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Man hit boyfriend of his former partner with a truncheon
A 29-year-old man was today conditionally discharged for three years after he broke the nose of his former partner's new boyfriend with a truncheon. Ludwig Cassar, 29, from Ibrag, admitted to...
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Police SAG-Mobile Squad to merge
The Police confirmed today that the Special Assignment Group and the Mobile Squad will be merged into one unit called the Rapid Intervention Unit. In a statement, the police said the unit's main role...
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Tunnel, bridge or ferry? How best to link Malta and Gozo?
During a public consultation meeting held earlier this month, Gozo Minister Anton Refalo alluded to the possibility of calling a referendum to determine whether Gozitans prefer a tunnel or a bridge to...
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Coast road to have two lanes in each direction
The Coast Road will have two lanes in each direction under new plans submitted by Transport Malta. Transport Minister Joe Mizzi said the authority was aware that this was the worse 'road killer' in...
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Headmaster cleared of hitting boy
A headmaster was today found not guilty of having hit and slightly injured a schoolboy, with the court saying that his actions had not exceeded the limits of moderation. Alfred Grixti, 51, who is...
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Updated - Valletta CVA system to be reviewed or scrapped
The government will review or scrap the CVA parking system in Valletta by the next Budget, the prime minister said at a public consultation meeting this evening. He said the system needed to be...
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Video highlights - Jessie J, Rita Ora, Rudimental, Afrojack light up Isle of...
MTV’s annual live music extravaganza Isle of MTV rocked the Granaries last night, with international superstars Jessie J, Rita Ora, Rudimental and Afrojack giving some 50,000 music fans a night to...
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Jessie J gives surprise teaser of new track
Malta has been getting coverage of its sun and sea thanks to Isle of MTV. Various websites have carried items on tonight's concert. Jessie J, the headliner at tonight’s show, uploaded facebook...
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Update 2 - Two workers seriously injured in sub-station explosion
Two Enemalta workers were seriously injured this evening in an explosion at an electricity sub-station in St Margaret Street, close to Dingli Street in Sliema. The incident happened at about 6.50 p.m....
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Updated - Missing girls return
Updated 10.30 p.m. Two girls, Donna Edris, 14 and Miriana Sciberras, 13, who had been missing since June 20 have returned, the police said this evening.
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Updated - Traffic policemen escort pregnant woman to hospital... just in time
Three traffic policemen this morning escorted a pregnant woman to hospital for delivery after she was caught in a traffic jam. She arrived just in time and safely delivered a boy. The police said the...
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Update 2 - Jessie J briefly stops the music as fight breaks out
Popular performer Jessie J briefly stopped her performance in the Isle of MTV concert this evening after a fight broke out in front of the stage. "Stop, stop stop," she told the band and then told the...
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Elderly man critical after being hit by cyclist
A 73-year-old man was critically injured when he was hit by a bicycle in Fleur-de-Lys Road this evening. The police said the incident happened at 4.45 p.m. A 17-year-old boy from Mosta was riding the...
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Briton jailed 15 years for importing cannabis
A Briton was today jailed for 15 years and fined €20,000 after he admitted to importing eight kilos of cannabis resin on May 6, 2011. The prosecution said the accused, Stephen John Bradbury, had...
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Magistrate rules Ombudsman did not enjoy immunity in Farrugia Sacco case
A Magistrate ruled this morning that Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino did not enjoy immunity from prosecution when he wrote to the President and the media voicing concerns over Mr Justice Lino Farrugia...
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Hondoq ruled out as site for Gozo cruise terminal, marina
An international call for expressions of interest for the building and operation of a cruise liner terminal and a yacht marina in Gozo has been issued by the government. At present there are no cruise...
View ArticleNGO resigns from LGBTI Council, sees preference of some rights over others
The human rights NGO Aditus said today that in view of the ongoing controversy relating to push backs of asylum seekers, it had presented its resignation from the LGBTI Consultative Council. "Since...
View ArticlePN complains of TVM news imbalance
The Nationalist Party has written to Reno Bugeja, head of news at PBS, complaining of an imbalance against it in yesterday’s TVM coverage of the migration issue. The party complained that the station...
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Audit report shows tail wagged the dog at Wasteserv
Environment Minister Leo Brincat told parliament this morning that an independent audit report has found serious shortcomings of governance in Wasteserv. In a statement to Parliament, Mr Brincat said...
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Migration: The focus should not be on politics but the people caught in the...
A Church of Scotland minister based in Malta has insisted that the focus for churches in the current migration controversy should not be on politics, but the people caught in the middle. Reverend Doug...
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