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Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 17:29

Updated - Government postpones legal notice establishing fixed autumn hunting season - FKNK

Video: Paul Spiteri Lucas

The government had been on the verge of issuing a legal notice establishing a fixed autumn hunting season but this was then postponed

FKNK president Joe Perici Calascione told a news conference this afternoon that the fixed autumn season as well as a review of the legislation to close certain loopholes and ambiguities were two of the points agreed with the Labour Party.

Although discussions had been going with the government, he said, the Nationalist Party had always refused to meet hunters.  

Mr Perici Calascione expressed anger at a Nationalist Party advert in newspapers today taking a dig at the PL’s agreement with hunters.

He said that the PN had adopted a different attitude when it was in opposition in 1998. An agreement had then been signed between hunters and Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, who was then secretary general of the PN. The PN had then pledged that hunters would not lose any of their rights.

Asked what hunters meant with “the correct application of the derogation” in their agreement with the PL, Mr Perici Calascione said the government had applied the derogation 12 times, each time incorrectly.

The reasons vary from purely technical reasons to other issues in which Malta was “holier than the Pope” such as when it came to bag limits. Although the commission only mandated a national bag limit, nowhere was the request  for individual and daily bag limits, as had been applied by Malta, made.

He noted that a European Commission formula would allow hunters to shoot  up to 120,000 quails and 79,000 turtle doves. Last year, following consultation with Brussels, the season was opened between April 14 and 30 with a national bag limit of 11,000 turtle doves and 5,000 quails.

“We are in no way saying that we want these higher limits but this goes to show that the limits adopted by the Maltese government are ridiculously low.”

When asked what guarantee did they have that the PL would not take hunters for a ride, Mr Perici Calascione said hunters had had a similar agreement with PL in 1996 and all points agreed upon had been implemented within a month of the election. This was unlike in 1998 when hunters had also had a written agreement with the PN.

ST HUBERT HUNTERS HIT OUT AT DR GONZI

Meanwhile, the St Hubert Hunters Association  said that Dr Gonzi,  on behalf of the Nationalist Party, had on the eve of the 1998 election with the Hunting Federation which amongst other assurances stated that the PN assured its full cooperation in finding suitable solutions to the points raised.

Dr. Gonzi as PN deputy leader prior to the EU referendum also endorsed the written letters by Prime Minister  Fenech Adami and all the PN publications concerning guarantees sent to all hunters and trappers.

"At the time of these agreements the Nationalist Party was content with having 10,000 guns and 4000 trappers on its side. Also it was not concerned about keeping “country weekends free and peaceful, open spaces in which children can play, adults can unwind and dogs roam” neither was it concerned with “keeping birds safe within European law””. On the contrary it lowered the age for people to obtain a gun license and until quite recently it “stuck out it neck” for hunters."

But, the association said, the eve of the 2013 elections now see a different Nationalist Party led by the same Dr Gonzi 'that seems to be preying on another sector of society for votes.'

Having weighed its options it was ignoring the hunters' concerns and turned green to try and win green votes.

"Apart from having still having to prove its green credentials, since beautiful words and opening parks on the eve of an election is not that convincing after 25 years in government, the Nationalist Party seems out to lure another sector of society. Perhaps if it belatedly realizes its mistakes it might audaciously reconsider luring the hunters back in the future with more signed guarantees, agreements and promises. So really the environmentalists and any other sector of society had better be careful if this experiment fails as it could be their  turn next to be discarded," the association said.

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R Mallia

Mar 7th, 12:49

Gillu Ta Stella,

1. That video is definatly not in Malta as I heard no shots & has beautiful birds so your point is?
2. So you are saying that it's ok to kill birds because birds will die anyways by eating plastic? Is this really your excuse? If you are saying that we need stricter laws on dumping, I agree with you 100%.

