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SUNDAY • 3 DECEMBER 2023 • ISSUE 1257 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
Activists say the
indictment feels
like a "kick to
the stomach"
PAGE 4
Contemporary
lifestyle causing
pressure on
mental health
PAGE 8
Hotel external
glass lift
proposal raises
'grave concern'
PAGE 5
El Hiblu 3 Macina
Awareness
Maltese festa
"People who dare criticise
Maltese writers are being
cancelled… It's ironic that
this is happening with the
blessing of PEN Malta."
maltatoday
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SEE INTERVIEW
WITH MARK VELLA
PAGE 14
Godfrey Farrugia
says 'village feasts
give us what
modern life has
taken away'
INTERVIEW MT2
Rains have arrived but it's
complicated for farmers
Cancel culture
FARMERS breathed a collective sigh of relief when
rain quenched their thirsty fields after the driest Oc-
tober in nearly a century and a November with below
average rainfall. But the situation remains a complicat-
ed one for cultivators with agriculture experts agreeing
the rains arrived "very, very late".
KARL
AZZOPARDI
kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt
Cannabis growing facility
proposed in Victoria, Gozo
GOZO'S first recreational cannabis growing
facility is being proposed on the gentle slope
between Victoria and Xewkija in an area
known as L-Art Taflija.
Planning documents show the facility is
being proposed on 55,300sq.m of agricul-
tural land along Triq il-Pitkalija, chosen
because of its "unique" soil and climatic
conditions.
JAMES
DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
€1.95
Photomontage submitted with the planning application showing the field where cannabis will be grown
