Environment

  • Environmental Value

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    Watching Alfred Baldacchino tear the MEPA Zonqor report to shreds was a joy to behold. After years of watching politically appointed incompetents in all spheres of government deliver their business in a manner best described as “quasi-amateur” it was reassuring to see that there are still diligent, competent persons who can contribute to this nation.…

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  • A Chimney Sweep Movement

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    Maltese politicians have no balls. Rather the few balls that might have existed in the political milieu seem to be held firmly in the grasp of the construction industry. As we all know “quis testiculos habet, habeat cardeam et cerebellum” (he who holds the balls, controls the heart and mind). This is no news really.…

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  • Movements and the art of ODZ maintenance

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    Chapman Taylor know something that most of us don’t. Or so it seems. It’s par for the course for Muscat’s government – surprises are sprung, agreements are made without consultation and, of course, electoral promises are broken without losing the beat. Chapman Taylor of Milan jumped the gun by “mistakenly” announcing that they had been…

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  • The Lie of the Movements

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    When Joseph Muscat came up with the idea of backing a Jordanian builder’s plan to try his luck with owning a university, and when Joseph Muscat agreed to place this trial run uni on public ODZ land, he had no idea of the movement that would build up against him. This is the generally accepted storyline as…

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  • Rape, Lies and a Jordanian Constructor’s University

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    Did I say gullible? More extraordinary news today as the Sadeen University (I’m not falling for the American crap) saga continues to unfold.  The story in the Times under the headline “University plan viable only with the use of ODZ land” is particularly intriguing (read the text of the story below). We are told that…

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