BAN HUNTING FROM MALTA. JM, GonziPN or AD. Stick together on this please

David Bezzina

Mar 7th, 10:33

You seem to forget how many agreements your beloved PN made with the hunting lobby only to betray them as soon as the election is over.Yet,I doubt if you disagreed with the PN to make such agreements until the last election.
And since we are talking about the environment,who chose a powerstation that works with HFO instead of a less polluting alternative.Yes people,meditate well.

Adrian Vassallo

Mar 7th, 10:47

I cannot agree more. People need to meditate. Greens should consider the environmental blasphemies of merkaptan burning, heavy fuel oil consumption, black dust saga and MEPA permits that come hard on a nobody that wants to make an alteration to his abode while allowing everyone to build an additional storey to the already ruined skyline in certain areas. Meditate citizens. Meditate.....

Mr Andrew Camilleri

Mar 7th, 11:05

Saliba, my meditation tells me that we have had the PN government foe 25 years and the hunting has changed very little. Enforcement has been minimal with the forces left without resources. This tells me that the PN also fears the hunters. That the PN has no care for the environment is a fact we can all see around us. To say PN is against hunting is false. Gonzi sent letters to hunters in 2008.

Eddy Privitera

Mar 7th, 11:19

Francis Saliba M.D. Had the PN reached an agreement with F.K.N.K, you would either have remained silent. Or else lauded GonziPN for showing such understanding !!

Manuel Briffa

Mar 7th, 10:28

Come on Birdlife. Time to 'Spring' into action.

David Psaila

Mar 7th, 10:43

Also this referendum could be held next year along the MEP elections. This way it would reduce considerably the costs and also would be an interesting to see what the prospective MEP candidates would have to say about it when they have a whole nation voting for them and not just one district.

Mr Andrew Camilleri

Mar 7th, 11:07

The only chance of this happening is if you vote AD. Voting for the PNLP retains the status quo.

Eddy Privitera

Mar 7th, 11:26

Wenz: Hunting is ACCEPTED in EU, so cannot be banned. AD are trying to fool anti-hunting voters when they say that hunting can be banned !!!!

joanna farrugia

Mar 7th, 09:04

mur emmnek !!!!

David Bezzina

Mar 7th, 10:35

And I guess you prefer HFO to gas as well.

Mr Andrew Camilleri

Mar 7th, 11:08

Bugeja: Muscat agreed with hunters that there has to be more enforcemebnt. Isn' t that god? GonziPN has remained silent and will leave things as they are.

Eddy Privitera

Mar 7th, 11:28

Joanne Bugeja: So you vote PN because you prefer curruption more than hunting ?????

mario salnitro

Mar 7th, 07:57

Any hobby Maltese citizens practice is none of your business everyone is free to do as he likes always abiding by law in any sport or hobby.

Emanuel Curmi

Mar 7th, 09:33

Dear Mr Salnitro, spoken like a true egoist. Of course one can practice a hobby but if it at somebody else's expense, one has to allow the expression of other opinions and show will to reach compromises. Telling people it's non of their business will simply antagonize and harden the fronts. Clandestine meetings with political parties do not help either.

Emmanuel Curmi

Mar 7th, 10:34

@Mario Salnitro. I have not commented on anyone's post but I can't not replying to yours. How can you say that "it's not your business"? Mr. Cassar is right. You, I presume a hunter, CAN'T do whatever you wish. What you think that you will be getting CAN'T materialize, especially since there are RULES, which if not followed will translate in fines for our country! Malta is for all, not for hunters

Mark Cassar

Mar 7th, 07:28

fully agree Mr.Aquilina. Pity that some hunting fanatics prefer to compromise their own families, their work & their peace of mind vis a vis their mercenary hobby

mario salnitro

Mar 7th, 08:01

I know quite a few people who will spend most of their salary on betting related to football so now we will ban football!!!

