Media Articles

As part of its role to stimulate a wide-ranging public debate on matters of importance, The Today Public Policy Institute will be making a presentation on ‘Climate Change: The Global Challenge and an Action Plan for Malta’, to be held on Thursday 22nd May at 18.00 hrs at the Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise, Exchange Building, Republic Street, Valletta. The...

The Malta Independent, 12th May 2008 – Heritage Malta is organising a Certificate Course in Caring for Historic Houses, intended primarily for homeowners, professionals and crafts persons and others involved in the caring of houses of character and historic houses in Malta. The course will help participants appreciate better the urban development of old towns and villages and the architectural development...

Times of Malta, 12th May 2008 by Salvino Busuttil Last year, the Pastoral Institute held a series of dialogue meetings on the Church and society, open to the public. A considerable audience from all walks of life engaged in a lively debate with a panel of speakers that included academics and politicians. Building on the success of that venture, the institute,...

Times of Malta, 12th May 2008, by Waylon Johnston – Casino Notabile is in imminent danger of collapse and one bad storm could sound its death knell, Rabat mayor Sandro Craus warned yesterday. The façade of the 19th century building is propped up by long wooden planks in a bid to hold up a substantial part of the structure and stop...

Times of Malta, 10th May 2008, by Justin Camilleri – ‘Unless we choose to design our future, something or somebody else will design it for us’. Forget the long-standing controversy about the old Opera House site in Valletta and instead consider one solution being offered. Here is a proposal that does not strive to be an architectural bravado but rather aims at...

Times of Malta, 18th April 2008, by Fiona Galea Debono – Archaeological investigations around the Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra megalithic temples have been completed, paving the way for works on the protective shelters and visitors’ centre to start imminently, Reuben Grima, Heritage Malta’s senior curator, prehistoric sites, said. “Construction work can proceed apace, within days and weeks – not months,” he...

Times of Malta, 3rd May 2008 – Sustainable development shall be the main thrust of the government’s action in the coming years, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday. Speaking at the Valletta Waterfront during the inauguration of the new offices of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (Rempec), Dr Gonzi noted that over the past years...

The Malta Independent, 7th May 2008, by Victor J. Rizzo – Perching on a sheer cliff above Gebel Mistra between the bays of San Blas and Dahlet Qorrot in Nadur, ta’ Sopu tower is also known as La Torre Nuova or it-Torri Gdid ta’ Rdum il-Kbir. Other names attributed to this famous tower are Torri ta’ San Blas and La...

Times of Malta, 25th April 2008, by Mark Micallef- Mepa’s audit officer, Joe Falzon, says his office is swamped by complaints and he is finding it difficult to cope. “At the moment, frankly, I am swamped. After the Mistra case, particularly, and the media exposure it was given, I was inundated with complaints and I’m not coping,” he said. After his investigating...