Tal-Papa
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) strongly objects to the inclusion of the Tal-Papa farm in the Birzebbugia development scheme as this is a prime site of great agricultural and heritage value. An FAA spokesperson said that the farm is a unique...
Residents come first
The environment group Flimkien għall-Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomes MEPA’s decision to instruct the developers of Fort Cambridge project (ex-Holiday Inn, Sliema) to prepare an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA). FAA spokesperson Astrid Vella...
A great victory for civil society
Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) welcomes the revocation of a permit for the construction of 23 villas with pools overlooking beautiful Ramla l-Hamra Bay in Gozo. The legal searches carried out by the objector architect had revealed that the land...
Need for Heritage Fund
The Times on Monday 24 th September reported Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino’s announcement that the Wooden Balconies Subsidy Scheme is being extended to all localities and that it will be available without means testing,...
Landscape and Natural Water Reserves at Risk
With reference to the letter by Ms. Sylvana Debono, MEPA PRO, re. the Buqana petrol station (Times 17 th September), Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) appreciates that petrol stations should be moved out of residential areas but relocation to areas...
Petrol Station threat to aquifer.
Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) registers its concern at MEPA’s decision to approve a permit to set up a petrol station with canopy, car-wash, garage and shop at Buqana, in the beautiful valley beneath Rabat, on the road between Mdina and Ta’...
Flying high
Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) is pleased to note that the seaplane link to Gozo is running smoothly and providing Gozo with a much-needed air link. The authorities’ good sense in permitting this form of transport, new for Malta, is paying off...
Otter provides link, saves land
With the Otter seaplane becoming a familiar sight in Malta’s skies, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) is pleased to note that the seaplane link to Gozo is running smoothly and providing Gozo with a much-needed air link. The authorities’ good...
Building on Malta’s Heritage.
The Dock No 1 project to convert the Knights’ and British-period buildings ton accommodate apartments, shops and restaurants, is a unique opportunity to rehabilitate the depressed inner harbour area through a development project that includes both...
FAA Vindicad in its call for article 39A
The environment group Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar notes that the Save Ramla Committee has submitted proof to MEPA that the Outline Permit for the Ramla villas project was based on “false, misleading or incorrect” information supplied by the...