Palumbo is preferred bidder for superyacht facility

Adrian Wirth

Dec 17th 2010, 12:00

@ John Pace - If you and your associates living within the area affected by the sandblasting, whether blown residual grit or excessive noise, why don't you do what other communities outside of these islands do and obtain a court injunction yourselves? Is there something in our law that prevents a citizen or group of citizens from taking legal action to defend what they see as valuable in their community? Form a partnership with your local council to take action. Fund it from a community collection. The days when government could be expected to defend ones perceived 'rights' at taxpayers expense are long gone. If one can't take action as a citizen then something is wrong with the law. Then lobby your European Member of Parliament and make them earn their keep. Good luck.

John Pace

Dec 17th 2010, 10:04

When are the authorities going to take action to stop Palumbo from using grit blasting which they have been prohibited from doing in Italy? We cannot allow a foreign company fouling our laws and endangering our lives when such blasting was stopped when we had the Malta Shipyards. We expect our Local Councils, Senglea, Cospicua, Vittoriosa, Fgura, Paola, Kalkara and others to file a warrant of prohibitory injunction forthwith to stop Palumbo from continuing to use sand blasting and file a court case to prevent any such future use of sand blasting. If it's not good for Italy it is not good for us.