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4 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2018 COURT NOTICE The Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals notifies that the First Hall of the Civil Court ordered the sale by Judicial Auction of the following property to be held in the corridors of the Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta Date Time Judicial Sale No Property 10 th January 2019 11.00am 26/18 - EM Emanuel Busuttil (ID21355M) vs Aaron Schembri (ID101584M) Property numbered 102 named Whistle, in Saint Mary Street, Tarxien, including its air space estimated at €150,000. 10 th January 2019 12.00pm 28/18 - JGL APS Bank Ltd (C2192) vs Eric Borg (ID533674M) et Apartment internally marked with letter "A" numbered "1" (A1), which apartment forms part of a Block of Apartments known as "Blokk A", including a basement garage, internally numbered 27, forming part of a bigger complex of garages. The apartment and the garage form part of a complex of 40 apartments and garages without number and named "The Gables", formerly known as Xemxija Hill Apartments, with façade on two roads, one at the lower level named Triq Raddet ir-Roti and the other at higher level named Triq Piscopo Macedonia, in San Pawl il- Bahar unknown boundaries. Both apartment and garage are free and unencumbered and valued at €265,000. 22 nd January, 2019 11.00am 49/17 -EGL APS Bank Limited (C2192) vs Dr. Josette Sultana et noe Tenement officially numbered 19 named "San Domenico", in Old Hospital Street, Valletta, with its overlying airspace, free and unencumbered, with all its rights and enjoyments, valued at €685,000 24 th January, 2019 11.00am 44/13 – EM HSBC Bank Malta Plc (C3177) vs MARSHALL LIMITED (C-10331) • Garage 282, Marshall Place, Triq il-Kampanella, Fgura: property consisting of a garage for business purposes of around 260m2, free and unencumbered, at street level, having a narrow yard on the back. There are also toilets and a small store and a small spiral staircase leading to garage number 13 Chanel Drive. The property is valued at €350,000. • Garage unofficially numbered 13, Chanel Drive, Triq il-Ġiżi, Fgura: property consisting in an 'L' shape with access from Chanel Drive, of around 100m2 , free and unencumbered, at basement level. There is also a small toilet and a small shaft. The property is valued at €110,000. • Garage unofficially numbered 16, Chanel Drive, Triq il-Ġiżi, Fgura: property consisting in an 'L' shape with access from Chanel Drive of around 105 m2, free and unencumbered, having an open space at the back which joins with garage number 13 and also having a shaft. The property is valued at €110,000. 29 th January, 2019 10.30am 14/17– EGL Dr Edward DeBono (ID 592758M) in his quality of special mandatory and on behalf and in rapresentation of BNP Paribas (suisse) SA society vs Paul Hili (K.I.501758M), Angela Hili (K.I. 353258M), T.A.M.Holdings Limited (C45710) Villa named 'Is-Sienja', unofficially numbered in Triq Ras il- Wardija formerly known as Triq San Gorg in Wardija, limits of San Pawl il- Baħar together with the adjacent land measuring 15,800 metres squared. The property is free and unencumbered with all its rights and appurtanances valued at €13,600,000. 29 th January, 2019 11.00am 28/16– EM Carmelo Sacco The property numbered 89/93 previously numbered 77/79 in Triq San Benedittu, Kirkop valued at € 83,857.44 (ID856735M) et vs Francesca Camilleri (ID 236147M ) et The property numbered 91 previously numbered 78 in Triq San Benedittu,Kirkop valued at € 69,881.20 Half undivided share of property, numbered 115 previously numbered 86 , named "St. Helen ",in Triq San Benedittu, Kirkop valued at € 44,258.10 Property numbered 117 previously numbered 87 in Triq San Benedittu, Kirkop valued at € 174,703 Property numbered 3 in Triq iz- Zebbiegh, Kirkop valued at € 81,528.07 The fields known as ' Tal- Midri' in Triq San Gwann, Żurrieq measuring approximately 13,222ms valued at € 270,208 29 th January, 2019 11.30am 11/17– JGL Maria Dolores Caniglia (ID 700960M) noe et vs Dr. Joseph Ellis et noe et Property numbered 24 in Triq l- Oratorju, Hal Qormi li on the first floor with its own airspace overlaying a third party garage with all its rights and appurtanances. The property is free and unencumbered valued at €75,000. i) Garage numbered 16 that can be accessed from a common driveway forming part of an unnamed and unumbered block accessible from Triq Wied il- Għajn, Żabbar. The garage is subject to an annual rent of €500 and valued at € 7,600. j) Garage 19 on the siteplan but 20 on site that can be accessed from a common driveway forming part of an unnamed and unumbered block accessible from Triq Wied il- Għajn, Żabbar. The garage is subject to an annual rent of €500 and valued at € 9,100. k) Garage numbered 20 on the siteplan but numbered 19 on site that can be accessed from a common driveway forming part of an unnamed and unumbered block accessible from Triq Wied il- Għajn, Żabbar. The garage is subject to an annual rent of €500 and valued at € 9,100. Each property marked (a) to (k) in this advert includes an undivided share and access to the common parts,including the drive way,hall entrance,common ramps,and common stair wells. Store numbered 1 forming part of an unamed and unumbered block accessible from Triq Wied il- Għajn, Żabbar. Presently the property is rented at the rate of €300 monthly as a shop named 'Aurora Bar'. In the rent fee the rent of garage 17 is also included. The property is valued at € 50,500. Half undivided share of a store numbered 2 forming part of an unnamed and unumbered block accessible from Triq Wied il- Għajn, Żabbar. Presently the store is rented as a shop named 'Burn Out' with a rent of € 780 every three months. The rent fee also includes jinkludi the rent of garage 16. The store underlays property of third parties and has a direct access to garage numbered 16. This undivided share is valued at € 22,375. Garage unnamed and unumbered underlaying property of third party in Triq Ġanni Bonavia, Haż Żabbar valued at €137,000. 