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Malta’s largest sandy beach, Ghadira Bay, is set to get a €2 million facelift. Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo and Infrastructure minister Ian Borg announced the regeneration project for the popular bay on Friday. With works expected to start in October, the project will see the reconstruction of pedestrian areas at the shorefront, and the installation of new lights, CCTV systems, fountains and public convenience facilities as well as free wifi. Render. Photo: Jonathan Borg “We have to c...

The government will keep listening to Marsa residents over the transfer of the Ricasoli oil tank cleaning facility to the town and is in frequent communication

The Tourism Minister would not say how much the government has spent on advertising Malta as a destination to the UK market, after three countries imposed

A park-and-ride facility linked to the Marsa junction project was launched on Thursday, with Transport Minister Ian Borg urging commuters to embrace intermodality to tackle congestion problems. The facility, located close to the Labour Party’s media arm One Productions, comprises of 380 parking spaces with access to a pedestrian bridge, cycle lane and bus stops.  Photo: Jonathan Borg The minister said the area catered for 70 bus routes, making 60 voyages in both directions every hour. It pre...

Ultra-distance swimmer Neil Agius will be attempting to swim from Tunisia to Sicily, charting a 153km course for a feat that has never been achieved in recorded

The Environment and Resources Authority has stopped works to build a jetty at Balluta Bay in St Julian’s due to a breach in the project’s permit. On Saturday, a floating crane spud barge was spotted at Balluta Bay, where workmen were seen placing what looked like a metal beam to form part of the pontoon being built. The projects ERA permit forbids any works involving such barges from taking place between the third week of May and third week of October.  The permit states that “no works t...

Park rangers have had to turn into unofficial bouncers at one of the country’s most popular beaches as throngs of people gather to spend their evenings drinking, socialising... and littering. “The sad reality is that Golden Bay has become the new Paceville,” Majjistral Park Ranger and environmental activist Cami Appelgren observed. Over the past weekends, the Majjistral Park Rangers have collected dozens of garbage bags besides having to assist people in need of first aid after the break-...

Maltese human rights entities have written to the Foreign Affairs Minister expressing solidarity with Palestine and urging Malta to do and say more. Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and airstrikes on Friday following a new barrage of rockets from the Hamas-run enclave, intensifying a conflict that has claimed more than 120 lives. The most intense fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza since 2014 has been accompanied by an unprecedented outbreak of mob violence between Jew...

Valletta’s streets are turning green over the weekend with 80,000 flower pots and plants set up around the capital at the launch of the Valletta Green Festival on Friday. A quarter of the plants will remain in Valletta once the festival is over on Tuesday, with the rest donated to local councils to repot in their localities.  The festival kicked off on Friday as Culture Minister Jose Herrera, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli and Valletta Cultural Agency chair Jason Micallef unveiled a flower dis...

Ivan Barbara, a Maltese man who contracted COVID-19 and died while in India to adopt a baby girl, had asked health authorities for a vaccine before the trip but was rejected, Health Minister Chris Fearne confirmed on Friday. Barbara had gone to authorities asking to be vaccinated ahead of his visit but was told that he could not as he was not in the right cohort and, therefore, ineligible at the time, Fearne said during an interview with Newsbook. The minister emphasised the importance of stick...