Scheduled power suspension in Nadur, Sannat and Xaghra
Enemalta have advised that there will be scheduled power suspensions in Nadur, Sannat and Xaghra, Gozo, on Tuesday the 18th of December. The following areas will be affected by these scheduled power...
View ArticleJellyfish warning for dog walkers on Ramla Beach Gozo
A Gozo News reader has written to warn that there have been a large number of jellyfish washed up onto the beach at Ramla Bay. Friends of the reader who were out exercising their two dogs on the beach...
View ArticleGaia Foundation conservation project at Hotba l-Bajda
An ambitious conservation project is being undertaken by the Gaia Foundation with the support of GasanMamo, in the protection and conservation of the Maltese landscape. “GasanMamo’s support will be of...
View Article“Parties should express their position on major projects”
In a statement this morning the Environmental NGOs, Nature Trust (Malta), Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Ramblers’ Association, Din L-Art Helwa, Friends of the Earth, Birdlife Malta and Greenhouse Malta...
View ArticleRamblers’ Assoc calls for greater empowerment of ENGOs
The Ramblers’ Association of Malta is announcing a series of policy recommendations for a future Government to implement in order to guarantee a greater stewardship of Malta’s natural heritage for all...
View ArticleXaghra Council hosts international Diami project conference
Earlier this week the Xaghra Local Council hosted a two-day international conference about immigration as part of the EU funded ‘Diami’ project. This project, which involves five European countries,...
View ArticleGozo ranked 6th in TripAdvisor ‘Top Ten Islands in Europe’
Gozo has been ranked 6th in the ‘TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice 2013 Top Ten Islands in Europe.’ TripAdvisor spokeswoman, Emma Shaw said that TripAdvisor’s inaugural list of the world’s best islands...
View ArticleGozo Minister welcomes 6th place in European islands
The Minister for Gozo, Dr. Anton Refalo said that he welcomes the news announced by the international company Trip Advisor that the island Gozo was recently ranked sixth in the ‘TripAdvisor Traveller’s...
View ArticleGozo SPCA appeals for help to find owner of this lost dog
Gozo SPCA are appealing for help in tracing the owner of this dog which has been in the Ramla Bay area since last Thursday. The dog has now been picked up by the Gozo SPCA and is at the Centre in...
View ArticleMore than 330 offences against the Sunday hunting curfew
CABS said in a statement this afternoon that in the course of the first three days of their Operation ´Skyfall,’ more than 330 contraventions of the hunting curfew imposed by the authorities have been...
View ArticleLawrence Camilleri awarded the honour of ‘Gieh ix-Xaghra’
Xaghra Day 2013 events were celebrated on Saturday, organised by the Local Council, they included football tournaments and festive band marches by the Victory Band of Xaghra from Victory Square to the...
View Article2 Spainiards plead guilty in Gozo Court for public offences
On Saturday the Police arraigned under arrest in the Gozo Court, 52-year-old Patricio Rayon Rodriguez and 43-year-old Romauldo Antonio Maldonado, both Spanish. They were accused for having on the 4th...
View ArticleMother’s Day coffee morning at Ramla with Xewkija Council
Xewkija Local Council organised a coffee morning as a celebration for Mother’s Day, at Il-Kcina tar-Ramla, in Ramla Bay. On a beautiful sunny day for the event, the Mothers present enjoyed some fun and...
View ArticleOne beach in Gozo and seven in Malta awarded Blue Flag
This summer there will be a record number of eight beaches in Malta and Gozo flying the blue flag, Golden Bay was awarded the of Beach of Quality title. The beach in Gozo is Ramla l-Hamra, which is...
View ArticleRamla Bay saved with the revocation of planning permits
A saga that has gone on for almost six years to save Ramla Bay from the development of villas instead of Ulysses Lodge is over, the NGO Save Ramla has said that “the site is saved from destruction.”...
View ArticleNadur man on trial by jury for the murder of Gozitan lawyer
A trial by jury has started today with David Zerafa, aged 39, from Nadur accused of killing Gozitan lawyer Michael Grech in May 2004, who had been shot in the neck and hit on the head.. Dr Grech had...
View ArticleGaia Foundation defends clean-up of stones from Ramla Bay
The Gaia Foundation, which manages Ramla L-Hamra, Gozo, has in a statement issued today, defended the use of a bulldozer to remove pebbles and stones from the beach early last Friday. Ramla Bay is the...
View ArticleRamla Bay clean-up carried out under supervision – MEPA
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) in a statement this afternoon makes reference to the recent reinstatement works that were carried out in Ramla il-Hamra Bay prior to the start of the...
View ArticleGTA welcomes the clearing of pebbles off Ramla beach
The Gozo Tourism Association in a statement this morning said that it “notes, that the competent authorities took the necessary measures, in order to reinstate the popular beach of Ramla l-Hamra,...
View ArticleRamla l-Hamra Awareness Weekend with Gaia and Sharklab
The Gaia Foundation and Sharklab are inviting the public to join them for a weekend of fun and interesting activities at Ramla Bay in Gozo. Gazebos, with information signs,will be set up on the beach...
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