31 st January, 2019 11.00am 84/16– EGL HSBC Bank Malta Plc (C3177) vs Avantgarde Holdings Ltd (C27163) Showroom unnamed and unnumbered previously known as 'Il- Gorna' or 'Il- Kenn' in Triq Dun Karm Psaila, Birkirkara including its airspace, free and unencumbered valued at € 490,000. 31 st January, 2019 11.30am 29/17– EGL HSBC Bank Malta Plc (C3177) vs Teddy Aurther Maskell (ID 12636A) et Tenement numbered 104, named Sempre Viva, situated on the first floor including roof and airspace, overlaying two garages with access from Triq il-Klerku, Fgura. One of the garages has the drainage and drain pipes system passing through it. The tenement is free and unencumbered and valued at €170,000. Unnamed garage numbered 100, underlaying a maisonette with access from Triq il- Klerku, Fgura, including the drains pipes and drainage system of the overlaying property. The garage is free and unencumbered and valued at €55,000. Further details can be obtained from the website: https://ecourts.gov.mt/onlineservices/JudicialSales The bidders taking part in the auction must present their identity card Gaetana Aquilina For the Registrar of Civil Courts and Tribunals INCREASED anger against rampant development in 2018 was reflected in two direct ac- tions by Moviment Graffitti activists against the approval of petrol stations outside de- velopment zones. Increased civic commitment also led to thousands of objections sub- mitted against numerous pro- jects – people too, were will- ing to put their money where their mouth is, crowdfund- ing an appeal filed after the 38-storey-high DB project in Pembroke. The surge in civic activism was also evident in increased activism by old and new local community groups oppos- ing specific developments. In Zejtun a campaign spear- headed by Wirt iz-Zejtun, led by former Environment and Resources Authority CEO Ruben Abela, was enough to stop government plans to ex- tend an industrial estate into 80,000 sq.m of farmland along Wied iz-Zring. More recently Rabat resi- dents from across the politi- cal spectrum united to oppose plans to add two storeys on two picturesque townhouses on Rabat's Saqqajja Hill. In Naxxar hundreds of ob- jections were also enough to stop a mysterious application to remove soil from an ar- cheologically and ecologically sensitive area in Tal-Wej. Significantly, while govern- ment continues to enjoy wide- spread electoral support, dis- sent is openly expressed even within the Labour Party's ranks on land use issues. In some instances, like the devel- opment proposed at Saqqaja, even government ministers joined in expressing concern. But this led to situations of conflict within Labour ranks as was the case when Dean Hili, the Labour mayor of Pembroke, found himself vot- ing against a project being pushed by the central govern- ment and supported by the government's representative on the PA board. The Townsquare victory But the most surprising vic- tory for civil society in 2018 was the successful appeal by eNGOs and the Sliema local council against the approval of a massive 38-storey tower in the heart of Sliema, near Villa Drago. The appeal was one won on policy grounds thanks to de- tailed and strong legal argu- ments presented in the ap- peal. Although developers have now presented plans for a 27-storey tower, the suc- cessful appeal showed that big business, even if well con- nected to the powers that be, can be forced to change plans when faced by solid argu- ments and firm opposition. Yet the risk is that such vic- tories prove to be ephemeral as developers use the initial outrage to their advantage by getting less flack when de- velopments are scaled down. One such example is Manoel Island where the developers reduced the proposed devel- opment by 8,000 sq.m but still plan 610 new apartments. Moreover they are negotiat- ing with government to get an additional 8,000 sq.m that were 'unused' in the Tigné de- velopment as compensation. The Pembroke setback But despite garnering a re- cord 4,000 objections and uniting three local councils with different political major- ities, civic opposition to ma- jor developments hit a brick wall on the DB group's mega development which has been approved by the PA on land leased by the government. The project was approved despite opposition from the Labour-led Pembroke lo- cal council and PA chairman Vince Cassar who considered the project to be excessive and in breach of planning policies. Yet a majority of board mem- bers, including ERA chairman Victor Axiak, supported the project despite studies show- ing considerable shadowing over the residential area dur- ing the winter months. In another sign of a resurgent civil society, a crowd-funding initiative saw the public do- nating €24,350 to present an appeal against the project's approval. Ironically news that Planning Authority's CEO had used public funds to transport Jacqueline Gili to Malta from Sicily to par- ticipate in the PA vote on the project, may well have served to galvanise opposition to the project. Gili, a representative of the Lands Department who Petrol stations and high-rise How civil society became a force to be reckoned with Malta's environmentalists complain of exhaustion having to fight so many battles at the same time, but there is no doubt that civil society remains a force to be reckoned with in Malta JAMES DEBONO DEBONO NEWS