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Update 4: PN leader calls for public inquiry into alleged attack, PM reacts
A law student who works with the Nationalist Party was this morning “insulted and called names” by former MPs Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando and Franco Debono, the PN said. Both Dr Debono and Dr Pullicino...
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Update 6: Tanker ignored instructions to head to Libya, Government insists
(Adds information) A tanker that picked up migrants near Libya was stopped from entering Maltese waters and is currently under army surveillance, the Government said. In a statement, it said the...
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AFM evacuates four migrants in need of medical attention
Four migrants on board a dinghy headed to Sicily were medically evacuated by the Armed Forces of Malta last night after they requested medical assistance. Two were pregnant. The other migrants on the...
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Stabbing victim recounts incident
The victim of a stabbing incident last month recounted to a court today how he had felt a knife handle when he touched his back after he thought he had been punched. Testifying in the compilation of...
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PN print workers facing uncertain future
The decision to close down the Nationalist Party’s printing press as part of a cost-cutting exercise has thrown the employees into a sea of uncertainty. Although the eight workers at Independence...
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Cloud cast over PV panel investment programme
The new European funding scheme to help businesses invest in photovoltaic panels was restricted to just five suppliers, leaving more than 30 others high and dry, Times of Malta has learnt. The scheme...
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Former PN MP refuses board positions in loyalty to voters
Former Nationalist MP Jean Pierre Farrugia said today that he refused offers to sit on the Foundation for Medical Services and Heritage Malta as a sign of loyalty with the 1,118 voters who expressed...
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Air Malta affected by industry-wide reservations issue
Air Malta has been affected by an industry-wide reservations systems failure, the airline said. Sabre systems, which is used by more than 400 airlines worldwide, reported a system issue early this...
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Police are stepping up Paceville security soon
Extra police officers will be deployed in Paceville from next week, government sources said yesterday. Although the Government is playing down a recent security warning from the US State Department,...
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Human Rights Watch urges Malta to review detention policy
The Human Rights’ Watch has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat urging him to revise Malta’s immigration laws in line with recent European Court of Human Rights decisions. In their...
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Updated: Woman injured in accident
A 21-year-old woman from St Julian's was slightly injured in a car crash in Regional Road, San Gwann at 12.45pm. The woman was driving a Citroen C3 towards Paceville when she collided with a BMW 320D...
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‘Migration reaction is only shock to culture’
The Maltese reaction to the migration issue is not racist but one of culture shock, according to a former Nigerian footballer who has been living in Malta for the past 15 years. “The Maltese are going...
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Residents object to development of mega-block
San Gwann residents and the non-governmental organisation Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar are objecting to the development of a mega block of apartments in the narrow Zbibu Lane in San Gwann. The...
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Police ‘had no reason to disbelieve Israeli officer’
An Israeli man’s claim that a weapon and ammunition were planted in his luggage was believed by the police be-cause they had no evidence to the contrary. The man, a police officer, was stopped by...
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Reshuffle blown out of proportion – Cassar
Former health minister Joe Cassar has dismissed the suggestion that criticism of his track record had a bearing on Simon Busuttil’s decision to remove him as Opposition spokesman for health. On...
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‘My dad loves to go out but we can never park’
The scratchy sound of 1930s music resonates throughout the house of Linda Williams perched on a hill in San Martin, St Paul’s Bay, overlooking the sea. “Let me go and get dad… He loves photographs and...
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Illegal restaurant poses as farmhouse
A Gudja farmhouse that was illegally converted into a restaurant has neighbours at their wit’s end as it continues to operate despite having been slapped with an enforcement notice by the planning...
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Security forces discuss Al Qaeda threat
The heads of the security forces in Malta agreed today to increase security at the airport and maritime harbours and to take greater security measures. The decision was taken at a meeting they held...
View ArticleUpdated: Man's body found in Zejtun
The police have found a man’s body in a field at Triq ic-Cawsli, Zejtun. The find was made at 12.45pm. The police said later investigations indicated that the man died suddenly, of natural causes.
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Irregular migrants land in Delimara
A group of 111 irregular migrants have landed in Delimara. Sources said the group was made up of 86 men, 15 women, nine children and a baby. A number of the migrants, who arrived on their own dinghy,...
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