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Pembroke was once a low-rise, family-centred town. But the relative quiet of this coastal community has been shattered by the non-stop construction work on two massive towers that will rise above the town. Nicole Meilak visited the locality and spoke to distressed residents No charges with myAPS payments * *For payments within Malta, the EU, and select non-EU countries. Approved and issued by APS Bank plc, APS Centre, Tower Street, B'Kara BKR 4012. APS Bank plc is regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority as a Credit Institution under the Banking Act 1994 and to carry out Investment Services activities under the Investment Services Act 1994. The Bank is also registered as a Tied Insurance Intermediary under the Insurance Distribution Act 2018. The Bank is a participant in the Depositor Compensation Scheme established under the laws of Malta. Applications are subject to the Bank's lending criteria. Terms and conditions apply and are available on apsbank.com.mt/terms-and-conditions. Learn more apsbank.com.mt/everyday-banking YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2025 • ISSUE 1350 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Nicholas Vella maltatoday Whose the boss? Opinion Only a quarter of Maltese workers report having a female boss Using land wealth to foster innovation PAGES 2-3 €2.20 INTERVIEW MT2 Head Head of Roads of Roads Policing Unit on Policing Unit on drink and drug drink and drug driving tests driving tests SEE PAGES 8 AND 9 PAGE 11 Living in the shadows Cannabis roadside tests should include impairment checks, leading pathologist says ROADSIDE drug tests should focus on determining whether a driver is impaired rather than rely solely on cannabis detec- tion, leading pathologist Chris Barbara believes. It would be a "fair and safe way" of catching people driving under the influence of cannabis without penalising those who are fully alert but would have traces of the drug on their body. "The police are not looking for someone who consumed cannabis in a legal manner, but someone who is irresponsibly abusing and is not able to drive without running the risk of in- juring themselves or others," Barbara, who is also a director on the board of the Authority for the Responsible Use of Can- nabis, told MaltaToday. CONTINUES ON PAGE 7 Leading pathologist Chris Barbara KARL AZZOPARDI kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt The Alex Borg effect: 'A wave of enthusiasm unseen in years' ALEX Borg's election as lead- er of the Nationalist Party has created what insiders have de- scribed as a "wave of enthusi- asm" unseen in many years. Borg barely had time to settle in his week-old role with nu- merous people, some who have been long estranged from the party, asking to meet him. Sources within the PN said the party was overwhelmed by the positive feedback received "from people from all walks of life" since Borg took the reins. KURT SANSONE ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt CONTINUES ON PAGE 7