Maltese and Gozitan beaches get their Blue Flag for COVID compliance
11 beaches in Malta and Gozo have been awarded the Blue Flag
12 May 2021, 3:33pm
by MaltaToday Staff
11 beaches in Malta and Gozo have been awarded the Blue Flag ecolabel by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) International Blue Flag Jury in Copenhagen.
The International Jury took into consideration the COVID pandemic and the restrictions on many of the Blue Flag beaches across the world last year. In some specific countries the Blue Flag granted dispensation cases aligned with the non-compliances due to the pandemic.
Malta and Gozo followed these restriction in a good manner keeping in mind the safety of beach users in mind. This was to be commended, the jury said.
A total of 729 items, including computer equipment, a megaphone, a kettle and donation envelopes, were reported stolen from public schools over the past eight years.
Answering a parliamentary question by Opposition MP Karol Aquilina, Home Affairs Byron Camilleri said the total value of the stolen goods adds up to €106,376.
Some 14 thefts from public schools have been reported so far this year.
There were 43 thefts last year, while another 186 were reported in 2018.
Msida holds the record for the most reported thefts, with 307 thefts. Of these, 144 were reported by the University of Malta reported a total of 144 thefts in the past eight years.
Not only are we seen to willingly obliterate our own cultural heritage at every opportunity, but we also enact laws to permit and even encourage its continued demolition in the future
The Stonehenge of Malta is under threat – visit this summer, before it is ruined forever
With the ancient Ġgantija Temples under threat from development, Malta should be top of your post-pandemic wish list
The Ġgantija Temples are under threat
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The Ġgantija Temples, the oldest architectural stone buildings in the world, older even than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, will soon be overlooked by a five-storey apartment block, if a current proposal is allowed to proceed.
Long believed to have been built by a race of giants, so massive are the limestone blocks from which the temples are constructed, Ġgantija is a unique prehistoric site standing high on a plateau surrounded by fertile valleys, on the gorgeous rural island of Gozo.
Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter, the Octave of Easter, which this year is April 11.
The feast day is observed by Roman Catholics as well as some Anglicans.
It is originally based on the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy that Sister Faustina Kowalska reported as part of her encounter with Jesus, and is associated with special promises from Jesus and indulgences issued by the Catholic Church.
The solemnity of Divine Mercy was formally established by Pope John Paul II with the approval from three Vatican Congregations – the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for Divine Worship, and the Congregation for the Cause of Saints.