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Environment Authority reacts as accuracy of air quality monitors after...
Updated 5.52pm with ERA explanation below - Air quality monitors recorded no spike in pollution during last month’s landfill fire, raising concerns about the system’s accuracy. But the Environment...
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11-storey hotel proposed in narrow Sliema street
An application has been filed to build an 11-storey hotel development along Triq Guże Howard, one of Sliema’s narrowest streets, an NGO has revealed. If approved, the 35-metre building will create a...
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Nursing aide treated as mental hospital patient after clash with superior,...
A nursing aide who had a clash with her superior at Mt Carmel Hospital was humiliated to the extent that she was treated as a patient and even forced to shower before her colleagues, the General...
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Paceville to get a €10 million facelift
Paceville will be undergoing an embellishment programme with the intention of transforming it into an upmarket tourism destination, Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi said on Thursday. A budget of €10...
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Consultants’ contracts are private, Cardona insists
Economy Minister Chris Cardona is insisting that people he employed as consultants at his ministry should not have their contracts published as their terms are “private and confidential". Parting from...
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Cannabis vodka gives woman a legal headache
A young woman who bought a bottle of vodka called Cannabis White Widow from an airport duty-free shop while travelling to Malta has been fined €465 and ordered to pay court fees for breaching the drug...
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Justice Minister serving as PM counsel is ‘strange’
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici could not have served as legal counsel to the Prime Minister and his wife in his personal capacity as this would be in breach of code of ethics, Chamber of Advocates...
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VRT station closed for issuing false certificates, owner fined €11,000
A VRT station has had its licence revoked by Transport Malta after it issued 13 pass certificates without carrying out a test, issued six pass certificates for failed tests and issued another five...
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Watch: 'I'd be an idiot to hire a private jet next time,' says PA boss
Updated at 8.40am with video Planning Authority executive chairman Johann Buttigieg has defended his decision to fly a board member down on a private jet for a vote on the City Centre project,...
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Close gentlemen's clubs and massage parlours, Nationalist MP says
Gentlemen's clubs and so-called massage parlours which are nothing more than brothels should be closed, Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo has insisted. In a Facebook post in which he said he was...
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Part of Marsa-Ħamrun bypass closed all day on Saturday
The southbound carriageway of the Marsa-Ħamrun bypass from the Santa Venera tunnels and Mrieħel towards Marsa will be closed all day on Saturday, Infrastructure Malta has warned road users. Lanes will...
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Teen involved in policeman hit-and-run case granted bail
Updated at 1.35pm A teenager accused of running over a police officer in Luqa earlier this year has been granted bail. Liam Debono, 17, will be able to return home while his case plays out, provided...
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Close gentlemen's clubs and massage parlours, Nationalist MP says
Gentlemen's clubs and so-called massage parlours which are nothing more than brothels should be closed, Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo has insisted. In a Facebook post in which he said he was...
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Church Commission pours scorn on PA for organising ‘livable places’ conference
The Church Environment Commission has heaped scorn on the Planning Authority for organising a conference on ‘liveable places’ – just weeks after it approved the db Group's City Centre project in...
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Motorist who ignored stop sign ordered to pay damages to motorcyclist
A motorist who caused an accident with a motorcycle after ignoring a stop sign has been ordered to pay €32,537 in damages. Glenn Spiteri had been driving a Volkswagen Passat when he crashed into a...
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PA chairman's comments about private jet raise more questions - Delia
Comments by the Planning Authority’s executive chairman about flying in a board member on a jet to vote on the City Centre project raised more questions than provided answers, according to Adrian...
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More than €30,000 discovered hidden in car
More than €30,000 were discovered hidden in a car that was crossing to Malta from Sicily. The discovery was made by Customs Officials who were screening passengers on Friday. A Chinese national who...
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Man critical after Lija accident
A 29-year-old man who lives in Mosta was critically injured in a traffic accident in Lija on Thursday night. The police said the accident happened on Triq il-Mosta at 11.20pm. The man, who is...
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Man stabbed in St Julian's argument
A 22-year-old man was seriously injured during an argument on Saturday. The police said the Sicilian man was stabbed during the argument with another man in an apartment in Triq Forrest, St Julian’s....
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Blaming victims discourages others from seeking help, social workers warn
Blaming victims – such as in the case of the acquittal of a priest from sexually abusing a woman – discourages other vulnerable people from asking for help, social workers are warning. Their...
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