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Sedqa school visit leads girl, 6, to reveal sexual abuse
A 56-year-old man from Birkirkara has been jailed for four years after he was found guilty of defiling a six-year-old girl. A court heard that the accused used to visit a relative of the girl in...
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Updated: Msida flooding, of a different kind
Motorists and residents of Msida experienced flooding of a different kind today, a tide which caused seawater to flow around the Workers' Monument. The phenomenon was also witnessed in St George's...
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Attorney General will not publish Dalli report
The Attorney General will not publish the report by the EU's anti-fraud office that led to John Dalli's resignation from the Brussels executive, according to Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi. Speaking...
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Coalition lists actions political parties should take to protect animals
The Animal Rights Coalition has sent a manifesto to the political parties,listing its animal welfare concerns. The coalition said the list is not exhaustive, but it should serve as a framework on...
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Updated: Skip attracting rats in Kappara
A resident of Sliema Road, Kappara, submitted the above photos of a skip full to the brim placed in front of DC Stores. Pointing out that the situation was shameful, Paul Spiteri said that rats were...
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Maltese-Australian relatives in court as nurse faces more charges for Sydney...
The Australian police have filed an 11th murder charge against Roger Dean, a nurse who allegedly set fire to a nursing home in Sydney last year. A number of Maltese emigrants were among the residents...
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Leah will leave for surgery tomorrow
Three-year-old cancer patient Leah Xuereb will be setting off on her road to recovery tomorrow when she gets on the flight to the US where she will be operated upon in just over a week. The parents of...
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Updated: Labour ready to discuss change to electoral law
The Labour Party has filed around 200 court applications to remove people from the electoral register, PN general secretary Paul Borg Olivier said today. Addressing a press conference, Dr Borg Olivier...
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Wages to rise €4.08 next year
The cost of living weekly wage increase will be about €4.08 next year, according to the latest workings of the legally binding mechanism. The wage adjustment is linked to fluctuations in the inflation...
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Man jailed for driving without licence and insurance
A 21-year-old man from Hamrun has been jailed two years for driving without a licence and insurance. Josef Borg was caught driving without a licence and insurance in Marsa in February and in Dingli in...
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Update 3: Joseph Calleja receives honorary degree
"I am very much a Maltese product, I am very proud of my heritage, it is genuine love I feel for this nation," Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja, 34, said this evening just after he was bestowed with a...
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Waters rise in Birzebbuga
It was not just in Msida and Marsascala that waters rose yesterday, the same thing happened in Birzebbuga. The phenomenon was repeated this morning but to a lesser extent. Reader Martin Bonnici...
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Human bones found in Qorrot
Human bones were found at sea in Qorrot, limits of Nadur this afternoon. The police said the find was made at around 3.45 p.m. The bones were retrieved by the Armed Forces of Malta. An inquiry is...
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Gonzi, Muscat go head to head
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Opposition leader Joseph Muscat crossed swords on Xarabank this evening in the first head-to-head debate this year. Both leaders stuck to arguments they have been...
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Minister stands by PN's decision on Franco Debono
Minister Jason Azzopardi said this morning he stood by the Nationalist Party’s position that decisions taken on dissenters should not be overturned. Dr Azzopardi was commenting after MEP Simon...
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Updated - JPO: PN has 'humiliated' Simon Busuttil, Debono reacts
Independent MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando said today that MEP Simon Busuttil had been humiliated by the Nationalist Party in the way it reacted to comments he made on radio regarding possible...
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Drug decriminalisation opposed; parties favour new arrest scheme
Eight people have been jailed this year on drug possession charges, with a further eight landing behind bars in 2011, Justice Ministry figures have shown. In all but one of those cases, the accused...
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Updated: Mayor explains Bethlehem f'Ghajnsielem issues with Mepa
The Mayor of Ghajnsielem, Francis Cauchi, said this afternoon that a meeting had been held with the chairman of Mepa with a view to speeding up procedures regarding the Bethlehem f'Ghajnsielem...
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Motorcyclist injured
A 20-year-old-motorcyclist from Mgarr was hospitalised today after a collision between his motorcycle and a car in Wardija. The car, a Nissan Micra, was driven by a 23-year-old woman from Swieqi. The...
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Gonzi holds slight edge in leaders’ TV debate
None of the leaders delivered a knockout performance during Friday night’s debate on Xarabank, but Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi maintained an edge over Joseph Muscat, according to journalists and...
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