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		By: pippo		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52380</link>

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					<description><![CDATA[claude schiberras -

Jien kelli inkontru maghhom tal-plant health department. Mela biex tkun taf dawk ma jiehdux azzjoni meta is-sigra tkun go art privata ghax ma taqax taht il-kompitu taghhom.

Wara li  issir epidemija forsi jindenjaw ruhom u jibghatu tal-parks biex inehhuha u alla jbierek fil-hamrija ihallu ghexieren ta&#039; larvae.

Jien kelli ix-xorti nara operazzjoni ta&#039; tnehhijja ta&#039; sigra tal-palm u wara li telqu gbart xi ftit blalen fejn kien hemm id-dudu ser ifaqqas go fiha.

Naqbel mieghek meta ghidt illi iktar jipprotegu lil-bumunqar ahmar milli lis-sigra.

L-aqwa li xi kulltant tidher Marisa Gatt (il-kap tal-PHD) u tghidlina kemm id-dipartiment taghha qed jahdem. Dan hu kaz iehor kemm ma hawnx dixxiplina.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>claude schiberras &#8211;</p>
<p>Jien kelli inkontru maghhom tal-plant health department. Mela biex tkun taf dawk ma jiehdux azzjoni meta is-sigra tkun go art privata ghax ma taqax taht il-kompitu taghhom.</p>
<p>Wara li  issir epidemija forsi jindenjaw ruhom u jibghatu tal-parks biex inehhuha u alla jbierek fil-hamrija ihallu ghexieren ta&#8217; larvae.</p>
<p>Jien kelli ix-xorti nara operazzjoni ta&#8217; tnehhijja ta&#8217; sigra tal-palm u wara li telqu gbart xi ftit blalen fejn kien hemm id-dudu ser ifaqqas go fiha.</p>
<p>Naqbel mieghek meta ghidt illi iktar jipprotegu lil-bumunqar ahmar milli lis-sigra.</p>
<p>L-aqwa li xi kulltant tidher Marisa Gatt (il-kap tal-PHD) u tghidlina kemm id-dipartiment taghha qed jahdem. Dan hu kaz iehor kemm ma hawnx dixxiplina.</p>
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		By: pippo		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52379</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[L-ahwa issa sirt naf illi Sharon Ellul Bonici, dik li issa lahqet esperta fil-kacca, sejra tindies mal-kaccaturi, forsi ma tafx kif fl-ahhar tilhaq xi membru tal-parliament jew xi membru ta&#039; xi haga ohra.

Tghid ma tmurx b`xi skarf tal-chavs.

Miskina ser thalli il-familja f&#039; Mother&#039;s Day biex tmur tiltaqa maghhom.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>L-ahwa issa sirt naf illi Sharon Ellul Bonici, dik li issa lahqet esperta fil-kacca, sejra tindies mal-kaccaturi, forsi ma tafx kif fl-ahhar tilhaq xi membru tal-parliament jew xi membru ta&#8217; xi haga ohra.</p>
<p>Tghid ma tmurx b`xi skarf tal-chavs.</p>
<p>Miskina ser thalli il-familja f&#8217; Mother&#8217;s Day biex tmur tiltaqa maghhom.</p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52365&quot;&gt;Antoine Vella&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;em&gt;The moral of the story. Forget the department and do it yourself. [Daphne - Exactly. You&#039;re a grown-up. Why didn&#039;t you think of that before?]
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The Prime Minister has been asking why farmers are not applying for the EU funds. Claud is showing the tip of the iceberg. Surely George Pullicino would not tell him that the civil servants at Ghammieri are a bunch of inefficient scarecrows.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52365">Antoine Vella</a>.</p>
<p><em>The moral of the story. Forget the department and do it yourself. [Daphne &#8211; Exactly. You&#8217;re a grown-up. Why didn&#8217;t you think of that before?]<br />
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The Prime Minister has been asking why farmers are not applying for the EU funds. Claud is showing the tip of the iceberg. Surely George Pullicino would not tell him that the civil servants at Ghammieri are a bunch of inefficient scarecrows.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52370&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Avukat u bankier u tabib jista&#039; jkollu zaqq, le?]]></description>
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<p>Avukat u bankier u tabib jista&#8217; jkollu zaqq, le?</p>
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		By: drewsome		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52370&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Hemm avukati, bankiera, negozjanti, ghalliema, nurses, tobba u x&#039;naf jien li huma kemm kaccaturi kif ukoll nies edukati li kull ma jinterasshom li il-Gvern izomm il-weghdi fuq weghdi li ghamel.

