Media Articles

Times of Malta, 6th November 2010 The media had an overriding responsibility to use all its power to influence public thought, President Emeritus Ugo Mifsud Bonnici said, as he urged journalists to draw attention to the importance of Malta’s heritage. “We still have a long way to go to achieve national awareness of Malta’s cultural assets and the media can work towards...

Sunday Times of Malta, 7th November 2010 Developers must invest in the environment to safeguard their own future opportunities and sustainable development, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority said yesterday. The authority was reacting to the claim by Malta Developers’ Association president Michael Falzon that “developers are paying for Mepa to collect lizards”. Interviewed during a business breakfast last week, the former minister...

timesofmalta.com, 13 September 2010 The Attorney General has filed an appeal, asking the Criminal Court of Appeal to raise the fine imposed on three men who last month were convicted of having destroyed trees at the Foresta 2000 site in Mellieha. The trees were reportedly vandalised in protest over hunting regulations. The Attorney General said the fine of €1,000 imposed by the court...

Times of Malta, 26 August 2010, by David Schembri The punishment meted out to the three hunters who admitted to vandalising 104 trees at the Foresta 2000 woodland in Mellieħa is not enough, park warden Ray Vella insists. The three hunters – Darren Cross, 24, from Birkirkara, Noel Grech, 24, and Charlot Chetcuti, 20, both from Mosta – on Tuesday pleaded guilty...

The Norwegian coastguard captured this footage of the Prolific discarding up to 80% of its catch of endangered fish in British waters exploiting a loophole in EU law http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/aug/12/fish.trawler.prolific ...

Times of Malta, 24 April 2010 Malta is becoming “an international and EU embarrassment” and the government and the opposition should work together to address the spring hunting issue, seven environmental organisations insist. In a joint statement, the organisations expressed concern at the issues related to the opening of spring hunting. The government and the opposition should work together and “stop trying to...

Sunday Times of Malta, 11 April 2010, by Juan Ameen – The scheduling process to protect historic buildings should be streamlined under one authority and the government should allocate more resources for enforcement, according to a heritage organisation. Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna chief executive Mario Farrugia has called for one scheduling list bringing together the process carried out by the Malta Environment and...

Times of Malta, 9th April 2010 The planning authority was not willing to allow any illegalities, its chairman, Austin Walker, warned yesterday before the board started to consider 17 applications for the sanctioning of extensions to boathouses built without a permit in Dwejra. In fact, one after the other, 13 of the applications were turned down and four were put off, much...

Times of Malta, 9th April 2010 Oil services company Medserv has announced a record pre-tax profit of €3.1 million in 2009 (2008: €975,421) , despite the difficult international economic scenario. “Despite the depressed economic environment for the reporting period the Group managed to achieve record results. The Malta subsidiary was successful in attracting to the island the servicing of rigs and other...