Comino deckchairs: minister issues third extension without tender
Aqra bil-Malti Despite promising to take action, Tourism Minister
The Shift Team
April 17, 2024 16:50
Comino deckchairs out again as minister’s plan remains shelved
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. As another summer approaches, three
The Shift Team
April 4, 2024 19:03
Government ‘shamefully silent’ on Comino overcommercialisation  – NGOs
Eight environmental NGOs have reiterated calls for the de-commercialisation
Sean Montebello
September 15, 2023 14:22
Government collecting Comino kiosk waste instead of private contractors
Waste generated by kiosks and food trucks at Blue
Sean Montebello
September 2, 2023 17:40
Comino concessions ‘commercially sensitive’ and cannot be made public
It is a strange situation when what is arguably
The Shift Team
July 10, 2023 17:55
‘Public will be forced to intervene’ as deckchairs placed on Comino garigue
The lack of enforcement against newly placed deckchairs on
Sean Montebello
June 22, 2023 11:15
Ministerial U-turn gives Blue Lagoon deckchair exploiters another summer
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo has made a massive U-turn
The Shift Team
April 27, 2023 12:32
A Six Senses Comino hotel will ‘put the area out of reach to all but the wealthy’
A group of seven NGOs this morning staged a
The Shift Team
April 22, 2023 13:43
Infrastructure Malta gives Labour Party official four direct orders in six months
Malta’s public roads agency awarded four direct orders costing
The Shift Team
April 18, 2023 17:15
NGOs demand a halt to Comino ‘commercial rape’ development plans
Seven NGOs called for a halt of Hili Group’s
Sean Montebello
March 11, 2023 13:58
A record: public files 13,500 objections against ‘Comino village’ development
The Planning Authority is currently processing over 13,500 objections
The Shift Team
January 27, 2023 13:11
Thousands of objections to Comino proposal despite Hili’s PR offensive
The submission of objections to the development of Comino
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 19, 2023 09:25
Public urged to raise objections to ‘monstrous Comino village’ development
Environmental organisations are calling on the public to oppose
The Shift Team
January 12, 2023 10:36
The destruction of the environment is unconstitutional
The public’s reaction to the government’s launch of a
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 13, 2022 17:14
‘The battle will continue’: public joins Moviment Graffitti to continue fight for Blue Lagoon
Two months after their initial action to occupy the
Joanna Demarco
August 13, 2022 11:08
PA at a loss on Comino illegalities, Gozo ministry applies for better access to illegal kiosks
The Planning Authority is refusing to explain why it
The Shift Team
August 8, 2022 15:34
Holidays in hell
I’ll always remember my first visit to Comino. Don’t
Ryan Murdock
July 29, 2022 11:12
PA finally issues enforcement notice… against only one of the illegal Comino kiosks
Updated to include comment from Sandro Ciliberti After years
The Shift Team
July 25, 2022 13:04
The ‘idiots’
“Every ten years or so, some idiot brings up
Jacques René Zammit
July 20, 2022 10:13
Light years
The images acquired by NASA’s new James Webb Space
Jacques René Zammit
July 13, 2022 11:13
Tailspin – Kevin Cassar
Time flies when we’re having fun. The gap between
Kevin Cassar
July 7, 2022 10:54
‘Holistic plan’ for Comino still in the works, six years after management plan was published
Carrying capacity studies for Comino, meant to determine whether
The Shift Team
June 28, 2022 17:30
When the government says a balance has been struck, you may be sure someone has lost out
Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday that ‘a
Noel Grima
June 24, 2022 09:30
Conflicts of interest 101: crucial lessons for Malta’s oblivious politicians
The denials from Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo and Gozo
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 21, 2022 10:51
One of Blue Lagoon’s deckchair operators was Gozo minister’s canvasser
Mark Cutajar, one of two licensed deckchair operators at
Julian Delia
June 20, 2022 07:41
Tourism minister’s father, uncles, own water sports, ferry business with interests in Comino
The father and uncles of Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo,
Joanna Demarco
Julian Delia
June 17, 2022 07:58
The two deckchair operators at Blue Lagoon: Joseph Portelli’s associate and the brother of a Labour MEP
The associate of construction tycoon Joseph Portelli, Daniel Refalo,
The Shift Team
June 14, 2022 14:47
Activists take back Comino’s Blue Lagoon, remove all deckchairs from beach
Moviment Graffitti activists cleared out deckchairs and umbrellas from
Julian Delia
June 11, 2022 09:23
The scourge of twisted logic
A photo of what Xlendi will look like when
Blanche Gatt
November 6, 2021 08:00
Farewell to Comino
Malta’s last precious outpost of sanity has fallen to
Blanche Gatt
September 23, 2021 08:45

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