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Fuel prices rise after the Budget
Fuel prices have gone up as a result of the Budget, Enemalta said this afternoon. One of the Budget measures were a 2c increase on every litre of unleaded petrol, diesel, kerosene and gasoil for...
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Arriva driver dies after falling ill at the wheel
An Arriva bus driver who collapsed while driving yesterday, has passed away. The driver suffered a heart attack while driving down the Birkirkara bypass towards Iklin yesterday afternoon. The bus...
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Board set up to investigate abuse at prisons - Prisons Director resignation...
Civil courts director Frank Mercieca has been appointed chairman of a board which will investigate why four prison guards were not at their post on Sunday evening. Their absence was noticed when Home...
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Jason Micallef 'moving on'
Jason Micallef, chairman of Labour's media company and former general secretary of the party, announced this evening that the time had come for him to move on, but gave no further details. In a...
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Dogs used at the prisons to detect prohibited items being taken into the facility were actually being fed by the prisoners, Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia said this morning. Speaking on TVM, he...
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Update 2: Claim and counter claim on Mepa discussion on Ghallis waste...
Update 2 - Adds comment by Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg Former resources Minister George Pullicino said in Parliament this morning that Parliamentary Secretary Michael Farrugia, who is responsible...
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De Marco urges caution on land reclamation project
Former tourism and environment minister Mario de Marco this morning urged the government to be cautious about its plans for a land reclamation project. Speaking during the Budget debate, he said that...
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Tax rebates due as rate cut is back-dated to January 1
People earning between €20,000 and €60,000 a year are set to receive a tax rebate as a result of the Budget measure reducing the top tax rate from 35 per cent to 32 per cent. The measure was backdated...
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4,000 hospital appointments being brought forward
The EU's Cross Border Care directive is to be transposed to Maltese law in the near future, Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia told parliament during the Budget debate. The purpose of the directive is...
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Ryanair plane returns to Malta after take-off mishap
A Ryanair flight from Malta to Luton returned to Malta today after a mishap during take-off. The plane brushed the fuselage under its tail fin with the runway as it took off at a steep angle. The...
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Malta Security Service ignored invitations for international collaboration
Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia said this evening that reforms were needed in the running of the Security Service to ensure that it focused on its core functions as laid down by the law which...
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Speaker Anglu Farrugia calls at PN headquarters
Updated 8 p.m. New Speaker Anglu Farrugia this morning made a courtesy call on Opposition leader Lawrence Gonzi at PN headquarters. They discussed parliamentary business and procedure. Those present...
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Cachia Caruana cost country €239,000 in severance pay - minister
Foreign Minister George Vella said in Parliament this afternoon that the termination of the contract of Richard Cachia Caruana, Malta's former permanent representative to the EU, had cost Malta...
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Environmentalists disappointed by land reclamation proposals
The government call for land reclamation proposals will not identify specific sites, and the private sector will be free to make its own suggestions. News of the project has ruffled feathers among...
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Investigation into alleged killing of animals at Animal Welfare Department
The police have been asked to investigate the operations of the Animal Welfare Department by the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Affairs and Animal Rights, Roderick Galdes. The government said the...
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Great tiny island
A video entitled 'Great Tiny Island' is representing Malta in a competition organized by World Photography Organization and Sony. The video is a tilt-shift time-lapse about the island shot from...
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New Mepa procedures, tariff cuts announced
Development applications which are in line with local plans and Mepa policies will be approved without the need for further consideration by case officers and the Mepa commissions, thus substantially...
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Rape case: Court witness held in lock-up after changing his testimony
Updated - A court expert, Dr Marisa Cassar, said today that she had found semen on the clothes of an Italian woman who was allegedly raped by two Somali men at Hal Far last month. Giving evidence in...
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Borg Olivier described Mintoff as 'a miser'
US cables from 1974 published by Wikileaks report how then Opposition leader George Borg Olivier described Prime Minister Dom Mintoff as a miser. “He’s a miser at home and he runs the country just...
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Budget approved at last
The Budget for 2013 was approved unanimously by the House of Representatives this evening in a scene which could not have contrasted more sharply with what happened in December. The Budget was...
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