THE Planning Authority's draft proposal outlining
how the Villa Rosa site in St George's Bay should be
developed was opposed by its own CEO, MaltaTo-
day has learnt.
Johann Buttigieg was against the proposed par-
tial local plan review when it was discussed inter-
nally, according to sources privy to the authori-
ty's inner workings.
"The PA CEO particularly objected to the
proposed height limitations set out by the new
plans," the source said.
Consequently, Buttigieg is understood to have
voted against the proposed draft. The source
said that Buttigieg's stand earned him rebuke
from Prime Minister Robert Abela, who has been
a supporter of the Villa Rosa local plan review
since the subject was broached last year.
Cruel employer refused to fly workers' body
home because death 'interrupted contract'
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HE came to work in Malta on a 12-month contract that
obliged the employer to cover travel expenses at the start
and end of his contract.
But when the Indonesian worker suffered a heart at-
tack and died shortly afterwards, his Maltese employer
refused to cover the transport expenses to fly the body
back to his family. The shocking reason given by the
employer was that the dead man was in "breach of con-
tract" because he did not work the full 12 months and
thus there was no obligation to send him home.
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