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TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY • 21 AUGUST 2022 • ISSUE 1190 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday MARKET POWER PAGE 4 Remembering the Santa Marija Convoy and its role in Malta's WW2 ordeal INTERVIEW MT2 JAMES DEBONO outlines the stakes for the country as it goes to the polls PAGES 10-11 ITALY LET'S LET'S BE BE FRANK FRANK We are the local rental experts. franksalt.com.mt/renting 1942-2022 JAMES DEBONO THE Environment and Resources has set a noise limit for activities like BBQs, weddings and parties organised in pro- tected Natura 2000 sites, a designation which covers 14% of Malta's national territories. The noise limits will cover popular beaches and nature picnic spots like Comino, Fomm ir-Riħ and Għajn Tuff- ieħa. The new guidelines regulate activities where over 25 people are gathered in a Natura 2000 site, where any sound gen- erated by this activity will not be allowed to exceed 65dBA as measured at 200m from the peripheral area of the event. This means that noise levels within a short distance from such activities should be slightly less than the equivalent of the noise emitted by a vacuum cleaner at a distance of one metre, and slightly more than the noise emitted by a normal con- versation between friends. Hospital wants contractors to pay for radiotherapy flights to Italy SILENCE AT LAST? ERA limits noise in "gatherings" in Natura 2000 sites to 65 decibels, not more than the noise emitted by a vacuum cleaner at home from 200m away PAGE 3 Interview with Bolt country manager 8-9 Comino and Ghajn Tuffieha noise limits 'not louder than a vacuum cleaner' PM on holiday but... 'in command' from afar KURT SANSONE ROBERT Abela is on vacation with his fam- ily but despite being away from the island he has not relin- quished his duties, MaltaToday has been told. The Prime Minister has been absent from the public sphere over the past few weeks but no notice was published in the Government Gazette announcing the appoint- ment of an acting prime minister as is normal when the prime minister is on hol- iday. "The Prime Minister trav- elled on a private holiday to Greece and Sicily with his family in August," a spokesperson for Abela said without specifying the period of the Prime Minister's ab- sence. Asked why no notice was published in the Government Gazette, the spokesperson said "the Prime Minister never relinquished his duties", im- plying that there was no need for an acting prime minister to be appointed. PAGE 3 Mater Dei blames contractors over HVAC faults to radiotherapy suite €1.95