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
Court revokes permits for Joseph Portelli flats, already built and sold
The Planning Authority is in a new fix on
The Shift Team
March 22, 2024 07:04
PA finally acts on Portelli trucks dumping waste in Mgarr ix-Xini
A part of Mgarr Ix-Xini valley in Gozo, is
The Shift Team
January 19, 2024 08:21
INDIS confirms inaction on SME park taken over by Joseph Portelli
Economy Minister Silvio Schembri has confirmed that an industrial
The Shift Team
November 16, 2023 17:03
Government agency ignoring rampant abuse at Gozo SME park
Instead of taking action over the misuse of public
The Shift Team
October 19, 2023 18:38
Gozo SME Park turned into storage facility for Joseph Portelli
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti Some 12 tumolo of public
The Shift Team
October 6, 2023 07:30
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
Cost of Msida primary school doubles as Joseph Portelli gets €10m contract
The estimated budget to build a new government primary
The Shift Team
July 6, 2023 08:00
‘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
Victoria-Marsalforn road project to go ahead despite ‘environmental massacre’
Around 300 mature indigenous trees and the size of
The Shift Team
June 8, 2023 09:00
Malta slips Msida school project into post-Covid funding despite warnings
Malta has slipped the new €7 million price tag
The Shift Team
June 2, 2023 13:09
No permit for illegal Mellieha hotel, PA in a quandary over two illegal storeys
The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) will not be issuing
The Shift Team
June 1, 2023 10:41
Solution found for Msida primary school debacle: a Joseph Portelli direct order
The government has found a solution to the long-running
The Shift Team
May 31, 2023 10:25
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
Portelli and clan served with stop notice hours after BCA chair’s resignation
The Gozitan rogue developers’ clan headed by construction magnate
The Shift Team
February 22, 2023 14:35
Portelli hid behind ic-Caqnu as latest construction debacle unravelled
Gozitan construction magnate Joseph Portelli hid behind Polidano Brothers
The Shift Team
February 15, 2023 14:52
Gozo’s picturesque ta’ Żejta valley to be dwarfed by Joseph Portelli company’s five-storey block
Residents from the areas near ta’ Żejta valley in
Julian Delia
August 9, 2022 17:29
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
‘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
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
Third of Construction Authority Chair’s permit applications linked to Joseph Portelli or associates
One-third of all the planning applications filed by the
The Shift Team
May 2, 2022 10:31
Magistrate Joe Mifsud’s ruling on Cittadella ditch damages thrown out
A blunder by Magistrate Joe Mifsud will lead to
The Shift Team
February 21, 2022 15:35
Joseph Portelli asks Planning Authority to sanction illegal excavation works in Qala
In the latest twist in a long-running saga, Gozitan
Julian Delia
November 17, 2021 17:04
The destruction of Gozo
The stakes are being driven for the wholesale pillaging
Ryan Murdock
April 30, 2021 07:03
Major public project supplied through illegal batching plant
Millions in taxes are being paid for hundreds of
April 23, 2021 12:38
REVEALED: Joseph Portelli’s project for 125 flats near international Important Bird Area in Gozo
The granting of a permit to Joseph Portelli’s partner
Victor Paul Borg
April 3, 2021 09:47
Gozo Grab #6: Medieval foundation’s first land acquisition to turn into 150 Qala flats
A permit for 63 flats in Qala is expected
Victor Paul Borg
February 14, 2021 17:56

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