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This text was read during a forum entitled 'Property and State Hegemony'

The Current Situation of Property in Malta

On Thursday 26^th Moviment Graffitt held a press conference at Sir Luigi Prezoiosi garden in Furjana. The press conference was made in response to the entrance of US Kearsarge in the Grand Harbour. A banner with 'No To Warships' was also stretched on the walls which face directly to the Grand Harbour.

We ask 'where is MEPA?' when illegal dumping of construction waste in Marsascala-Xgħajra coast has been going on unhindered for a couple of years. Here are some pictures (contributed by David Muscat) of the illegal waste dumped by the coast.

Here you can find more information on Xgħajra

The government officially proclaimed that the new Mater Dei Hospital, which has been under construction for 17 years, has finally been completed.. Although a staggering LM250 million (at least) was spent building it, various unfavourable incidents and mishaps have already taken place, which inevitably display the hospital as being unreliable. (http://maltastar.com/pages/msfullart.asp?an=12600).

The Government claimed that the Mater Dei hospital is very advanced in technological terms.

Yesterday MGRM held a peaceful march in Valletta. The Gay Pride March is held all over the world by all gay and lesbian communities to emphasize their rights. The right of marriage, the recognition from the state and child adoption are all hot issues which the gay and lesbian movements are campainging for but the church has always been in front to attack such ideas under the banners of 'family values' and 'christian ideas'.

On Monday 25th of June several environmental pressure groups held a peaceful march through Republic Street against the development of the rural island of Gozo. Gozo's natural habitat is currently at risk with development proposals for Ħondoq ir-Rummien, Ta Ċenċ and Ramla l-Ħamra. 1,500 people attended the protest even though it was planned only in a week.

During the protest a police officer intimidated activists because of a placard which said ‘MEPA bla bajd’. Later a police officer sequestrated the placard.

Watch several photos of the march.

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The press is idealised as being an open ground for free speech where criticism is beneficial when breeding a positive society. However criticism in our society has yet to be acccepted as a reality because several high rank state officials and significant political figures have yet still not come to terms with it.

Criticism can be categorized according to the medium used to communicate the criticial message at hand. This form of criticism can mostly be applied to political media. For instance when one looks at the criticism of the media of the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party generally consists of negative statements on each other.