Moviment Graffitti is to hold a second protest at Comino's Blue Lagoon, on August 13, to 'reclaim' the island from its 'hijacking' by commercial interests. The NGO held a much-publicised protest at the place at the beginning of summer, complaining that the scenic bay is being swamped by rental deckchairs and umbrellas, often put up before they are actually needed. Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo subsequently announced that no sunbeds would be allowed on the sandy beach at the Blue Lagoon while their number on the quay would be reduced. But the NGO said on Wednesday that in a recent visit it found that only a few deckchairs on the small sandy part of the Blue Lagoon had been removed, while the rest of the area – on the quay, the walkway, and the other small beach – was still covered in empty deckchairs and umbrellas from early morning. "We will not accept a situation where a few people with money and political influence snatch what rightfully belongs to the people. Neither will we accept that these companies continue with their destruction of a nature reserve for their private profits," it insisted. "As the Blue Lagoon continues to be hijacked by commercial interests that have...