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Editorial Tunnel vision and the UHM  MaltaToday campaign ANIMAL RIGHTS In the second report in our series looking at animal welfare in Malta, MIRIAM DUNN speaks to World Animal Conscience spokesman, Michael Pearson, on what he hopes the new legislation planned for this sphere will bring 
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Tuna spotting  Foreign tuna-fishing trawlers ploughing the seas off Malta are using small private planes based at Gudja airport to spot schools of blue fin tuna. [READ MORE] PS Pullicino promises close monitoring 
Environmentalists are concerned that abusive developers might be able to take advantage of a legal notice that essentially spells the end of Planning Authority permits for certain types of alterations. They are also sceptical of a reassurance from Parliamentary Secretary George Pullicino that the authorities will be closely monitoring the relaxation of the regulations. Following the introduction of Development Notification Order 2001certain developments, including the construction of washrooms, the alteration of existing swimming pools, internal changes to commercial establishments, building structures in backyards and the replacement of timber balconies no longer require a PA permit or else require only a notification. Mr Pullicino stressed that enforcement action would be taken against abusers. But environmentalists fear that the regulations may be abused, with washrooms ending up as apartments and traditional timber balconies replaced by jarring aluminium. READ FULL STORY
A veteran politician, but no has-been Political veteran, Michael Refalo, speaks to KURT SANSONE about the similarities between the EU and Independence debates, the Prime Minister’s May Day speech and how he feels about suggestions that Cabinet elders should step aside for new faces
‘Strengthen the squad with a couple of new players and we can survive’ The Premier League will be hard and obviously our main aim is to stay there. It is not going to be easy, but keeping the present squad together while signing a couple experienced players could make all the difference. Lija Athletic coach, Patrick Curmi, spoke to RAY ABDILLA about Lija’s chances of contending with the big boys.
Cruel mother in Malta holiday A British mother who abandoned her three young sons, opting for a holiday for one in Malta, has been jailed for 15 months for child cruelty There is no such thing as tax harmonisation in Europe – Joanna Drake "Tax harmonisation in the European Union is not on the cards. Any effort to give such an impression is based on false pretences." Rival TV station behind ‘Big Brother’ tip-off The judicial protest presented on Wednesday by the Dutch ‘Big Brother’ company, against PBS and ‘Where’s Everybody’, is the result of a tip-off made by an aggrieved rival political TV station No water, no food A MAN who was jailed for 24 hours in September last year with no water and food shot down a statement by the Police that he was offered food and drink. Mifsud elected: beats establishment’s candidate The new President of the administrative council, Pieta’s Mayor Malcolm Mifsud was elected on Friday despite attempts by a core group with the PN to get Dr Michael Axiak on board
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