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'She suffered for so long' SEE PAGE PAGE 11 YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY 11 MAY 2025 • ISSUE 1331 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Manoel Island MID MIDI CEO Mark Portelli I CEO Mark Portelli says Manoel Island pro- says Manoel Island pro- ject includes public park ject includes public park and open spaces over and open spaces over 60% of the island 60% of the island maltatoday Garden under threat Malta has not yet declared maritime exclusive economic zone, two years after law was approved by parliament Qormi council up in arms over boutique hotel plans to gobble up historic palazzo garden PAGE 2 INTERVIEW MT2 GERTRUDE Borg Marks saw her mother enduring great pain in the last six months before she died in July last year. Today will be the first Mother's Day, Gertrude will not be celebrating with her mother, Mary Busuttil. Speaking to MaltaToday, Gertrude says she does not want her children to see her in the same state she saw her mother in those final six months. "All she could move were her eyelids. Because she was not moving at all, the rest of her body then started to ache due to stiffness, and because she had no option but to move, the pain was so intense in her back she would let out a loud scream," Gertrude recounts. This painful experience has strengthened Gertrude's be- lief in giving patients the right to choose to die in dignity. SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 9 Permit yes, garage no Cab operators with a planning permit but no garage yet can still operate PAGE 7 Analysis of proposal to introduce assisted dying and PN's position page 8 • Editorial MT2: Compassion, respect to life and individual choice Gertrude Borg Marks with her mother Mary Busuttil, who died in July 2024 after being diagnosed with leukaemia €2.20 16°0'0"E 16°0'0"E 15°30'0"E 15°30'0"E 15°0'0"E 15°0'0"E 14°30'0"E 14°30'0"E 14°0'0"E 14°0'0"E 36°30'0"N 36°30'0"N 36°0'0"N 36°0'0"N 35°30'0"N 35°30'0"N CONTINENTAL SHELF DEPARTMENT MALTA ± EEZ Area 1 EEZ Area 2 Territorial Waters Fishing Management Zone (clipped to CS) Continental Shelf (CS) 50m depth contour (Hurd Bank) 100m depth contour SICILY 0 25 50 Km MALTA