George Camilleri

This author Tony Cassar has created 11 entries.

01 Feb

Even more onus now on Mepa to delay policy approvals while SPED is being finalised, says Din l-Art Helwa

Press Release, 1st February 2014 Heritage NGO Din l-Art Helwa has called into serious question the recent decision by Mepa’s Board to approve the new Out of Development Zone policy when the new national Strategic plan for Environment and Development (SPED) is just weeks away from being concluded.  Din l-Art Helwa has also asked the Parliamentary Committee for Environment and Development...

30 Jan

Din l-Art Helwa critical of MEPA’s approval of ODZ policy only days before parliamentary discussion on planning procedures takes place/ NGO asks for new development regulations to be put on hold

Press Release 30 January 2014 Din l-Art Helwa has called into serious question the decision by Mepa’s Board to approve the new ODZ policy only days before a discussion on procedures governing the launch of new planning regulations in the absence of a new Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED).  This was about to commence on 29th January 2014...

27 Jan

And what if something does go wrong?, by George Camilleri

Accidents happen. Just look at the recent Fukushima nuclear disaster or the Jolly Nero cargo ship that ploughed inexplicably into the Genoa port control tower, or the 9/11 world trade centre terrorist attack or even the infamous Chernobyl meltdown. The new gas-fired Delimara Power Station looks more and more like a rushed job aimed to fulfill an electoral promise. This is...

17 Jan

Din l-Art Helwa calls on the Parliamentary Committee for Environment and Development Planning to review the hasty revision of plans and policies

Press Release – 17 January 2014 Din l-Art Helwa has written to the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Development Planning, stating that it objects most strongly to the government’s ongoing initiative to hastily revise and introduce a series of important plans and policies before the new Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED) is concluded, and without having carried out the...

27 Dec

Where is Fred Flintstone, by George Camilleri

Fred Flintstone shrugs on his animal skin coat, grabs some breakfast, pecks Wilma on the cheek and picking up his spear trots off to kill supper. In the evening, Fred drags supper back to the cave for Wilma to cook up. Back then, that was the only way he could feed his family since agriculture hadn’t been invented yet, so...

10 Dec

Din l-Art Helwa – Letter to Prime Minister following rally

Following the environment rally held in Valletta on 7th December 2013, Din l-Art Helwa has written to the Prime Minister outlining recommendations made by Din l-Art Helwa about the proposals from government on land use, building heights and other new policies and plans. During the rally, among other concerns, the government was requested to put on...