

Risk Analysis for Delimara power station must be completed before permit is granted

Press Release 5th February 2014 Din l-Art Helwa has noted comments by Enemalta reported in the press, indicating that the Risk Analysis for the new gas-fired power station will be completed in the environmental permit (IPPC) phase, after the development permit is granted. Din l-Art Helwa insists that the Risk Analysis must be completed before the development permit, which will decide the...