Emanuel Curmi

Mar 7th, 09:39

Dear Mr Salnitro. That's the point. It's their money. Not yours or mine. It's like smoking, everyone is free to do so as long as it does not influence other peoples health or bother by bystanders with their fumes. Football can be a social enrichment which one cannot say about hunting.

Henry Moran

Mar 7th, 08:27

I fully agree my friend. The only problem is that we have been paying hefty fines for the Marsa power station for some time now while others were putting good monies in their pockets eh!!

David Bezzina

Mar 7th, 10:37

It is only not shameless when the PN made such promises in the past.Hypocrits !!!!

David Bezzina

Mar 7th, 10:40

I think the statement issued by the FKNK reveals who truly snared the hunters in their nets.And history says so.

Mr Andrew Camilleri

Mar 7th, 11:13

Funny but I do not recall Martinelli's wish to roam freely in the countryside in the past years. That's because GonziPn was in power and everything they did was good, including allowing hunters to own the countrsyide. Suddenly M wakes up and wishes to roam around without hunters. I suggest that M should vote AD if he truly belives what he wrote. But he won't because this Canadian has no vote!

Mr Andrew Camilleri

Mar 7th, 11:15

And Gonzi is not interested in power? isn't that why Gonzi held the country to ransom in the past year when he had no majority in parliament, creating distability and unemployment -as Tonio fenech said yesterday. Yes TF said that the high rate of unemployment is because of the uncertainty of the election in the past year. Finally admitted that GonziPN puts its interests before those of the Maltese

David Bezzina

Mar 7th, 10:42

Fil-parametri tal-ligijiet tal-UE......sur Cassar.Issa sirna kollha ambjentalisti !!! Mela insejtu minn ghazel powerstation bl-aktar fuel li jhammeg minflok iehor li jhammeg naqra inqas !!!

R Cortis

Mar 6th, 19:52

I think it was never the PL vote........just bluff. And its nonsense that someone will decide how to vote because of hunting and trapping. Corruption, scandals, 500 euros, utility bills, unemployment, treating the people according to their colours, Arriva, BWSE and many many more....thats what we have to vote for and thats why we need a change in our country.

A Cachia

Mar 6th, 21:19

Are you voting AD?

Noel Cutajar

Mar 6th, 21:26

Sorry PN, you just lost my vote.

mark borg

Mar 7th, 07:05

mela vote PN jhekk ibellawielek li se jaqtaw il kacca .sur dingli ilhom 25 sena jigvernaw u il kacca xorta issir u tibqa issir tahthom .Allura din skuza tieghek.

Steve Zammit

Mar 7th, 08:01

Sur Borg birds of the same feather flock together...interesting

J Martinelli

Mar 6th, 21:06

What about the last 5 years, V Grech? Jobs? No protests in the streets? No cut in pay, pensions? Less taxes? Students graduating without spending one euro? More Social services? Highest number of gainfully employed? Low unemployment?
What else do you want? Perhaps staying home & receiving a monthly cheque from taxpayers' money?
Try living in one of Joseph's favourite countries like Cyprus, Spain!

Steve M. Engerer

Mar 6th, 23:42


Mr Grech I will not forget the last five years...

& I look forward to the next five..

it is for those reasons that I will vote PN..

Steve Zammit

Mar 7th, 08:06

All the projects inagurated in the past 5 years are a certificate for the PN.

Bring on the next 5

Under the EU, spring hunting is not allowed. Thats why a derogation needs to be applied, but the hunters arent happy andon the eve of an election we see their true colours coming out.

Anthony Mizzi

Mar 6th, 19:56

Ghalhiex mhux qabel... f'wiehed mill breaks li ha Gonzi u tieghu?

Ghalhiex Dr. Gonzi ma ghamilx referendum mar-referendum tad-divorzju ,kif jghidu "TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE"?

Dejjem stagun miftuh ghal voti ta' GonziPNu tal-FKNK xorta ma fihomx hobz u mhux ta' min jafdhom!

