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NEWS 9 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 12 JUNE 2022 The Chief Executive Officer, Lands Authority, notifies that: Sealed tenders in respect of the following advertisements have to be deposited in the Tender Box at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta by 10.00am on Thursday, 30th June, 2022. *Advert No. 60 Grant on a temporary emphyteusis for a period of sixty-five (65) years of the premises tale quale at No. 104, Alcazar, Triq Rodolfu, Sliema as shown edged in red on the plan P.D.19 _85_A. This premises is being offered by tender in its present state including any latent defects and is in need of maintenance. The winning bidder will be granted a moratorium of two (2) years from the date of signing of the relative deed. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for the amount of €50,000 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of forty-three thousand and seventy-six Euros (€43,076) per annum will not be considered. This tender may be subject to the right known as the right of first refusal as per article No. 32 of Chapter No. 573 of the Laws of Malta. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. *Advert No. 61 Grant on a temporary emphyteusis for a period of forty-five (45) years of a Shop tale quale at No. 94 Triq Il-Karmnu, Sliema as shown edged in red on the plan P.D. 2021_0427. The airspace thereon is included. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €17,580 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of five thousand and eight hundred and sixty Euros (€5,860) per annum will not be considered. This tender may be subject to the right known as the right of first refusal as per article No. 32 of Chapter No. 573 of the Laws of Malta. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. *Advert No. 62 Lease, for the remaining period of the present lease which ends on the 31st May, 2028, of the bare Shop at No. 25, Block I, Pjazza Papa Benedittu XVI, l-Isla as shown edged in red on plan P.D.2022_0347. The present tenant does not want to remain in the lease and an interested third party is ready to assume the remaining term of this lease. The interested third party has been reserved the right of first refusal as per Article No. 3 (1) of Legal Notice 573.02. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €1,000 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of two hundred and twenty-seven Euros (€227) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. www.landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering Lands Authority St. Sebastian Street, Valletta *Advert No. 63 Lease for a period of fifteen (15) years for commercial purposes of the premises tale quale at No. 11, Triq il-Lvant, Valletta as shown edged in red on the plan P.D.2020_0790. This property is being offered by tender in its present state including any latent defects. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €20,250 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of six thousand and seven hundred and fifty Euros (€6,750) per annum will not be considered. This tender may be subject to the right known as the right of first refusal as per article No. 32 of Chapter No. 573 of the Laws of Malta A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. ISSUE OF TENDERS *Adverts appearing for the first time. These adverts are being published as an invitation to the public to acquire tender documents online. The bidders are to refer to all the conditions of the tender document and are invited to read carefully these conditions. Tenders should be submitted only on the prescribed form, which together with the relevant conditions and other documents, may be obtained by clicking on 'Buy Tender' on the web page where this tender is available on https://landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering/ A fee of fifty Euros (€50) must be paid through the online system of the Lands Authority website by using your preferred banking card. ITALIAN World War II airmen were cowardly custards who dropped their bombs at sea, flew either too high to avoid anti-air- craft guns, or tailed tail at the sight of RAF fighters scrambling from Malta. But this oft-repeated wartime myth from the generations that witnessed the war in Malta was largely an invention of wartime propaganda promoted by the Maltese newspapers of the time, especially the Maltese-language il-Berqa, a sister newspapers of The Times. This is just one of several dis- coveries presented by Martin G. Debattista in his new book The Front Page on the Front Line – The Maltese Newspapers and the Second World War, an anal- ysis of the active role of the Mal- tese news- p a p e r s during the most devas- tating war in history. Though exhaustive research and books on Malta and the Sec- ond World War have already been published from a military or social point of view, the role of Maltese newspapers has been largely overlooked throughout the years. "My research fills a void in the history of Maltese media and journalism," Debatti- sta, a veteran journalist and war- time researcher, says. "The book is a testament to the resilience, the ingenuity and devotion to duty of the newspa- per staff. Mabel Strickland, the editor of the Times of Malta, described the experience as if 'we had the frontline at the front door and on the front page'. The lack of newsprint and ink led to some newspapers having to close down or miss several is- sues," Debattista says. His book also describes in de- tail the influence and power of the Stricklands, specifically how Mabel Strickland managed to get British governor General Wil- liam Dobbie replaced by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in May 1942. "The period also saw the end of the local Italian-language press caused by the internment and later deportation to Uganda of the pro-Italian sympathiser, and the rise of the new left-wing press." Press charges: wartime reporters invented 'Italian coward' myth Special discounted launch price from https://www.midseabooks. com and leading book-sellers