George Camilleri

Times of Malta 13 August 2008, by Fiona Galea Debono – The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation’s application to increase its museum space by constructing a three-storey building in the courtyard on Merchants Street is not its favoured option. Those plans are merely a possible alternative to excavation, prepared on the recommendations of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority, the foundation told The...

Times of Malta, 12 August 2008, by Fiona Galea Debono – Anyone visiting Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra Temples may be taken aback by the construction works under way and the steel structure protruding from the car park. But the centre, which is taking shape, is the fruit of finely tuned and tweaked plans that hit the drawing board five years ago...

Times of Malta, 12 August 2008, by Lisa Gwen Baldacchino – Excavation works in Mdina have exposed part of a semi-circular mediaeval tower which was buried by the Order of the Knights of St John who reigned over the island between 1530 and 1798. The tower, dating to between the 14th and 15th centuries, lies directly beneath the Xara Palace and Council...

Times of Malta, 12 August 2008, by Cynthia Busuttil – A new committee appointed to address rehabilitation projects in Valletta is preparing a masterplan which aims to standardise the streets and pavements in the capital city. Resources Minister George Pullicino also stressed the importance of ensuring that the capital’s streets and pavements are rendered safe for pedestrians. Valletta’s pavements have long been criticised...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 10 August 2008 – Editorial It is still rather premature to speak at this point about the proposal for a visitors’ interpretation centre at St John’s in the midst of so much clamour, and when the concrete proposals themselves have not yet been made public. This is not how things are done. It is understandable that when...

Maltatoday, Sunday 10 August 2008, by James Debono –   MEPA has to take decisions on nine high-rise applications when its own planning policy on tall buildings hasn’t been approved yet Nine new high-rise buildings are set to tower above the skyline in various parts of the island, ranging from the 11-storey boomerang structure on the former Mistra village site, to the 32-storey...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 3rd August 2008 – The proposed extension of the museum of St John’s Co-Cathedral is specifically intended to safeguard and protect the fabric and treasures of the Co-Cathedral and, above all, to preserve and safeguard the Co-Cathedral itself, the St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation has stated. In a statement, the...

Malta Independent on Sunday, 3rd August 2008 – Valletta’s two main squares – Palace Square, otherwise known as St George’s Square, and St John’s Square – will be in a shambles for most of next year due to huge projects, which, if current applications to Mepa are approved, will be embarked on. All through the past week, including yesterday, attention was focused...

Sunday Times of Malta, 3rd August 2008 – The primary aim of the proposed extension of the St John’s Co-Cathedral museum is to safeguard the popular Valletta tourist attraction and its treasures, according to the church’s foundation. In a detailed statement the foundation said the project, which has attracted controversy, will significantly ease visitor congestion inside St John’s and help conserve...