Comments on: Market Minister Chris Cardona doesn’t know that Ordnance Street runs all the way up to St James Cavalier

By: Jozef

Jozef — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:45:07 +0000

If the intention is to mislead, which it most definitely is, they’re utter wankers.

By: anthony

anthony — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:35:21 +0000

In reply to gaddafi. Triq il-Misthija Nazzjonali.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:19:45 +0000

In reply to bob-a-job.

Ordnance is rather hard to translate, because it refers to artillery as well as ammunition and associated equipment.

Needless to say, any word we choose will have to be a neologism, extrapolated from what we imagine is the closest Italian word.

Triq is-Sussistenza might do. But then we’d re-translate it as “Subsistence Street”. Heqq, mhux hdej’ is-Social Policy?

By: verita

verita — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:25:20 +0000

Mepa, the board of aesthetics, Wirt Artna, Heritage Malta, Fondazzjoni Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, VLT18, Valletta local council and all other Valletta organisations should protest and insist on finding another site for the market.

By: gn

gn — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:46:12 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter. Triq Ir-Roadmap isbah.

By: ozzie

ozzie — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 00:59:04 +0000

I think the carpark at the end of South Steet could be a good idea. In Valletta but out of sight.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 22:27:18 +0000

I think Cardona got it right and The Sunday Times (and its glorious reporters) got it wrong.

The original suggestion, just after the election, was precisely that: that the Monti would occupy the length of Ordnance Street.

There was no talk of Republic Street then.

I suspect that that happened when they realised they couldn’t fit in all the stalls (especially as the new ones look like being twice the size of the current ones).

When I commented just what a stupid move that would be, people either rolled their eyes and thought that once again I was being negative, or worse yet, couldn’t see what the fuss was about.

Sad to think that it should be a badly designed stand that get’s tongues wagging.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:59:54 +0000

Re the last paragraph, I think you are right. I was in the street between the new parliament and the theatre a couple of days a go and noticed numbers on the floor. I assume these are the pitch numbers for the stalls.

If that’s the case, Cardona has known all along exactly what will be going where.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:57:19 +0000

In reply to gaddafi. Triq in-Nejk l'Ghandna.

By: Martin Felice

Martin Felice — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:57:13 +0000

One has to be completely stupid to state that the stalls will blend with the magnificent building Renzo Piano designed. The harsh truth is that Zarb & Co are a bunch of person who lack any culture whatsoever. Hallina Tony trid.