Second wife of a few months is entitled to reserved portion after the death of the husband
The law provides that the widow of a divorced husband is entitled to receive her full share of the reserved portion
25 April 2021, 7:34am
by Malcolm Mifsud
The law provides that the widow of a divorced husband is entitled to receive her full share of the reserved portion. This was held in a judgement in the names of Claudette Camilleri -v- Christopher u Sven ahwa Camilleri et, decided on 22 April 2021 by the First Hall of the Civil Court presided over by Madame Justice Joanne Vella Cuschieri.
In the 21st article in a series on 20th century artists who shaped Maltese modernism,
Joseph Agius explores the world of
Caesar Attard.
The art of Caesar Attard (b. 1946) is difficult to define due to its complexity and idiosyncratic evolution. Attard investigates the opposites, the dualities; experimentation is an integral part of his game. His art, conceptual, inquisitive and ephemeral, is very much in touch with the general world around him, be it technological breakthroughs, sociopolitical considerations as well as the introspectively personal.
Caesar Attard
Attard, born in Żejtun just after World War II, is the sixth of seven children. He enjoyed a happy but cocooned childhood amid a genuine Catholic rural upbringing and a parental encouragement to pursue his artistic studies; his parents realised that their young son demonstrated a precocious aptitude at drawing. His brothers all found employment at the dockyard and followed in their father’s footsteps. The young Caes
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A man living next to a Siġġiewi plasterworks factory operating without a permit has claimed dust from the works is killing his 50-year-old trees and causing a skin irritation.
Antoine Borg says he has “had enough” after two years living next to the operation in a disused quarry known as Ta’ Matti & Sons and is “desperate” to be heard by the authorities.
Complaints have also been shared on social media by other residents in the area about the factory, which operates without any air filtering systems in place.
However, the owner of the quarry and the factory’s operator insist they are not doing anything illegal.
Planning Authority sends Naxxar 72-apartment block back to drawing board
Board overrules Planning Directorate’s approval of project and asks developer to present new plans which are more respectful of the townscape
21 January 2021, 12:39pm
by James Debono
The Planning Authority board has sent plans for a five-storey block in Naxxar back to the drawing board after the majority expressed their concern on its impact on Naxxar’s urban conservation area.
The development proposed by Charles Camilleri consisted of a five-storey development of 72 apartments in a 3,141sq.m open field by Naxxar’s Pjazza Celsi, right by the former trade fair grounds and 150m away from the historic Palazzo Parisio.