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Diesel, petrol prices not following overseas trends - Muscat
Labour leader Joseph Muscat this morning called for transparency in the mechanism of oil purchases and pricing, saying local diesel and petrol prices did not reflect fluctuations abroad. Speaking in...
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Updated - Malta involved in migrants rescue off Libya
Updated - raises the number of dead to 10 - Some 70 migrants were plucked from the sea off Libya by Italian forces late yesterday after their sinking dinghy was located by an AFM patrol aircraft....
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London gets a taste of Malta
Old men swap stories over pastizzi as young professionals stop by for ħobż biż-żejt – a daily scene at London’s first Maltese pasticceria, which opened in late September. Parparellu in Hammersmith has...
View Article‘I have missed out on the best years of my life’
A young man cited frequently by Fair Trials International (FTI) as an example of how vulnerable suspects need more legal protection has told The Times he is still struggling to come to terms with his...
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Woman turns 104: ‘The main thing in life is to help each other’
Vera Veale is all dressed up in her furry black jacket and hangs on to her beaded clutch bag, which is resting on her lap. She is all set, her white, shoulder length hair neatly brushed, to celebrate...
View ArticleBrazilian company remains unnamed
The Office of the Prime Minister yesterday failed to name the Brazilian company which Dr Gonzi mentioned as one of his Government’s many achievements during Xarabank’s TV debate on Friday night....
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A fresh breeze blows
Fresh from the Bishops’ Synod in Rome, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech tells Kurt Sansone why the Church has to walk side by side with divorcees. Bishop Mario Grech sits in the lobby of a Sliema hotel after...
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Updated - Maltese athletes to help in NY relief efforts after marathon...
Athletes Nathan and Deirdre Farrugia, who have travelled to New York for the famous marathon, have put their names down to help with the relief plans with American Red Cross next week. The couple...
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Tragedy repeats itself
Before yesterday’s fatal blast in Għarb, 24 people had been killed as a result of fireworks-related accidents in Gozo alone. Historian Eddie Attard traced a bloody trail through the decades. • March...
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Lija’s 2013 fireworks display is in jeopardy
Lija’s award-winning St Michael’s Fireworks Club has warned that next August’s feast pyrotechnic display will not take place unless the club receives supplies of two vital chemicals by mid-November....
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Photovoltaic farm to benefit residents of apartments
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today that the government was working on new schemes to assist people tackle their power bills. He said that while many people were having their bills reduced...
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‘I now wish to live my life’
Duncan* has been aching to turn 18 for years and on Thursday he finally took the step into adulthood, happy in the knowledge that any custody commitments between his parents would evaporate forever....
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Bus route changes announced
Transport Malta and Arriva have announced a number of bus route changes following suggestions by local councils and the public. The changes come into force on November 11 to coincide with the winter...
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Gharb explosion: Search ends as fourth victim is found
Updated 11.45 a.m. - The search on the site of the Gharb fireworks factory explosion ended at about 11.30 a.m. today after the remains of the fourth victim were found. The other three victims were...
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Updated - Priest dies in Tal-Barrani crash
A young priest from Qormi - Rene' Cilia - died and a woman was injured this morning in a crash at Tal-Barrani road. The accident happened at about 6.30 a.m. on the road from Zejtun towards Sta Lucija....
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Update 10 - Gharb explosion, search for fourth man suspended
Rescuers this evening suspended their search for a fourth man missing in the ruins of a fireworks factory which blew up in Gharb in the afternoon. Th search was suspended at 8 p.m. and will resume...
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Tribunal orders permit for alternative energy
A permit to build two 20-metre high tower turbines and solar panels on private property in Żejtun has been granted by the Environment and Planning Tribunal. The applicant resorted to the tribunal...
View Article‘We need even more fireworks factories’
Only more fireworks factories will limit deaths, according to the Maltese Pyrotechnic Society. The society’s deputy secretary Joe Mangion believes increasing the number of factories for the...
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Mizzi calls on Auditor-General to intervene in power station 'problems'
Labour MP Joe Mizzi said today that he has asked the Auditor-General to intervene immediately to ensure that the government did not take over the power station extension from BWSC before the plant...
View ArticleŻejtun priest dies in crash
Fr Renè Cilia, 27 of Qormi, died in a traffic accident yesterday while on his way to say early morning Mass at the Żejtun parish church. The accident happened at about 6.30am and, as Żejtun...
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