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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 5 - Italian coastguard says ship that caught fire carried drugs
Adds video, details The Italian Guardia di Finanza said today that a ship which caught fire some 30 miles north of Malta yesterday had been carrying cannabis. The MV Gold Star was carrying more than...
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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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Mellieha puts on a show
A display of fireworks synchronised to music was presented at Mellieha last night, the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Victories, being celebrated today. As in previous years, the fireworks were let...
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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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The Sunday Times springs a surprise on lucky holiday winner
After an unprecedented high number of entries, Elly Grech Pirotta has been chosen as the winner of The Sunday Times of Malta dream Maldives holiday competition. With the help of her employer, Hudson...
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Woman in court after false theft report leads to two men's arrest
Margherita Galea, 50, from Qormi was this afternoon conditionally discharged for three years after she admitted to filing a false police report when she claimed that two men stole €20,000 from her car...
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‘I wanted to live for my daughters’
Sitting on the floor at the base of a flight of stairs, Mark Borg places his hands on the step behind him and pushes his heavy body up. He continues with the laborious task until he has climbed all...
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Woman injured in Wied iz-Zurrieq fall
An 18-year-old woman from Marsaxlokk was injured this evening when she fell down a section of Wied Babu near Wied iz-Zurrieq. The incident happened at about 8 p.m. The woman was walking along a trail...
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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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PM expects joint oil exploration deal with Italy - Efforts to attract Antonov...
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning that the government was working to achieve an agreement for joint oil exploration with Italy in areas claimed by the two countries, in the same way as...
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Inspectors told to stop monitoring and seizing illegal gambling machines
Lotteries and Gaming Authority inspectors have been instructed to stop monitoring and seizing illegal gambling machines around Malta. A spokesman for Parliamentary Secretary Edward Zammit Lewis,...
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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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‘EU did not understand PM’s migration message’
The immigration “message” that Malta tried to send to the EU by threatening to push back a group of African migrants back to Libya in July was not well understood, according to the European Asylum...
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Times of Malta on TVM with weekly show
The Times of Malta newsroom will move into new territory when it starts hosting a weekly television programme on State television from October 1. #Times Talk will provide a deeper insight into the...
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