Carmel Garcia

Mar 7th, 06:45

100% agreed

francis Buhagiar

Mar 6th, 21:03

are you serious Mr. Mifsud do you know what happened to our environment under the PN. have you forgotten who issued a building permit in the vally of Bahrijja. Come on say these jokes to the PN supporters please.

Joseph Borg

Mar 6th, 19:39

Min qallek bija li bilfors isir referendum ghax ikun hemm 10000 firma. Sejjer zball siehbi. 10000 firma trid biex issejjah biex titlob referendum imma id decizzjoni fl-ahhar tkun tal gvern dejjem jew tkun trid taddi mill parlament.

Carmel Garcia

Mar 7th, 06:47

Jekk jigri hekk Sur Borg, Malta ma tkunx taghna lkoll, imma tal-kaccaturi u l'MLP biss.

V. Grech

Mar 6th, 19:41

dear m borg
it is useless they will never understand..they have promised it all to hunters and trappers just to get is in the EU and now they are ashamed of them..ara veru il PN juak u jarmik..

Peter Galea

Mar 6th, 19:55

yes u r right. No hunting in spring like other european hunters

francis Buhagiar

Mar 6th, 21:10

Sure they have a different meaning Friends of friends. The PN wants to sell Malta to the Germans millioneers. Have you ever asked from where do BLM get all that money. who is forging them all that money to employ a foregner as a president while other NGOs will have to forge out money out of their pockets to survive,

J Martinelli

Mar 6th, 21:19

JM qed jghidilhom dak kollu li jridu jisimghu, imbaghad meta jaffacca lill UE, jigi lura b'idu vojta w jghidilhom,"Heqq ippruvajt imma dawn huma il-ligijiet tal-UE". Mur obsor! Qatt ma jiehu tort bhal ma hax tort wara l-gidba ta Hal Safi w tefaghha kollha fuq Toni li "kien imissu rrizenja w ma kienx jithalla johrog ghall-elezzjoni kieku kien kandidat"! Imma hu li heba l-fatt daqs Toni ghadu hemm!

francis Buhagiar

Mar 6th, 21:16

My friend keep one thing in mind that if it wasn't for the hunters and trappers Malta should have become a desert. when you go to the countryside and see a tree remember that it was planted by a hunter or a trapper at his own expence. The only thing the Gov. did was to destroy our environment by issuing uncontrolled building permits.

K Grech

Mar 6th, 22:18

'It wont go unnoticed in Brussels.' Obviously not, Brussels will say, finally Malta has come level with other EU countries.

Steve Zammit

Mar 7th, 08:08

These are the environmental credentials that PL boasts about?

David Bezzina

Mar 7th, 10:47

Powerstation working with HFO....now this is what I call flawed environmental credentials !!!

m. borg (slm)

Mar 6th, 19:15

You mean gonzipn?

Eddy Privitera

Mar 6th, 19:06

James Dimech: Remember when the PN had sent a LOVE LETTER to each hunter and trapper before the EU referendum ????????????????

Mr Stephen Borg

Mar 6th, 19:32

No problem suit yourself but I think it is uptime to give you plenty of good reasons not to vote PN. BWSC contract and law amendment to pave way for the said contract. The ARRIVA saga where we where promised a European like service but got worst than we had in the first place. The oil procurement scandal where we where asked to pay more to fill the pockets of the select few. These and many more.

L Zammit

Mar 6th, 20:40

Mr Stephen Borg: "good reasons not to vote PN" No Stephen. You vote PL because you have always been been a PL supporter.

Anthony A. Mifsud

Mar 6th, 20:49

Truly pathetic, article James Dimech ..
Ninu

J Martinelli

Mar 6th, 21:34

@ Privitera - The NP promised a derogation as permitted under EU laws. No more, no less, just as Joseph will soon discover that he cannot deliver that which is undeliverable.
@ Stephen Borg. The BWSC contract was won on the basis of cost & efficiency. If Bateman won, surely the LP would have been pleased because their favourite local agent would have pocketed the commission.
No law was amended....

