The Malta Independent 18 August 2019, Sunday

Marsaxlokk sandy bay: ‘Minor’ works could be carried out before planning permit approval - ministry

The Ministry for Tourism has confirmed that sand replenishment at Għar l-Aħmar in Marsaxlokk was carried out before a planning permit for the entire project had been issued, but insists that...

latest comment from ale044, 18/08/2019 16:33: Well done. This way holidaymakers could enjoy it at the peak of summer. I hope that an exercise is also being carried out to e to study wave dynamics and monitor sand movement so next year a permanent sandy beach can become established.
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Blue Lagoon: The reality behind the idyllic Instagram photos

Swarms of tourists are drawn to Comino’s Blue Lagoon each year, allured by countless photos of a bay with the clearest of turquoise waters, white sands and open spaces. Once they get there,...

latest comment from j esposito Senior, 18/08/2019 15:10: With such summers everybody is out to enjoy the sea and the beaches. It is like this also in Malta and especially in Gozo. The island is just too small.
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Gżira Local Council appeals application to move Manoel Island fuel station to public park

The Gżira Local Council has appealed an application that would see the fuel station located next to the Manoel Island bridge moved further up the road, taking up part of the public...

latest comment from Mick Jackson, 18/08/2019 16:10: Well done Mr Mayor, having a fuel station there is absolutely crazy, I'm sure if you check hard enough it's breaking loads of H&S rules and environmental rules, close it down and do everyone a favour. Good luck.
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Animal welfare: 5,000 cases, 2,000 patients, 710 animals adopted, 20 criminal cases… in 1 year

The Animal Welfare Department receives about 5,000 calls per year, its director Noel Montebello has told The Malta Independent on Sunday, while 2,000 animal patients are admitted for care and another...

latest comment from Inigo Fletcher, 18/08/2019 14:44: Doesn't the mass slaughter of birds count as animal cruelty? What does the hunter-parliamentary secretary for animal welfare (an oxymoron if there ever was one) think? Nothing is as it seems in this country of lies, deception and corruption. Politicians have ruined the country and our lives for ever.
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‘Sadness and frustration’ after post-vigil Great Siege Square vandalism

Repubblika yesterday expressed its "renewed sadness and frustration" over the publication of photographs of private individuals who on Friday night vandalised mementos left by protesters in Great...

latest comment from AMCC, 18/08/2019 12:11: This is what happens when you have a Labour Brigade at the top manipulating the minds of its citizens through false propaganda. Not even the memory of most despicable psycho-sociopath is treated this way. This vandalism shows exactly how deep this country has sunk under Dr Muscat's regime. Bar a handful of citizens, this country is sunk in corruption. Muscat's titanic (or was it invictus?) has sunk deep down in an ocean bed of corruption - abandoned and intractable. We need strong and determined salvage workers so that our children can have a future.
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Sculptor, ceramist Ganni Bonnici passes away, aged 86

Ganni Bonnici, sculptor, ceramist and medallist passed away earlier today, eighteen days short of his eighty-seventh birthday, his family said. Ganni Bonnici was a leading figure among Maltese...

latest comment from Phil Zammit, 18/08/2019 04:45: Here's a rare Maltese treasure who's work and skill left his country better than when he was born in it. The opposite of 99% of politicians hogging the daily headlines!
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More than 53% increase in new applications received by Institute of Tourism Studies

The Institute of Tourism Studies has announced that it had an increase of 53% applications for full-time programmes over last year’s new students’ intake. The programmes with the...

latest comment from C Xerri, 17/08/2019 12:42: That's good news... perhaps this will help that in the near future we will be served again by people who understand English and Maltese and not by some waiters, etc, who can hardly understand any of these two languages.
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8,487 signatures on petition to save Manoel Island, Gzira group says

A petition signed by 916 citizens was presented to the Speaker of the House of Parliament by MP Anglu Farrugia. The petition is added to the over 7,500 signatures made in an online petition. The...

latest comment from Gordon McRae, 18/08/2019 00:57: In the event of the petitioners being unsuccessful in stopping the developments on the island, would it not be slightly more environmentally friendly to have the excavated materials transported away from the site by sea-going barges? These could then be taken local to whatever disposal site is to be used and then transported a shorter distance by road to that point. Hopefully however the petitioners will be successful in stopping the further erosion of your heritage.
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