PBS chief John Bundy has dismissed suggestions that the public broadcaster had barred environmental activist Astrid Vella from speaking on its radio shows. "I can't understand her comments," Mr Bundy said, denying claims that there had been any instruction or decision to exclude the Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar coordinator from broadcasts. "The line-up is always at the discretion of the producer. We send for guests as we need them. If the producer needs her on the show, then she'll be invited." Ms Vella claimed earlier this week that her requests to appear on the PBS programme Familja Waħda, where she previously discussed environmental issues on a monthly basis, had been refused for the past six months. She also claimed that listeners who remarked on her absence were told that she was no longer inclined to appear on the show, prompting her to set the record straight. "I can only presume that I have been banned by someone in charge who is not comfortable with the fact that FAA speaks the inconvenient truth, whoever is in power," Ms Vella wrote on Facebook. Six months ago, Ms Vella had been one of the most outspoken critics of the Planning Authority process to grant permits to...
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