Replying to a report in The Times on the 16th of August 2008, the Leone Philharmonic Society hereby objects and condemns the way this report was drafted and communicated to the public and wants to avail itself of the right of reply granted to it under article 21 of the Press Act. This report erroneously implies that our Society or any of our supporters were in any way involved with what actually happened at St. George's Church in Victoria, on the eve and feast-day of Santa Marija. The Society was not and does not want to be involved with what actually happened at St George's Church or the involvement of La Stella Band Club. The real sequence of events which took place within the precincts of St George's Church is something ... Read more...

Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) congratulates environmentalists Ing. Marco Cremona and Dr. Alan Deidun for making it to the finals for the prestigious Junior Chamber International (JCI) 2008 Outstanding Young Person of the Year award. The Junior Chamber International (JCI) organises the Outstanding Young Person of the Year award to recognise formally young people who excel in their chosen fields to exemplify the capabilities and talents of the world's young people. An international jury selected the 30 finalists out of hundreds of nominations from JCI members in over 100 countries. The winners will be announced in November. Along with Dr. Kjelda Mulaj, who works at the University of Malta in international relations Marco Cremona and Alan Deidun are the first Maltese citizens ... Read more...

The Malta Labour Party has expressed its concern that none of Gozo's beaches currently have a blue flag status. To achieve blue flag status, the water quality has to come up to standard and must also be sampled and tested every 17 days. The MLP said that whilst the government claims to believe in Eco-Gozo, and preaches sustainable tourism, it is clear that the government is not practicing what it preaches, since no Gozitan beach is managed according to this international criteria. Anton Refalo, MLP spokesperson for Gozo, urged the government to have a more comprehensive and integrated plan regarding the protection and reinforcement of the environment in Gozo. He stressed the need for the government to set up a plan of action, as the effect of the ... Read more...

Alternattiva Demokratika has urged the Malta Communication Authority (MCA) to strengthen the regulation of internet provision of in Malta. Recent events have shown how fragile the current provision of internet in Malta can be. There are for the moment only two cables connecting the local internet to the European backbone, each of them owned by a private company. Regulations should be in place for extraordinary events: each cable operator has to be allowed to use appropriate bandwidth from its competitor when technical faults occur in their cable connectivity. Henrik Piski, IT spokesperson of Alternattiva Demokratika, said, "During the internet cable connectivity interruption which happened to GO ten days ago, the public realized that there was no real fallback procedure in place. GO users were not able to ... Read more...