Issue link: https://maltatoday.uberflip.com/i/1143328
NEWS maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 17 JULY 2019 2 Professional Officer - Legal Procurator Jobplus Permit Number – 544/2019 In possession of a valid warrant to practice as a Legal Procurator in the Courts of Malta and Gozo. Having previously worked in other legal roles will be considered an asset. Knowledge of the laws and regulations governing land ownership in Malta & Gozo shall be considered as an asset. CAREER OPPORTUNITY WE ARE RECRUITING ESSENTIAL Qualifications Experience Interested persons are kindly requested to submit a letter of application and a detailed CV only by email, as one pdf document to: hr.la@landsauthority. org.mt by Monday 29th July 2019. Emails are to indicate the position being applied for and the name of the applicant in the subject. Applications will be acknowledged and treated in strictest confidence. For more information visit the link below: https://landsauthority.org.mt/about-us/careers/ Lands Authority is seeking applications from interested persons to fill the following position: JAMES DEBONO THE Planning Authority has approved the relocation of a massive 230-square metre Nissen hut to the pristine Kalan- ka area in Delimara, which was deemed unacceptable by the Environment and Resources Authority, the PA's planning directorate and the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage. The development, which covers a foot- print of 1,000 sq.m area, also includes a chicken coop for the Maltese black chicken and an apiary. The PA's planning commission, chaired by Elizabeth Ellul, approved the development after noting the agricul- tural nature of the development in an area committed for such development. The proposal was made by Kenneth Abela, who in 2018 was granted a permit to reconstruct the nearby Kalanka hotel. Abela's plans in the area include the re- introduction of the Maltese goat to its natural environs. But the application was also recom- mended for refusal by the case officer assessing the application, who conclud- ed that it would have an adverse impact on an Area of High Landscape Value which has been included in the tentative list for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Environment and Resources Au- thority was also opposing Kenneth Abe- la's plan to relocate the Nissen hut from the Handaq Junior Lyceum, to house a goat farm. The ERA questioned the logic of relo- cating the structure from a "low-sensi- tivity area" in Qormi to "a highly sensi- tive environment" in Delimara. "ERA is of the opinion that such a relocation should not take place, and this structure should be located within a similarly low- sensitivity area." Originally, the reconstruction of the Handaq school in 2010 had foreseen the relocation of the Nissen huts to a rabbit farm in Marsaskala and the Malta Inter- national Airport. The hut is currently stored. The Delimara hotel includes a farm for some 100 goats and a pen to house some 200 Maltese black chicken, to span over a 1,000 sq.m footprint, including outside areas, on a total 19,000 sq.m site. The ar- ea is designated as an Area of Ecological Importance, and lies adjacent to typical coastal garigue habitats. The ERA was concerned with piece- meal development of the site, noting that the derelict hotel adjacent to Ab- ela's proposed goat farm will result in "a significant alteration to the sensitive site environment." "Various proposals on these, practi- cally contiguous, sites risk the piecemeal establishment of a large-scale ODZ de- velopment commitment," the ERA said. The proposed farm will produce or- ganic milk, cheeselets, and eggs, and will include ancillary structures such as a manure clamp and cesspit. The Planning Authority has already sanctioned various rural structures pre- viously used by bird trappers, a brand new agricultural store, and greenhouses over 735sq.m – but against the advice of the ERA's warning of the Delimara ho- tel's "piecemeal approach". The permit specified that 41 trees would be grown to minimise the visual impact of this de- velopment. Abela has always insisted his project would transform a no-go area previ- ously frequented by hunters and trap- pers, into a useful and innovative pro- ject. "They had houses built upon this land area including swimming pools, massive bird apiaries, big ponds to at- tract wading birds and a lot of bird hides and traps along the coast… The rural character and land features, like rubble walls and proper agricultural were cov- ered with inert material and other waste to create flatland to cater for their bird trapping sites," Abela said in his project statement. After regaining possession of this land in 2015 he embarked on developing a "farm estate" by reintroducing soil, re- moving the bird hides and restoring rub- ble walls. His aim now is to grow food without the use of "chemicals, herbi- cides, pesticides or growth hormones". He also obtained all the necessary per- mits from the Veterinary Regulation Directorate to import the goats form Italy where the Maltese breed had sur- vived after its disappearance from the island after the discovery of Brucellosis in goats' milk. Planning Authority defies ERA on Kalanka hotel relocation of Nissen hut The massive 230-square metre Nissen hut will be relocated to the Kalanka area in Delimara TWELVE migrants who es- caped from the detention cen- tre at Ħal Safi on Monday have been arraigned in court. Abdel Hamid Al Banagesh, Fadli Nord, Yassin Noubeai, Mohsem Shaoob, Fakawi Ab- digani, Imad Tibibouche, Sli- mane Derhani, Abubi Sadir, Salah Cheba, Hamza Faraqe, Borgi Nourdine, Mohamed Arabi appeared in court before magistrate Neville Camilleri this morning. Inspector Trevor Micallef charged the men, whose ages range from 18 to 24, with escap- ing from lawful custody. The accused are part of a larger group of migrants, mostly from Morocco, who escaped from the Safi detention centre on Mon- day morning. The Detention Services said in a statement that the migrants included 19 Mo- roccans and one Egyptian. They are believed to have arrived in Malta only recently. Lawyer Joe Brincat, legal aid, entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of the men, who were re- manded in custody. A homeless man has been re- manded in custody after being charged with grievously injur- ing a Somali national in St Ju- lian's last month. Abbas Tahlil Abdiraheem from Somalia was arraigned before magistrate Neville Camilleri on Tuesday morn- ing, accused of inflicting griev- ous bodily harm on a fellow Somali at St Julian's. The charges come after the men became embroiled in an argument which descended into fisticuffs on 30 June at around 10am. Abbas pleaded not guilty to the charges. Bail was not re- quested. Inspector Leeroy Balzan En- gerer prosecuted. Lawyer Joe Brincat assisted the accused. St Julian's fight lands man in police custody Migrants who escaped from Hal Safi detention centre denied bail