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On April 17, writing in this newspaper, ERA’s CEO, Michelle Piccinino, regaled us with a plethora of legal actions devised to afford protection to trees,

The short film In-Nani f’Art il-Ġganti is an exceedingly poignant look into the present moment. It invites viewers into a conversation in which two friends “negotiate a space full of webs of power” with the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop. The film’s writer and director, Noah Fabri, speaks to Lara Zammit about the ideas percolating throughout the production.  In-Nani f’Art il-Ġganti is a slow-paced short film revolving around a conversation between two friends who take a walk th...

A group of environmental and civic action NGOs have written to environment minister Aaron Farrugia, calling for the removal of Prof. Victor Axiak from his post as head of the Environment and Resources Authority.  The NGOs accused Axiak  of “repeatedly and unashamedly during the last few years, acted and voted against the environmental wellbeing of this country.”  “Instead of acting as a guardian for our limited environmental resources, and duly guiding ERA to behave as an authority ...

Nearly 200 objections presented against 10m-high bridge proposed by IM

Infrastructure Malta has built more than roads but also a reputation for having a dubious relationship with the rules. Jessica Arena looks at the evidence. When Infrastructure Malta swooped down recently on a quiet residential road in Żebbuġ and started to widen it, the action raised the ire of residents, as well as environmentalists, who held that  the works breached all road policies.  This reaction was hardly a first for the government agency that oversees construction projects.  Since...

When the last field is gone, we will realise that... you cant eat tarmac In the latest case, the threat was caused by a microscopic virus imported from China in 2019. (Cue to obligatory LOTR quote: “Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing…!” Raphael Vassallo 23 February 2021, 7:42am Excavators working on the Central Link Project It seems to have gone largely unnoticed; but a couple of weeks ago, Economy Minister Clyde C...

Updated February 22 with Infrastructure Malta reply Given my predilection to use a private vehicle in a prolific way, I thought of kicking off the column with

If we want ‘faster justice’… we have to invest in it a little, too Simply put: if you want a system – any system – to operate faster and more efficiently… sooner or later, you’re going to have to invest a little money into it, too Raphael Vassallo 16 February 2021, 7:38am ‘Justice delayed is justice denied.’ As idioms go, this one may be just slightly trite and hackneyed… but let’s face it: is also a sentiment with which anyone, who has ever had dealings with the Maltese ...

No social impact assessment yet for Msida flyovers IM spokesperson insists three pedestrian bridges instead of Msida traffic lights will provide pedestrians with the highest level of road safety 28 January 2021, 8:56am by James Debono The Msida Creek project proposed by Infrastructure Malta will see the construction of two massive flyovers to remove the traffic lights junction. A coalition of NGOs wants the plans scrapped to prioritise open space and pedestrians instead A Social Impact Assessm...

His admirers have dubbed him ‘King of the Roads’; his detractors use various other, less flattering epithets.  But Transport and Infrastructure Minister IAN BORG insists that his controversial road projects are necessary for the country to move forward