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4 NEWS maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 29 MARCH 2023 4 NEWS Letter of Intention The Director Alexei Dalli holder of Maltese Identity Card number 180982m and residing at Sardonyx, Palma Street, Swieqi of the company LRS Global Limited, declares his intention for the company to register for an Employment Agency licence in accordance to article 23 of the Employment and Training Services Act, 1990 (Act XXVIII of 1990). The activities proposed to be carried out are the following: 1) Recruitment Consultancy 2) Interviewing, selection and placements of candidates in employment 3) Recruitment of persons from abroad to employment in Malta or in an EU member state 4) Recruitment of persons in Malta for employment in Malta or in an EU member state 5) Advertising of the filling of vacancies 6) Keeping a register of applicants for employment Official Registered Office Address. The Office Address Sardonyx Triq Palma Swieqi 1, Triq Casolani, Birkirkara Company Registration Number: C92521 Letter of Intention The Director Alexei Dalli holder of Maltese Identity Card number 180982m and residing at Sardonyx, Palma Street, Swieqi of the company LRS Global Limited, declares his intention for the company to register for an Employment Agency licence in accordance to article 23 of the Employment and Training Services Act, 1990 (Act XXVIII of 1990). The activities proposed to be carried out are the following: 1) Recruitment Consultancy 2) Interviewing, selection and placements of candidates in employment 3) Recruitment of persons from abroad to employment in Malta or in an EU member state 4) Recruitment of persons in Malta for employment in Malta or in an EU member state 5) Advertising of the filling of vacancies 6) Keeping a register of applicants for employment Official Registered Office Address. The Office Address Sardonyx Triq Palma Swieqi 1, Triq Casolani, Birkirkara Company Registration Number: C92521 Shipping lights disturbing Malta seabirds nocturnal patterns Second national drug policy aims to tackle demand and supply realities Scientists find light pollution from ships at night interrupting typically noctural nesting pattners for Yelkouan Shearwaters LIGHT pollution from cargo ships disrupts the activity of breeding Yelkouan Shearwaters and may affect their breeding success, a study published in the Journal of Ornithology has shown. Yelkouan Shearwaters – Gar- nija in Maltese – are seabirds which nest in deep burrows and caves in limestone cliffs in the Maltese islands and across the Mediterranean region, and they approach these cliffs only under the cover of darkness to avoid being killed by predators. But regulating light emission and shipping activity during the breeding season is required to mitigate the impacts on noctur- nal seabirds, scientists said. While these seabirds are adapted to the moon cycle, nat- ural behaviours can be disrupt- ed light pollution. Yelkouan Shearwaters are considered Vulnerable to Ex- tinction and breeding colonies have previously been aban- doned due to human activity that involved light pollution. Martin Austad and colleagues from BirdLife Malta, the Roy- al Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the University of Giessen (Germany) examined how light pollution from large ships refuelling at sea affected a colony of Yelkouan Shearwa- ters nesting at Majjistral Nature & History Park, Malta. The authors captured and tagged adult shearwaters with small electronic chips, similar to those used in pets, and then used a radio monitoring sys- tem to measure the number of birds passing in and out of the cave during the spring breeding seasons 2017 to 2020. As the authors noted, the shearwaters are nocturnal and cannot be counted visually when they re- turn to their nest sites. Light pollution from nearby ships was measured through the ambient light shining on the cliff face where shearwaters breed, with ship activity tracked during that time. The research clearly showed that the presence of ships in- creased the brightness of the colony, with an effect similar to a full moon. "As expected, the number of birds entering the colony was lower when the night was brighter. In the presence of ships and the resultant light pollution, the number of shear- waters entering the cave per hour decreased on average by 18%," the auhors said. The authors suggest that be- cause shearwaters avoid enter- ing the colony in higher levels of light, they may not be able to feed chicks as regularly as need- ed if ship traffic artificially illu- minates a colony. They advocate against noc- turnal ship activity in front of shearwater breeding colonies and encourage the shipping industry to work to reduce its environmental impact on sea- birds. "Each ship can reduce light pollution by installing blinds and shielding accommodation lights respectively, and similar measures have been adopted successfully in the southern Oceans and could be imple- mented in Europe and Malta," BirdLife Malta said. "The refuelling of ships is taking place within protected marine Natura 2000 sites, and Maltese Authorities should decrease light pollution with- in these protected sites while setting the example on vessels' light regulations across the Mediterranean." The study was financed by the EU's LIFE programme and co-financed by Malta's Ministry for the Environment, Planning and Climate Change. BirdLife Malta, RSPB and Transport Malta were partners in the pro- ject. NICOLE MEILAK THE Ministry for Social Policy has launced a public consulta- tion to redraft the National Drug Policy with an aim to preventing drug abuse while addressing de- mand and supply for drugs. The consultation process was launched during a press con- ference on Tuesday and will be open for five weeks. "People who use drugs are just like you, and me, and everyone else," said Prof Richard Muscat, Chairman of the National Addic- tions Advisory Board. Muscat explained that the pol- icy will focus on drug use and substance use disorder as a social and health issue, with preventive policy actions and measures to influence the demand and sup- ply of drugs in Malta to decrease overall drug use and harm. Some of the policy actions in- clude increased enforcement links to tackle druf trafficking, a zero-tolerance approach to driv- ing under the influence of drugs, and a national co-ordinating body for prevention services. Minister Michael Falzon urged the public to give their feedback on the policy document, com- plaining that some people fail to. Contribute when a consutlation process is over, only to criticise the final policy when its finalised. "Some don't contribute, but after the consultation period is closed they find it comfortable to throw stones." Falzon added that each case of drug abuse has its own particular situations. "That's the approach we need to take as a society. An approach that does not include judging or labelling people." He also noted some cases where people break the law while under the influence of drugs. "Society has every right to protect itself in these cirucmstances." The consultation document can be accessed here, while feed- back will be received via email on consultations.family@gov.mt Social policy minister launches five- week consultation on drug policy that will address demand and supply issues pertaining to drugs