Just finished my talk in the Sicilian town of ScicliSpeaking about the Maltese connections of the 14th century hermit, the Beato Guglielmo of Scicli. ... See MoreSee Less


Encouraging people to get cars off the roadTOM reveals that more than 73,000 people own more than one vehicle, with 465 owning over 10.Just imagine if these 73,000 are encouraged to give up one car. 73,000 cars off the road.To do this we have to provide a mass bus transport system that is reliable, efficient, regular, punctual and operates at least 20 hours a day.Add to it a system whereby collective minibus/taxis collect people en route at cheap prices, as proposed by Marco Cremona.But Chris Bonett does not seem to listen.He is too occupied on passing flyovers by people's bedrooms in Msida or sending Marsaskala residents on a tour of half Malta to get to Zabbar. ... See MoreSee Less


Dieter Vink died a year ago. Since then...omerta'A year ago I had written the following, in a post:Dieter Vink is dead. He had smashed into a skip on the St Paul's Bay bypass.The skip was illegally placed on the road for months.Transport Malta says...not my fault.Infrastructure Malta says ...not me.LESA did not do anything about the illegality. Police neither. Who pays for Dieter Vink's death?Then, I wrote again:Noel Vella is Infrastructure Malta’s Head of Implementation of Projects. Jonathan Vella is his brother.According to theshiftnews, JV Infrastructure Ltd, a company in which Noel Vella’s sister-in-law is listed as a shareholder, was given a €350,000 direct order by IM.According to The Times, the illegal skip that killed Dieter Vink belongs to JV Infrastructure.Why did the authorities not act to remove promptly the illegal killer skip?A year has since passed. A year of omerta'. With Dieter Vink's beloved left totally in the dark.Gafà or whoever in authority, what have you done about all this? ... See MoreSee Less

DB now taking our public coast in St. George's Bay ... See MoreSee Less
What we are seeing in Ħaż-Żabbar is a direct consequence of political decisions taken in 2013 and 2017, when policies were introduced allowing hotels and elderly homes to add two additional floors wherever they are located, even next to sensitive urban areas. These decisions opened the door to the excessive construction that is negatively impacting people’s quality of life ... See MoreSee Less
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