La jdejqu n-nies u lanqas jiksru l-ligi.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52370">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Hemm avukati, bankiera, negozjanti, ghalliema, nurses, tobba u x&#8217;naf jien li huma kemm kaccaturi kif ukoll nies edukati li kull ma jinterasshom li il-Gvern izomm il-weghdi fuq weghdi li ghamel.</p>
<p>La jdejqu n-nies u lanqas jiksru l-ligi.</p>
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		By: Claude Sciberras		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claude Sciberras]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52365&quot;&gt;Antoine Vella&lt;/a&gt;.

If this infestation is handled in the same way as the palm weevil then we can bid good bye to our mulberries...  I had first hand experience of the inefficiency and ignorance of the department which handled the red palm weevil and I cannot but say they are doing everything possible to help the weevil rather than our palm trees.

I noticed that our palm tree core was starting to wilt and quickly suspected that we had the weevel - you do not need to be particularly brilliant to notice.  I called in the department to find out what I can do.  I told them that checking this tree was important because there were several others in the vicinity which looked healthy and it would be a pity if others were to suffer the same fate.  This was around June last year.  They told me they will send someone and that in the meantime i should spray the tree with the appropriate insecticide.  I told them to tell me what insecticide I should buy and they told me that they cannot give me that information because of unfair competition - instead of giving me the whole list.

I told them this was stupid and they told me they would send me an e-mail with the chemical properties that the insecticide should have. Apart from the fact that the e-mail never arrived i could imagine Ganni ta&#039; Garaffa getting an e-mail with the chemical properties of the insecticide...  Anyway, I assumed that the next day i would find the department&#039;s representative behind our door asking to see the palm tree.  A week later i was still waiting.  by then it was very clear that the weevil was the culprit and the department his accomplice.  I went to a garden shop and bought a weevil spray and over the next couple of weeks drenched the tree repeatedly.  In the meantime - and i think this is important for those who want to save their trees - I supported the core of the tree (this is where the new shoots sprout) with a stick. the reason is that once the core is ruined the tree will inevitably die.  I managed to save the tree but despite and not with the help of the department.

Funnily or sadly, in December the department representative came around and told us our tree was doing well. i felt like kicking him.

When I called the department to give them a piece of my mind they told me they were very busy because the problem was widespread. this was 3-4 weeks after I first reported my tree.  I told them that if they had one person who saw 5 trees a day (1 every hour) in 3 weeks he should have seen 75 trees, I told them that if they had two they would have seen 150, could it be that so many trees were being infested daily? they obviously told me that was simplistic...

Since then I have seen countless other palm trees succumb to the weevil.  In Gharghur another two beautiful ones have gone.

