Into the breach once more
Published on The Times of Malta on Sunday 16th September, 2007 by Lino Bugeja.
Our euphoric feelings last May over the laudable Government declaration of converting ix-Xaghra l-Hamra (Manikata) into a National Park, heralded "our spring of hope". This was only to be rudely followed once again by a "summer of despair" as we witness an unscrupulous onslaught on the idyllic Gozo countryside and archaeological heritage, as brutal as the barbaric siege of 1551, threatening Ramla l-Hamra, Ta' Cenc, Hondoq ir-Rummien, Ras il-Wardija, Mgarr ix-Xini, and the Gozo prehistoric Stone Circle in Xaghhra, also known as the Brocktorff Circle. These are places we must save for future generations. Is nothing sacred any more?
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Our euphoric feelings last May over the laudable Government declaration of converting ix-Xaghra l-Hamra (Manikata) into a National Park, heralded "our spring of hope". This was only to be rudely followed once again by a "summer of despair" as we witness an unscrupulous onslaught on the idyllic Gozo countryside and archaeological heritage, as brutal as the barbaric siege of 1551, threatening Ramla l-Hamra, Ta' Cenc, Hondoq ir-Rummien, Ras il-Wardija, Mgarr ix-Xini, and the Gozo prehistoric Stone Circle in Xaghhra, also known as the Brocktorff Circle. These are places we must save for future generations. Is nothing sacred any more?
To view the whole article, go to http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=274554&hilite=hondoq
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