J Martinelli

Mar 6th, 21:42

It's funny that you talk about the oil procurement scandal since all those named have more connections to the LP and none with the PN! The govt went straight to the police while Joseph & Toni hid the Safi 'ice-cube' dealers!
Arriva are paying penalties and will continue to do so until their service comes up to par with EU standards. The LP attempted to improve the buses by painting them green!

jm busuttil

Mar 6th, 23:28

@ Mr. Stephen Borg

The most important is Futur fis-sod.

Good news for the PN. Friends of mine 4 in all will be voting PN ( were going to abstain) after watching yesterdays Mass meeting in Gozo and tonight's debate.

A Borg

Mar 6th, 19:40

Sport? how does this feature as a sport? It's pure animal cruelty. Murderers the lot of them.

Paul Giordimaina

Mar 6th, 19:52

Eddie what are you getting if PL wins power because with how you reason everything the government does is bad there have to be a reason behind it.

K Grech

Mar 6th, 22:22

Since when have nationalists become so animal lovers? Didn't in the past years LG and EFA send letters to hunters and trappers telling them that they will be secure under a PN government? In those days labour didn't turn its guns against these minorities. PN is attacking and wants to eradicate the hobby of these minorities, and this can be seen also from its wanabee environmentalists pn activists

mark johnson

Mar 6th, 19:22

AD are to politics what I am to ballet dancing.

David Psaila

Mar 6th, 19:29

"Or are you afraid to comment in case you might convince some people not to vote labour? I thought you and your party are against hunting & trapping."

What more views do you want? You don't have to think but rather read their electoral manifesto as I did.

They have said they are against spring hunting. This agreement supports spring hunting. Thus AD are against it. It's called logic!!

J Martinelli

Mar 6th, 21:56

And don't expect to hear from Dr Briguglio since he still does not know whether to abstain, vote PL and maybe NP! It's not that he hasn't done it before when he was an AD councillor and not voted for his own Party! (His own admission, not my invention).

S Sammut

Mar 6th, 23:02

Ad commented on d news and did not agree with JM

m. borg (slm)

Mar 6th, 19:16

Who says?

Yoooooooou?

Mr Stephen Borg

Mar 6th, 19:49

Debono the Maltese electorate is after more substance then hunting. Hunting or no hunting under Lawrence Gonzi we will get more of the same. People are more interested with their standard of living which was consistently eroded under GonziPN with higher costs.

Denis Pace

Mar 6th, 19:09

No matter how hard you try, the pact is a SHAME.
I was half-hoping for a change towards an environment-friendly government and now Labour gives us this.

Forget our votes!

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:57

Mr Pace...did you ever ever ever vote PL or ever ever ever had an intention to do so...lol...you lot are a joke...disguising yourself as genuine floaters when you are just PN stalwarts

mark borg

Mar 6th, 20:19

@dennis pace
mela erga ivvota Pn u aqta x envirolment ikollok, ibda mill heavy fuel go l-istonku u spicca mill bini gol widien ! fost affariet fahxijin ohra.

J Martinelli

Mar 6th, 22:04

Like what Willie? Same quotas as in countries 1000 times larger than Malta?
We have more hunters per every passing bird than in any other country.
Why kill/trap birds of any kind? It's not that this is a starving nation counting on every bit of protein one can lay his hands on. We lead in obesity, not a sure sign of starvation.
For sport why not shoot skeet? Killing birds is no sport!

Andrea Damato

Mar 6th, 18:55

I am a keen trapper and hunter and i appreciate your comment Mr.Borg. Once we have in place regulations that offer the opportunities that hunters and trappers in other EU states have ( no more and no less), no illegalities are to be tolerated and as a detterent, penalties should be increased.

Very good point.

m. borg (slm)

Mar 6th, 19:18

Mr Borg your statement noted and already conveyed to FKNK.

