Times of Malta 13 May 2010 Din l-Art Ħelwa is pleased to hear that the EU is proposing new measures to protect diminishing stocks of swordfish. According to regulations issued by ICCAT (2007/01) it is prohibited to fish for swordfish between...
Sunday Times of Malta, 25 April 2010 The vote on the proposal to ban international trade in the Atlantic bluefin tuna was soundly defeated last month at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting. Originally tabled by...
Sunday Times of Malta, 5 April 2010 Letter to the Editor by Martin Galea Claire Bonello (The Sunday Times, March 21) claims that last year, when I was president of Din l-Art Ħelwa, I was taken on a trip to Paris, and...
Times of Malta, 18 March 2010 Ever since its inception 45 years ago, Din l-Art Ħelwa’s paramount concern for the re-building of the so-called opera house site focused on the architectural heritage and aesthetic aspects of whatever has been proposed. It...
Times of Malta, 10 March 2010 The entrance to Valletta is unworthy of a World Heritage city. The debate about plans for this site has raged for over 60 years and it is highly unlikely that consensus will ever be reached....
Times of Malta, 25 February 2010 Everyone is promoting the idea of sustainable development, but how are we going to get there? For a start, the phrase “sustainable development” is hard to pin down. It is broad and open to interpretation....
Times of Malta 25 January 2010 In his article Mepa Bill: Parliament Take Note! (January 19), Robert Musumeci argues that consistency in planning requires “a system of sentencing policy made available to the new decision bodies so that such decision-makers will...
Times of Malta, 21 January 2010 As has happened before, history is about to repeat itself. Back in 1992, the thriving cod fishing industry in Newfoundland, Canada came to a sudden and full stop when, at the start of the fishing...
12 January 2010, Times of Malta Growing numbers of people are conscious of the attractions of the heritage that surrounds us and the positive value it adds to our living environment. This was evident recently in the spontaneous public outcry against...