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Government to launch anti-poverty strategy
The government will be launching an anti-poverty strategy in the coming months to bridge the gap between the school and family and weave a network between the church and NGOs, Education Minister...
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Records Festival at Qormi
The Malta Records Festival is being held at Qormi this evening. During the event, a raviola by Tat-Taljan weighing nearly 100 kilos was presented, attempting to break the Guinness World record held...
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Kessler: ‘I never told Gayle Kimberley to fear Dalli’
The head of the EU Anti-Fraud Agency, Giovanni Kessler has denied that he told Gayle Kimberley, a key Dalligate witness, that she should fear former European Commissioner John Dalli. “... I absolutely...
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Rare Spoonbill at Ghadira nature reserve
A rare Spoonbill has been seen at Għadira Nature Reserve since Thursday, Birdlife Malta said. Reserve Warden, Alex Casha, said: "We initially wanted to keep quiet about the presence of the bird, as...
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Grech suggests priorities for Malta's EU presidency
The importance of the citizen at the heart of the European Union, the fight against poverty, economic recovery and iregular migration should be among the priorities of Malta's presidency of the EU in...
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Gonzi thanks his supporters as the PN chooses his successor
Outgoing PN leader Lawrence Gonzi said this evening that the election of a new PN leader was the start of the PN's road to regain the people's confidence. Speaking amid applause, he said adversity...
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Spaniards admit offending public morals
Two Spaniards have been conditionally discharged by the courts in Gozo after admitting to offending public morals at Ramla l-Hamra. Patricio Rayon Rodriguez, 52, and Romauldo Antonio Maldonado, 43...
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Seven questions for the PN’s next leader
Nationalist councillors go to the polls today to elect a new leader. But where do the four candidates stand on ideological and policy issues? Bertrand Borg finds out. Describe your political ideology...
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Gonzi, EFA, leadership candidates cast their ballot
Outgoing PN leader Lawrence Gonzi and three of the four PN leadership candidates cast their ballots together at PN headquarters this morning. They were followed, shortly after, by former leader Eddie...
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Fraud arraignment after civil service exam investigation
At least one person - an official of the Examinations Department - is to be taken to court and accused of exam fraud following changes in the markings of the exam for executive officers in the civil...
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Simon Busuttil wins first round of PN leadership election with 50%
Simon Busuttil has won the first round of the PN leadership election, but he has fallen short of the required two-thirds majority. After the 897 votes were counted, Dr Busuttil won 50.3% followed by...
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Mario de Marco, Zammit Dimech concede, back Simon Busuttil, will not seek...
Mario de Marco and Francis Zammit Dimech have dropped out of the PN leadership race, effectively confirming Simon Busuttil as the next leader of the Nationalist Party. Dr Busuttil won the first round...
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Former Judge Ray Pace found dead
Former Judge Ray Pace has been found dead. The police are investigating the circumstances of his death, but no one else is believed to have been involved. Judge Pace, 54, resigned from the Bench after...
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Update 3: Man, child critically injured in Hal Far horse races
Updated 1.50 p.m. Saturday with girl's worsening condition - A 50-year-old man from Hamrun and an 11-year-old girl were critically injured during horse races in Hal Far late yesterday. The police said...
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Man set fire to his own car, blamed wife
Nicolai Magrin, 36 of Sliema was today convicted of having set fire to his own car and filing a false report to the police. He said condemned to a nine-month jail term suspended for 18 months. The...
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Francis Zammit Dimech bows out of PN leadership race
Francis Zammit Dimech has bowed out of the PN leadership race. He came a distant third in the election, with six per cent of the vote. In a brief address in the hall of PN headquarters, Dr Zammit...
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Cachia Caruana insists he never used the Security Service against anyone
Richard Cachia Caruana insisted in court this morning that he never used the Security Service against anyone and never had the authority to do so. He was testifying in libel proceedings against One...
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Woman trapped in sinking car for 30 minutes
A 29-year-old woman was in a critical condition after she drove off the Ta’ Xbiex yacht marina into the sea and spent some 30 minutes trapped in the sinking car before rescuers managed to haul her...
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Doctors told my parents: God wants me for himself
Noel Aquilina has made it his mission in life to discredit the dismal prediction made by a doctor soon after he and his twin sister were born 35 years ago. “I have spina bifida and my sister does not...
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Rinella gun shatters afternoon stillness
The giant Rinella coastal gun was fired by Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna this afternoon, its ear splitting 'boom' being the highlight of a Heritage Day held by the heritage NGO in the British-built historic...
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