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WEDNESDAY • 2 AUGUST 2023 • ISSUE 854 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
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St George's FC yet
to inform MFA of
new president with
criminal past
MATTHEW VELLA
THE Court of Appeal has
confirmed the rejection of an
appeal by the developers in
the ongoing saga at Ħondoq
ir-Rummien in Gozo.
After 22 years, the Appeals
Court upheld the Environ-
ment and Planning Review
Tribunal's reconfirmed rejec-
tion from the Planning Au-
thority board of the Ħondoq
ir-Rummien project.
The environmental tussle
pitted environmentalists and
locality mayor Paul Buttigieg
against developers who want-
ed to turn a disused quarry
into a mega development – a
veritable new village located
outside development zones.
The Appeals Court also con-
firmed that Buttigieg's inclu-
sion in the planning appeal
had not constituted a conflict
of interest.
KARL AZZOPARDI
THE election of Stephen Vaughan
Jr as president of St George's FC in
Malta's third tier football league
has raised eyebrows because of
the man's controversial past.
Vaughan Jr was convicted in
2016 in the UK of perverting the
course of justice in relation to the
murder of Neil Doyle, a Liverpool
police constable.
Environmentalists celebrate the Appeals Court decision
to uphold a planning appeals tribunal's rejection of the
controversial Ħondoq ir-Rummien marina project
After 22 long years
court declares
Hondoq project dead
Electricity
Malta seeks
extension of
EU exemption
Stephen Vaughan Jr announced as new St George's FC club president
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