Save Fgura’s Farmhouse – Save Fgura’s Health
Unlike other Maltese towns, Fgura does not have much ancient heritage, still less urban green spaces, making it all the more important to preserve what little there is, yet its oldest building, a farmhouse, is facing demolition. In 1995 Fgura Local...
OVER-DEVELOPMENT AND ABUSE CONTINUE UNCHECKED IN COVID MALTA
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar calls on the authorities to use this time to plan for a better, healthier, post-COVID Malta. The Malta Developers Association’s demands for less bureaucracy to increase investment in development and Minister Ian...
Planning Regulations Ignored in Hotel Approval
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) condemns Thursday’s Planning Authority decision to permit an 11-storey hotel in a narrow Sliema residential street. This application has been hotly opposed by Sliema residents who had joined FAA’s press...
FAA Welcomes refusal of AuM Extension
After weeks of protest and activism, organised by a group of Cottonera residents “Tuna Artna Lura” (Give us back our Land), spearheaded by Dr Joseph Tonna, Dr Andrea Dibben & Rebecca Cremona with support from 11 NGOs and hundreds of...
Saving Villa Guardamangia and other heritage sites
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes Government’s purchase of Villa Guardamangia, Pieta. FAA has been calling for its restoration for over a decade, in line with Malta’s regulations protecting scheduled heritage buildings. The villa...
Public Consultation – Listen and ignore
Contrary to what Minister Ian Borg has claimed that none of the public objected to the destruction of trees at Santa Lucia and by the Addolorata Cemetery, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) can confirm that it held a meeting with the Minister on...
Travesty at Planning Commission
MANOEL ISLAND EXCAVATION PERMIT The Manoel Island excavation permit has been approved in spite of the fact that the development permit itself is being challenged at appeal by Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) and Gzira residents. Flimkien ghal...
Heritage at Risk
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomes the Planning Authority’s refusal of an application to approve an illegal parking site on ODZ (Out of Development Zone) land to serve a garage next to Ta’ Ħagrat Temples. FAA which has been...
Budget 2020 – Failing to Provide a Healthy Environment
While Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomes many proposals made in the 2020 Budget, FAA maintains that seen holistically, the 2020 budget falls far short of ensuring an effective and sustainable environment for all. Extending free school...
Change Malta’s Constitution to safeguard our heritage and environment.
A public consultation to reform the Constitution of Malta has been launched, inviting NGOs and members of the public to make their recommendations for changes to the supreme law of the land. The FAA committee sees this as an unmissable opportunity...
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