I agree illegal hunting should bear hefty fines and maybe prison terms.

Paul Giordimaina

Mar 6th, 19:56

Joseph he won't remember previous labour governments if you are supporter anything goes one word of advice Il lupu jbidel sufi imma le ghemilu.

Ray Buhagiar

Mar 6th, 18:51

To be in line one has to remove the derogations.

Simon Bonello

Mar 6th, 18:58

prosit J. Agius ghandek ragun 100% anke jien kaccatur minix, pero nhoss la darba qeghdin membri fl' unjoni ewropeja , il kaccaturi ghandhom ikollok l istess drittijiet bhal kaccaturi ohra ewropej no more but no less

Lawrence Camilleri

Mar 6th, 19:01

But there is many a slip between the cup and the lip.

Denis Pace

Mar 6th, 19:13

Thats a load of rubbish.
Discussions with the EU have long been exhausted.

Other countries are fighting for jobs and daily living...Here we fight about Bird-Killers!

That says it all about this damned island with its idiotic population.
Sorry to be Maltese.
I've had enough of this

JJ Agius

Mar 6th, 19:15

@ray Buhagar
Again Malta is in Europe not in North Korea? All European citizens must have same & equal rights
No more no less.
Gillu ta Stella

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:53

Mr Buhagiar,


derogations are part of eu law...this has been confirmed by the eu commission...get your facts right...

think before u write & not write before u think

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:55

Mr Pace...you are free to go to any country that does not discuss hunting and discusses more important things...by allowing hunting and not even discussing or contemplating a ban.

no eu country wastes its time on hunting as Malta does...they simply allow it...

proof of this is the fact that no eu country has ever banned hunting.

JJ Agius

Mar 6th, 21:16

@denis pace
I am proud to be Maltese. Hunting is all over Europe . One should be ashamed to kill the birds as in this film.
Many antihunters do this without a gun.

Gillu ta Stella

eddy towers

Mar 6th, 22:48

mr agius sorry to say that you do live in a dictatorship regime, its called the EUROPEAN UNION, and you do have to do what you are told by them, its called EU DIRECTIVES, why do you think malta has been taken to court by the EU, because she has broken THE EU DIRECTIVES, SO YES YOU DO LIVE IN A REGIME. i hope that when the uk gets the chance to get out of it we take it, the sooner the better.

m farrugia

Mar 6th, 19:12

if pl wins kif alla jridna ha nigu. Il Mepa inzarmawha biex naqdu l-izvilippaturi , kullimkien tiri ta kacca bla rispett ghal min jiehu pjacir jimxi u jitpaxxa bin natura.Gungla ha nergghu nigu, l-avvanz li ghamilna mindu dhalna fl eu kollu ha nitilfuh. Wara kollox il pl u joseph xi darba emmnu fl EU? Ghal butu biss ghogbitu lEU lil Joseph ghax min jaf xpensjoni tal MEP ha jiehu .IPOKRITI

Eddy Privitera

Mar 6th, 19:09

George Cutajar: What a short memory you have got ! How long ago has Simon Busuttil said that GonziPN had " HRIGNA GHONQNA GHALIKHOM ", referring to hunters and the decision to allow hunting for a short period in Spring ???!!!

Willie Grech

Mar 6th, 19:10

@ G Cutajar

I am very happy to see your posts again as it seems a long time now since your last defense of the PN. What you failed to mention in your statement, " the PN is neither opportunistic nor populist" is that the PN wrote to hunters/trappers declaring that they will never loose what they had then if the PN is in power. This was before the EU Referendum. Remember?

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:51

Mr Cutajar

of course it is not for sale...coz the last time it sold itself to the hunters the hunters ended with a rubbish product which they will not buy again.

did you claim that the pn was opportunistic and populist in 2003 when it promised heaven on earth to the hunters...

lol...not for sale...the clock...the private jet holiday...the yacht trip...come on find a better line of defense

George Cutajar

Mar 6th, 23:57

@ Willie Grech - perhaps you have not been on line.mas for me defending the PN rest assured that the PN does not need my defense.

