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Xaghra Plague Hospital and Cemetery – Wirt Ghawdex

Published on 21 Mar, 2010 at 16:12 in Gozo News, Letters and Opinions | No Comments
Xaghra Plague Hospital and Cemetery - Wirt Ghawdex

Wirt Ghawdex would like to draw the attention of the authorities to a forgotten historic site at Xaghra, Gozo, which although not in a severe dilapidated state, is unfortunately neglected and currently used for the rearing of farm animals. This site, consisting of a hospital and an adjacent cemetery, is a landmark site for Gozo, because [...]... Read more

Agrotourism Gozo Style – Desmond Zammit Marmara

Published on 21 Mar, 2010 at 0:00 in Gozo News, Letters and Opinions | 2 Comments
Agrotourism Gozo Style - Desmond Zammit Marmara

Today, everybody recognises the crucial need for a small country like ours to exploit to the maximum its very limited resources. Agricultural land is a declining resource in the Maltese Islands and work in agriculture is a calling that is being shunned by many of the younger generation so that today, the vast majority of [...]... Read more

A Dome on Gozo’s Cathedral – A Readers Opinion

Published on 12 Mar, 2010 at 12:48 in Letters and Opinions | 1 Comment
A Dome on Gozo’s Cathedral - A Readers Opinion

While walking the back lanes of Gozo, my wife and I have become accustomed to orienting ourselves with reference to the domes and towers of the parish churches. We no longer rely on a map to tell us where we are – each church has a distinct architectural presence on the landscape. The dome in Gharb [...]... Read more

Re-instating limited finch capturing – FKNK

Published on 6 Mar, 2010 at 15:36 in Letters and Opinions | No Comments
Re-instating limited finch capturing - FKNK

The autumn of 2009 will go down in history as the first autumn, since time immemorial, that the Maltese trapper was not permitted to pursue the traditional socio-cultural passion of finch- capturing. The Federation for Hunting and Conservation – Malta (FKNK) subsequently carried out a survey amongst its 4,000-odd licensed member-trappers. The survey was extended to [...]... Read more

NGOs to rally for enforcement of environmental laws

Published on 4 Mar, 2010 at 8:49 in Letters and Opinions | 3 Comments
NGOs to rally for enforcement of environmental laws

Eight environment Groups are calling on the public to join a National Rally in Valletta on Saturday, the 13th of March, to raise the issue of ongoing environmental abuse and lack of law enforcement. The rally in Valletta will call on the government to effectively enforce existing laws and put an end to ongoing environmental abuse. [...]... Read more

OPM hides behind Ornis to open spring hunting season – Birdlife Malta

Published on 3 Mar, 2010 at 23:04 in Letters and Opinions | No Comments
OPM hides behind Ornis to open spring hunting season - Birdlife Malta

During what BirdLife Malta describes as a farcical meeting, the Ornis Chairman pushed the Committee members to take a series of votes on another spring hunting and trapping season based on FKNK and MEPA’s proposals. To BirdLife’s amazement, MEPA produced a proposal for a derogation which was not circulated but verbally communicated during the meeting. After [...]... Read more

Keep the GM potato out of our soup – MOAM

Published on 2 Mar, 2010 at 22:17 in Letters and Opinions | No Comments
Keep the GM potato out of our soup - MOAM

The Malta Organic Agriculture Movement (MOAM) notes with concern that the EU Commission has authorised today the commercial cultivation of the GM potato Amflora (owned by BASF) for the European Union. Notwithstanding protests from the civil society, the new Barroso Commission has therewith approved the first GM plant for cultivation since 1998! “This new potato will spell [...]... Read more

Pope Benedict’s visit to Malta – Readers Letter

Published on 28 Feb, 2010 at 17:17 in Letters and Opinions | 5 Comments
Pope Benedict's visit to Malta - Readers Letter

Pope Benedict’s visit to Malta has been met by all Gozitans as a sharp contrast with that of St Paul. Even St Paul spent so many days on the island of Malta but missed an opportunity to visit the sister island. It’s so true to say that history repeats itself. All the Gozitans wish His Holiness [...]... Read more

FAA condemns attack on Astrid Vella by Stephen Calleja

Published on 26 Feb, 2010 at 0:00 in Letters and Opinions | 2 Comments
FAA condemns attack on Astrid Vella by Stephen Calleja

Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) condemns in the strongest terms the malicious attack on one of its founder members by Stephen Calleja, as published in The Malta Independent February 21, 2010. The allegation made by Stephen Calleja is that Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar coordinator Astrid Vella, should be automatically excluded from sitting on the reformed Malta [...]... Read more

EP pressing ahead with changes to take in new MEPs

Published on 25 Feb, 2010 at 0:00 in Letters and Opinions | No Comments
EP pressing ahead with changes to take in new MEPs

“Mr. Joseph Cuschieri’s recent expression of frustration regarding his inability to take up his seat in the European Parliament after being democratically elected in the June 2009 European Elections is entirely understandable.” – Julian Vassallo, Head of the European Parliament Office in Malta. Following Mr Cuschieri’s recent statements in the press, the EP Office would like [...]... Read more

MHRA appeals to government to reconsider utility tariffs

Published on 23 Feb, 2010 at 0:00 in Letters and Opinions | No Comments
MHRA appeals to government to reconsider utility tariffs

The MHRA is once again appealing to Government to reconsider reviewing the utility tariffs in view of the upcoming parliamentary debate on the subject. The staggering increase in the utility tariffs has come at a time when tourism is at its weakest point ever. 2009 was one of the worst years and the tourism industry [...]... Read more

Sustainable hunting & trapping in spring under derogation – FKNK

Published on 21 Feb, 2010 at 16:58 in Letters and Opinions | No Comments
Sustainable hunting & trapping in spring under derogation - FKNK

After the 4th of March, the Prime Minister should announce the application of a derogation from the EU Directive known as the “Birds,” by means of which sustainable hunting and trapping of turtle doves and quails will be permitted this April and May. This follows the hard work, including several meetings with different entities both locally [...]... Read more

An Airstrip for Gozo? – The Gozo Business Chamber

Published on 19 Feb, 2010 at 9:57 in Gozo News, Letters and Opinions | 4 Comments
An Airstrip for Gozo? - The Gozo Business Chamber

Should Gozo have an airstrip? This question was brought up, once again, by the Hon. Dr. Mario De Marco, Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, the Environment and Culture, during a recent conference on "Innovation in Island Tourism" organised by the GRTU. The business community in Gozo as well as representatives from other walks of life, have [...]... Read more

MHRA calls for proper legislation for security personnel

Published on 19 Feb, 2010 at 0:00 in Letters and Opinions | No Comments
MHRA calls for proper legislation for security personnel

MHRA is most concerned regarding the recent serious incident in Paceville involving security personnel and two Italian tourists. Unfortunately this is not the first such incident experienced in Paceville. It is obvious that this type of incidents have not been addressed soon enough despite concerns expressed by the authorities following similar incidents last year which [...]... Read more

An airstrip is a non-starter for tourism – Readers Letter

Published on 15 Feb, 2010 at 0:00 in Letters and Opinions | 3 Comments
An airstrip is a non-starter for tourism - Readers Letter

Once again the supporters of an airstrip on the island of Gozo are screaming at the Government to back such a project. People like Rod Abela, secretary of the Aero Club Malta for example. Once again according to Rod the entire future of Gozo lies in the further destruction of land in order to build [...]... Read more

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