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Said files nomination for PN general secretary post
Former Justice Minister Chris Said has submitted his nomination for the election of general secretary of the Nationalist Party. His is the only nomination so far. He told The Sunday Times last month...
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Arriva announces summer timetable
Arriva has issued a new collection of timetables for the summer period based on the theme, ‘Connecting Malta through culture’ The focus of the new material is to provide a greater awareness of what...
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Cirkewwa ferry terminal 'fully operational'
The Cirkewwa Gozo ferry terminal is now fully operational and has been formally handed over to Gozo Channel, Transport Minister Joe Mizzi said this morning. Speaking at a press conference on site with...
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Updated - Lawyer's murder - Accused is denied bail
A court has turned down a request for bail filed by Nizar El Gadi, the Libyan man accused of killing his former wife Margaret Mifsud. El Gadi is accused of having killed Dr Mifsud in her car in Bahar...
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Commissioner appointed after consultation with PSC
Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit has been reinstated in the public service after the Prime Minister consulted the public service commission, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt. Mr Zammit, 52,...
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Updated: Man injured in Birkirkara accident
A 24-year-old man from Birkirkara was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Naxxar Road, Birkirkara at around 2.30pm. He is not in a critical condition The police said the accident happened when...
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Updated - ‘We both knew just what we had to do...’
Updated - adds video - Police Constable Paul Cassar found the courage to push himself and dive a few metres deeper to rescue a woman trapped in a sinking car, only because he knew his work partner was...
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Household energy prices in Malta stable and below EU average
Household electricity prices rose by 6.6% in the EU between the second half of 2011 and the second half of 2012, after an increase of 6.3% between the second half of 2010 and 2011, a Eurostat study...
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Minister says former permanent secretary, not government, requested MCA...
Economic Affairs Minister Chris Cardona this evening denied that the government had requested the resignation of Antonio Ghigo, chairman of the Malta Communications Authority, although it eventually...
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Mother held in remand after allegedly assaulting foundation's staff
A mother whose children are being cared for by the Richmond Foundation under a care order after running away from home, was today remanded in custody after allegedly assaulting the foundation...
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Potato farmer is the talk of the Agrarian festival
Michael Caruana, the young farmer who featured in an online video about potato exportation, was one of the main attractions at the Potato and Agrarian Festival in Qrendi yesterday. “I saw you on the...
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PN concerned about transfers at St Vincent de Paul Home
The Nationalist Party has expressed concern about staff transfers at St Vincent de Paul Home and their impact on patient care. The party noted that yesterday, relatives of patients cared for in the...
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Updated: CNI wants Malta debt guarantee withdrawn after EU ditches migrant...
Malta should withdraw the financial solidarity it showed debt-stricken EU members (such as Greece) after Brussels ditched a proposal to help in the relocation of migrants, according to a former prime...
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Nurse pleads guilty to Sydney blaze which killed 11, including two Maltese
A 37-year-old former nurse has pleaded guilty to starting two fires at a Sydney nursing home that killed 11 people in November 2011. Among the victims were two Maltese, Caesar Galea 82, and Emmanuela...
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Woman who was trapped in sinking car is taken off danger list
A 29-year-old woman who drove off the Ta’ Xbiex yacht marina and into the sea on May 4 has been taken off the danger list and moved out of the intensive care unit of Mater Dei Hospital. Sources said...
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Woman acquitted of bigamy
A Filipino woman has been acquitted of bigamy after a court said the prosecution had failed to prove that her first husband was alive, or that the accused knew he was alive when she remarried....
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Father claims doctors' negligence caused daughter's death
The father of a 32-year-old woman has filed a judicial protest against the Minister of Health, claiming that as a direct result of doctors' negligence at Mater Dei Hospital, his daughter had died of...
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Brussels says Malta must cut spending
The European Commission will be asking the Government to lower its spending, particularly by introducing health and pension reforms to rein in its growing deficit. Commission sources told Times of...
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Eight pilots were paid €2.7m to leave Air Malta
There were 12 Air Malta pilots who took advantage of the airline’s early retirement scheme, Tourism Minister Karmenu Vella told Justyne Caruana (PL) in reply to a parliamentary question. Eight pilots...
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Updated - Speaker rules PM could have made 'better choice of words' in...
Updated 10.13 p.m. The Speaker of the House of Representatives this evening upheld a complaint by Nationalist MP Tonio Fenech following an exchange with the prime minister, saying that Dr Muscat could...
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