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Joseph Portelli under pressure over illegal ODZ pools

Prominent Gozitan developer Joseph Portelli and his business associates are facing growing legal and financial challenges following revelations that two large swimming pools and an extensive landscaped garden were constructed illegally on Outside Development Zone (ODZ) land in Qala. The issue, which has now escalated to the Planning Authority (PA) and the courts, threatens to expose Portelli and his partners to substantial damages and multiple lawsuits from property buyers in the luxury Hal-Wardija complex....

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