The moral of the story.  Forget the department and do it yourself.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Exactly. You&#039;re a grown-up. Why didn&#039;t you think of that before?]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52365">Antoine Vella</a>.</p>
<p>If this infestation is handled in the same way as the palm weevil then we can bid good bye to our mulberries&#8230;  I had first hand experience of the inefficiency and ignorance of the department which handled the red palm weevil and I cannot but say they are doing everything possible to help the weevil rather than our palm trees.</p>
<p>I noticed that our palm tree core was starting to wilt and quickly suspected that we had the weevel &#8211; you do not need to be particularly brilliant to notice.  I called in the department to find out what I can do.  I told them that checking this tree was important because there were several others in the vicinity which looked healthy and it would be a pity if others were to suffer the same fate.  This was around June last year.  They told me they will send someone and that in the meantime i should spray the tree with the appropriate insecticide.  I told them to tell me what insecticide I should buy and they told me that they cannot give me that information because of unfair competition &#8211; instead of giving me the whole list.</p>
<p>I told them this was stupid and they told me they would send me an e-mail with the chemical properties that the insecticide should have. Apart from the fact that the e-mail never arrived i could imagine Ganni ta&#8217; Garaffa getting an e-mail with the chemical properties of the insecticide&#8230;  Anyway, I assumed that the next day i would find the department&#8217;s representative behind our door asking to see the palm tree.  A week later i was still waiting.  by then it was very clear that the weevil was the culprit and the department his accomplice.  I went to a garden shop and bought a weevil spray and over the next couple of weeks drenched the tree repeatedly.  In the meantime &#8211; and i think this is important for those who want to save their trees &#8211; I supported the core of the tree (this is where the new shoots sprout) with a stick. the reason is that once the core is ruined the tree will inevitably die.  I managed to save the tree but despite and not with the help of the department.</p>
<p>Funnily or sadly, in December the department representative came around and told us our tree was doing well. i felt like kicking him.</p>
<p>When I called the department to give them a piece of my mind they told me they were very busy because the problem was widespread. this was 3-4 weeks after I first reported my tree.  I told them that if they had one person who saw 5 trees a day (1 every hour) in 3 weeks he should have seen 75 trees, I told them that if they had two they would have seen 150, could it be that so many trees were being infested daily? they obviously told me that was simplistic&#8230;</p>
<p>Since then I have seen countless other palm trees succumb to the weevil.  In Gharghur another two beautiful ones have gone.</p>
<p>The moral of the story.  Forget the department and do it yourself.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Exactly. You&#8217;re a grown-up. Why didn&#8217;t you think of that before?]</strong></p>
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		By: red nose		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the bird-killers and trappers were not so arrogant and bullying, then perhaps one could start to talk some sense.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the bird-killers and trappers were not so arrogant and bullying, then perhaps one could start to talk some sense.</p>
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		By: huntingmaniac		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/04/a-message-from-birdlife/#comment-52369&quot;&gt;Overestimated Shakespeare aka Nostradamus formerly Avatar&lt;/a&gt;.

not even buildings,chimneys,huge structures,emmisions,rubbish that people leave behind and much more but you always see that guns are worst damaging environment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
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<p>not even buildings,chimneys,huge structures,emmisions,rubbish that people leave behind and much more but you always see that guns are worst damaging environment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		By: Charlie Bates		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Bates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This morning I woke up at 05.45 to the sound of gunshots from Delimara.  This has been happening for the past 3 weeks. By 07.00 the poachers must have had enough and the shooting stopped. I am very proud to be a member of BirdLife Malta.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This morning I woke up at 05.45 to the sound of gunshots from Delimara.  This has been happening for the past 3 weeks. By 07.00 the poachers must have had enough and the shooting stopped. I am very proud to be a member of BirdLife Malta.</p>
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		By: Anna Grima		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Grima]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m tired of this issue, and I don&#039;t know who to feel sorry for anymore - the birds for being killed whilst on their daily lives?  The hunters who were promised something that was never returned - i.e. made fun of?  The bird trappers, who were silent all the way but they are the ones suffering the most?

Ma nafx - this issue is getting exhausted and the original point, i.e. illegal hunting and the poor birds, is not the point anymore - now it&#039;s the government having made fun of hunters and bird trappers - and i can&#039;t keep up anymore!

Well done to BirdLife, yes, but give farmers, hunters and trappers a break too.  They do sort of have an itsy bitsy point here!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m tired of this issue, and I don&#8217;t know who to feel sorry for anymore &#8211; the birds for being killed whilst on their daily lives?  The hunters who were promised something that was never returned &#8211; i.e. made fun of?  The bird trappers, who were silent all the way but they are the ones suffering the most?</p>
<p>Ma nafx &#8211; this issue is getting exhausted and the original point, i.e. illegal hunting and the poor birds, is not the point anymore &#8211; now it&#8217;s the government having made fun of hunters and bird trappers &#8211; and i can&#8217;t keep up anymore!</p>
<p>Well done to BirdLife, yes, but give farmers, hunters and trappers a break too.  They do sort of have an itsy bitsy point here!</p>
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