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:48

chris if derogations are applied correctly then no fines will follow.

plus if that is the price for my 2003 election & referendum stolen vote...then either malta pays the fine or we get out of the eu, or the derogation is applied correctly...

but either choise hunting is here to stay coz when I voted for PN in 2003 I voted on that condition...& now I will vote PL on that condition

Eddy Privitera

Mar 6th, 19:11

Neil Dent: GonziPN apololgists , including Dr. Gonzi, Simon Busuttil etc.. have been referring to what happened DECADES AGO !

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:46

Neil Dent,

the agreement was essential for d eu referendum to pass...& although it seems as a long time ago it was not made 15 years ago, but 10 years ago...plus the ECJ court case only dates to 2009...

+ can I sign a contract with u 4 a house purchase...it would b nice if I stop paying d installments after 4 years...then when u take me 2 court I claim that its no use coz its 15 years later

Andrew Cumbo

Mar 6th, 19:01

Meta il- kumpanija fejn nahdem jien fi 2008 kienet qeghda topera "4 day week" jien u shabi konna qeghdin niehdu 20% inqas paga lejn id-dar. Shabi ohra li jammontaw madwar 80 tilfu l-impjieg. Izda Gonzi dak in-nhar kien ftahar li lilna ghina. Li hu zgur li fl-istess zmien Gonzi ghin lilu nifsu u lill ta' madwaru ghax hadu 500 euro zieda u ahna konna niehdu paga inqas lejn id-dar.

Eddy Privitera

Mar 6th, 19:15

Anton Briffa. Il-PL qieghed iwieghed li se jaghmel aktar minn hekk. tghid ?ommok qatt sabet medicini out-of-stock bhal ma sabu eluf ta' nies. Nispera li ma kelòlix tistenna fuq xi stretcher sieghat twal bla ebda privatezza sakemm tawha sodda. Ibnek se juibqa jkollu dak kollu li ghandu llum. U jekk ghad jidhol l.universita u jehel u jkun irid ikompli jistudja, se jibqa jircievi l-istipendju !

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:41

Mr Briffa,

when I was hospitalized at mater dei I discharged myself and went to a private hospital coz I didn't want to stay in a corridor.

when my grandmother was hospitalized, she prayed that she dies coz she was neglected in a corridor.

when I was a student my parents sent me to a private school coz the govt shool was rubbish.

these & many other points convinced me to vote pl

Paul Giordimaina

Mar 6th, 20:04

Eddie say something positive for once you still gonna take what you are waiting for.

mark borg

Mar 6th, 20:10

mela anton my replies below
1. Min hi il kumpanija ? ghax probbabbli gaba Mintoff kien jhekk fabrika (ghax ghjnuna lil fabriki biss inghatat)
2. Rigward l-isptar b xejn irringrazzja MLP. kien mintoff li gab sahha u edukazjoni b xejn ghall kulhadd,ghax min hu sinjur ma jridx ihallas taxxa ghalik, allura il Pn dak iz zmien kienu kontra.U jaqblu biss biex jehdulek il vot.

Joseph M. Grech.

Mar 6th, 18:38

. . . and the poisonous lead from the thousands of shot fired!!!!

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:37

poisoning????

lead oxidizes on contact with oxygen, that is why it becomes a dull grey colour...and is not poisonous...get your fact right before blabbing...if lead had to be poisonous and contaminating our water table the eu would have banned the 7 million eu hunters by enforcing a ban on lead shot.

imma basta tlablab ux hekk?

francis Buhagiar

Mar 6th, 21:24

Mr Schranz do you know how many tons of led are burried in our island? miles of cables have been laid in Malta by teh british forces and none of you ever mentioned them, you only tallk with hatred towards hunters to lay the way for your German companions.

