Għar Lapsi restaurant’s platform remains illegal
The Planning Authority has turned down an application to regularize a 24sq.m timber platform to hold two outdoor tables, on a slipway in the picturesque rocky beach of Għar Lapsi
10 July 2021, 7:46am
by James Debono
The Planning Authority has turned down an application to regularize a 24sq.m timber platform to hold two outdoor tables, on a slipway in the picturesque rocky beach of Għar Lapsi.
The request made by Carmen’s Bar restaurant to regularise the platform was turned down due to its location on a public open space. The restaurant already has an outside catering area immediately next to it which is covered by permits.
When the powers-that-be do not like what they are being told, they either ignore it completely and look the other way or shoot the messenger. It happened pre-2013 and continues to happen now, post-2013.
Look at what had occurred at the now defunct Malta Environment and Planning Authority when the Nationalist Party was in government and compare it with what took place just a few days ago at the Lands Authority. In both instances, those on the receiving end are known to be or, at least, were supporters of the party in power.
Charlene Muscat is a former Labour mayor of Mqabba who used to be a reporter at One TV. Until very recently, she headed the Lands Authority’s internal audit directorate. In her annual audit report, she complained she had not been allowed to attend board meetings, as she is entitled to do, and that documents were being withheld from her.
It’s a mad, mad world
As the late US president Ronald Reagan had said, it is only those who were born that are so in favour of abortion.
Sadly, we never get to hear from all those thousands of babies around the world who are torn apart in the mother’s womb.
We spend money and effort to safeguard the eggs of a sea turtle, yet, then condone the killing of defenceless babies. Unbelievably, they have become a disposable commodity.
What a mad, mad world.
Maria Cassar – Marsalforn
An American pit bull. Photo: Shutterstock.com
A couple of weeks ago, a female family acquaintance was bitten by a pit bull as she called on a foreign couple who were renting her apartment.
Old habits die hard
Carmel Cacopardo
Sunday, 4 July 2021, 09:07
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Malta’s grey-listing by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may have caught some on the wrong foot. The writing, however, has been on the wall for some time. The language of good governance does not have any meaning or significance to those who appreciate values only within the context of the skills required to handle a bank account.
Unfortunately, lurking in shadowy grey areas has been a favourite past-time for some, where they consider themselves as being quite at home.
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According to reports in the media, the Internal Auditor at the Lands Authority, Charlene Muscat, has been side-lined, prevented from carrying out her duties and responsibilities for a number of months. She is now being redeployed elsewhere in the civil service. This follows her critical report on the Lands Authority.
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