Environment minister’s brother-in-law turns fields into sprawling villa
Philip Vella, the brother-in-law of Environment Minister Miriam Dalli
The Shift Team
November 22, 2024 11:14
Manuel Mallia jikseb il-permess biex ikabbar il-villa tiegħu fl-ODZ ta’ Ta’ Ċenċ
Read in English. L-eks Ministru tal-Intern Manuel Mallia għadu
August 26, 2024 09:10
Manuel Mallia gets his ODZ villa extension at Ta’ Cenc
Aqra bil-Malti Former minister Manuel Mallia has finally succeeded
The Shift Team
August 22, 2024 09:00
Opinion: Robber barons
America’s late 19th century was dominated by ultra-rich capitalists
Kevin Cassar
August 9, 2024 10:58
Planning Minister’s driver gets his ODZ ‘garage and reservoir’ permit
The Planning Authority continues to ignore recommendations to refuse
The Shift Team
August 3, 2024 18:14
Planning Authority postpones decision on Mgarr Ix-Xini sheep farm
The ODZ Planning Commission postponed its decision on an
The Shift Team
April 12, 2024 14:45
Gozitan developer’s Naxxar sheep farm proposal latest in a string of similar applications
Gozitan developer Francesco Raniero Grima is seeking Planning Authority
Sean Montebello
March 2, 2024 12:00
New study: Development permits used as political tool in Malta
The number of granted development permits has skyrocketed since
Sean Montebello
November 18, 2023 10:43
‘No’ for Joe Mizzi’s attempt to turn public land into his front garden
The Lands Authority, responsible for public land administration, has
The Shift Team
October 5, 2023 18:00
PAMA ‘garden’, underground extension ‘impossible’ unless rules change
An attempt to turn a large tract of ODZ
The Shift Team
September 22, 2023 08:31
ERA, Local Council, NGOs oppose Għajnsielem ODZ flats and retail centre
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has labelled an
Sean Montebello
September 20, 2023 13:47
Gozo minister’s driver files new application for ‘garage’ on idyllic ODZ plot
Ronnie Camilleri, the driver of Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri,
The Shift Team
September 11, 2023 08:50
Dingli apartments sold without a permit by Portelli on controversial new road
Residential units at a four-storey Dingli apartment block, planned
The Shift Team
August 29, 2023 14:59
Objections to extensive Għajnsielem development ‘sprawl into ODZ’
An application for an 18-unit residential apartment block, pool,
Sean Montebello
August 18, 2023 08:35
Apartment block proposed by Portelli’s associates on former Mqabba ODZ land
An apartment block of 43 residential units and 42
Sean Montebello
August 14, 2023 18:07
Illegal ODZ room to be turned into a villa by Joseph Portelli’s architect
The Planning Authority has approved a development proposal which
Sean Montebello
August 7, 2023 18:00
Planning Authority earns €42.5 million from regularisation scheme, so far
The Planning Authority has so far raked in over
The Shift Team
June 23, 2023 16:19
NGOs file judicial protest against Legal Notice ‘rewarding ODZ illegalities’
Seven environmental organisations today filed a judicial protest against
The Shift Team
June 2, 2023 14:46
Legal action to be taken against recently-enacted ODZ regularisation scheme
Legal action is set to be taken against the
The Shift Team
May 27, 2023 13:50
‘Ian Borg has to resign or be dismissed by PM’ over illegal pool saga – opposition
Opposition MPs Mark Anthony Sammut and Stanley Zammit today
Sean Montebello
March 18, 2023 14:00
Architects slam PA ODZ scheme as ‘a morally dubious ticking time bomb’
Not only should the Planning Authority scrap its proposed
November 21, 2022 15:25
Developers insist they are ‘not interested’ in PA’s ODZ boundaries legal amendment
The Malta Developers Association has donned its social solidarity
The Shift Team
November 18, 2022 17:58
PA acts to stop illegal environmental massacre at Wardija
An illegal environmental massacre taking place in a still
The Shift Team
November 10, 2022 17:12
PM hides Russian rental income again – declares nosedive in savings, earnings
Good governance and transparency rules have once again been
The Shift Team
October 25, 2022 11:37
Bidnija sham sheep farm: ‘demolish it and prosecute for environmental crimes’
Moviment Graffitti on Friday called for the immediate demolition
The Shift Team
October 14, 2022 12:02
Portelli’s pools: Five NGOs and local council in appeal against ODZ Marsalforn Valley development
A crowdfunding campaign has managed, in a matter of
The Shift Team
August 24, 2022 07:00
Planning Authority assessing four new development applications in picturesque Għeriexem valley
Three fresh development applications awaiting a recommendation from the
Julian Delia
June 7, 2022 12:13
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
Deferred: Planning Authority postpones hearing on Joseph Portelli’s ODZ swimming pool in Xaghra
The Planning Authority has deferred a board hearing which
Julian Delia
April 26, 2022 15:00
Freedom of Information request on prime minister’s Zejtun property denied
Commissioner for Inland Revenue Joseph Caruana has shot down
Caroline Muscat
April 22, 2022 17:11

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