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:34

can we have a guarantee that society will be crime free...I happened to have many people trespass and damage my hides, veg and trees.

moreover, every societal sector has its black sheep...how sure they will all follow the law.

why not ban bars...many innocent people end up as victims of drunkards who go behind the wheel.

why not ban everything except work?

Eddy Privitera

Mar 6th, 18:40

george Debono: You cannot have hunting and trapping BANNED once the EU allows it under certain regulations ! You too, I wonder, what you had said when Dr EFA and his deputy, Dr. Gonzi had guaranteed hunters and trappers that they would be able to carry on with their hobby with Malta in the EU !

M. Cardona

Mar 6th, 18:48

Ara marelli kemm hawn min jintilef minn sensieh f'daghdigha tad-demm. Ikkalma pupull ghax jaghmillek id-deni u ahna l-kaccaturi ma nixtiequ deni lil hadd.

George Debono

Mar 6th, 21:00

Im calm and serene.......im voting PN. But I will vote even more if they will ban hunting, and if the PL says it will ban hunting, then i will vote PL

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:30

and others are putting; corruption & fraud in the oil procurement, arriva fiasco, smart ghost city, the maltese €5000 clock, and much more....before their children's future

Paul Giordimaina

Mar 6th, 20:08

Edie why are you answering every blog you must be very desperate don't worry the MLP still is going to reward you.

mark borg

Mar 6th, 20:22

@j borg
X childrens future hu ? int temmen li il PN biss jistu jmexxu !! allahares !!! l-aktar bil kandidati li hemm bhallissa! qisa ix xemx taht gonzi telghat l-ewwel daba ! thallijhomx ibellawlek ross bil labra, tal klikka !

C Calafato

Mar 6th, 21:54

@ J borg. No i am afraid of dinasours that's why put my children before hobbies and petty things. I am sure you are intelligent enough to understand me.

eddy towers

Mar 6th, 22:36

well said mr pisani, but gannets in scotland ?????

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:28

one because a recipe for clays is still in the pipeline!!!

2. what difference does it make if its raised or wild...after all its sustainability that dictates whether birds can be hunted or not...and no game birds hunted in malta are endangered

martin pisani

Mar 6th, 18:12

A Trapani, I totally agree with you, I am a hunter/trapper and all i want is what is legally mine to take, no more no less thats why i think JM is heading in the correct direction,fighting for the maltese unlike past ministers have opted out of doing.

and hopefully an end to the cruel unsportsmanship poaching which i pray will be a thing of the past,bad light on malta is unwanted by all alike

Eddy Privitera

Mar 6th, 19:19

A TRapani: The agreement with hunters and trappers says that ALL EU regulations will have to be abided with. So what's your argument ?

John Bezzina

Mar 6th, 18:46

Not that you will if PL is elected but thanks anyway....... You just convinced me to vote PN

mark borg

Mar 7th, 07:09

@john bezzina
ma qed tinpressjona u tbellaha lil hadd ta :) taht il pN xorta kacca jkun hawn u int plus kif trid tbellaha li issa taf lil min se tivvota? ilhek snin trwewahh lil pn hawn ! min jaf ghalfejn hux sur bezzina ?

J Mifsud

Mar 6th, 19:22

Pn saviours of the environment?? With a power station running on HFO? Or else being last in the EU when it comes to natural energy?

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:24

How...for all I know there is no country or eu member state taht has banned hunting...so were will tourists go...to the Moon?

Also hunting was banned in 2008 & 2009...and re-instated in 2010,2011,2012...and in the later years tourism increased...so what exactly is your point?

J Borg

Mar 6th, 19:25

did you say so back in 2003 when your party promised heaven on earth to the hunters?

mark borg

Mar 6th, 20:25

hunting will still stay under the PN . SO your argument is biased and as irrelevant as the regime you are defending.

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