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Spectacular migration
Flocks of herons flying over the sea on the Marsascala promenade yesterday morning. Mark Sultana, who took the photos above, said that a flock that flew inland consisted of 60 purple herons and two...
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Bus driver fined €5,000 for involuntary homicide
A 46-year-old bus driver was fined €5,000 after he was found guilty of the involuntary homicide of Ernest Micallef on January 3, 2010 in Qrendi in a head on collision. Magistrate Carol Peralta said...
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PM not satisfied with situation of out of stock medicines
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning he was not satisfied with the situation regarding out of stock medicines and the government was working to rectify the matter. Speaking after a visit to...
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Update 2: Passengers stuck in Athens due to Air Malta overbooking
(Adds Air Malta comments) A group of 11 Maltese passengers wre stuck Athens Airport after they were told at check-in that Air Malta overbooked the flight. Monica Micallef and her husband Paul told...
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Update 2: Use of heavy fuel oil at Delimara to continue; PN says decision...
(Adds PN, Government statements) The use of heavy fuel oil at the Delimara power station extension was approved by Mepa this afternoon with 10 votes in favour and Nationalist MP Ryan Callus and NGO...
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Bus driver puts out car fire
An Arriva bus driver put out a fire on a car that was being driven by an elderly woman in Tower Road, Sliema this morning. The woman was not injured. On seeing the car, that was being driven in the...
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Environmental assessment of new power station 'unsatisfactory' - DLH
The Environmental Impact Assessment for the projected new gas-fired power station is unsatisfactory as it still lacks the required details, environment NGO Din l-Art Helwa said today. "This...
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Air Malta upgrades electronic flight bag
Air Malta has initiated a project to upgrade its ‘Electronic Flight Bag’ devices in the flight deck with an Apple iPad based solution that will provide pilots with one-touch access to up-to-date...
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GPS-tagged Osprey goes missing
A juvenile Mediterranean Osprey fitted with a satellite tracking device in Corsica as part of a project studying the dispersal and migratory movements of these protected birds of prey has gone missing...
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Looking well, the revived WWII air shelter
A World War II shelter that has lain hidden under the Auberge de Baviere in Valletta for more than 70 years will be opened to the public for the first – and only – time in October. The ‘war...
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No plans for extension of teachers' hours
There are no plans for teachers’ hours to be extended, despite media reports that Finance Minister Edward Scicluna had intimated as much. “The Finance Minister touched upon the subject of formal and...
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Parliamentary Secretary defends Michael Falzon's appointment to head...
The Parliamentary Secretary responsible for the planning authority sees “absolutely nothing wrong” in appointing the Malta Pyrotechnics Association’s legal representative to chair a Mepa working group...
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Man jailed for smashing bottle over man's head
A 39-year-old man from Sliema was jailed 18 months today for smashing a bottle over the head of a man he saw drinking with his girlfriend. John Calvert had seriously injured Anthony Spicer on August 7...
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Investigation after biopsy goes missing
The Health Ministry has asked the Chief Executive of Mater Dei Hospital to conduct an investigation after a patient's biopsy went missing. The ministry learned of the missing medical test this...
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Mounted police to help monitor autumn hunting
The mounted police will form part of the autumn hunting monitoring team, made of up to 100 officers, in what the Government says is as an “unprecedented” effort to curb illegal bird shooting. The...
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Fantasy Tour customers file judicial letter
A group of 138 Fantasy Tour customers this morning filed a judicial letter against Golden Travel Club Ltd owner Karl Azzopardi, his wife - a shareholder of the company, Fantasy Tours Ltd and Mr...
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CABS operation Bon Voyage to start on Friday
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter’s operation Bon Voyage will begin next Friday. The operation will include the participation of more than 40 volunteers from nine countries, who will take part in...
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Update 2 - MPs question real reason for closure of Family Park
Adds government reaction, PN reply - Nationalist MPs this morning called on the government to give the real reasons for the closure of the Family Park in Marsascala, pointing out that air quality...
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Potential Danish blockbuster being filmed in Malta
A potential Danish blockbuster is being filmed in Malta, featuring the island as the holiday destination a family chooses for their mother’s 60th birthday. With Oscar winner Mie Andreasen as producer,...
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Insolvency fund for holidaymakers never set up, despite law
An insolvency fund that could have been used to pay those who had their holidays cancelled by Fantasy Tours, was meant to be set up in terms of the the Malta Travel and Tourism Service Act, which was...
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