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Gunner Psaila's death: Procedures ahead of ill-fated exercise explained
One of the two soldiers charged with the manslaughter of Gunner Matthew Psaila during an AFM training exercise in Chadwick Lakes four years ago today described the precautions taken ahead of the...
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Toxicology tests on Josette Bickle
An autopsy on prisoner Josette Bickle, 43, who died suddenly yesterday, has found that she suffered a pulmonary embolism but toxicology tests need to be held to establish whether she had injected...
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Police arrest Sliema mugger
A 28-year-old man from Cottonera but resident in Naxxar has been arrested in connection with the mugging of a woman in Sliema on Tuesday, the police said. The man was arrested earlier this afternoon...
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Cachia Caruana denies putting pressure for removal of security services head
Ambassador Richard Cachia Caruana reiterated in Court today that he never put any pressure, directly or indirectly, for the head of the Security Services to be removed. He was testifying in court in a...
View ArticleMissing boys found in Gozo
Two young teenage boys, Leonard Attard and Marc Luigi Alwan, who were reported missing earlier this week, have been found in Gozo, the police said. The police thanked all those who had helped track...
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€6000 stolen, and recovered
Some €6,000 in cash and cheques were stolen in a hold-up at St Paul' Bay this morning, but recovered by the police after a short while. The cash was stolen from a 68-year-old man from St Paul's Bay...
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PM scores own goal in Brazilian company issue - PL
The controversy surrounding a Brazilian firm that relocated to Malta earlier this year but which later closed shop is the subject of a new billboard by the Labour Party. The billboard features Prime...
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Pardoned mother was so controlling, she sat near son while he studied, court...
The mother who was recently pardoned after she was jailed for three months for denying her ex-husband access to their son, controlled the son to the extent that she sat near him while he was studying,...
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Updated: Arriva accident blocks ambulance
(Adds Arriva statement) No one was injured in a crash between an Arriva bus and a van in Bugibba this morning but the road was blocked for at least two hours making it impossible for an ambulance to...
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Updated: 246 migrants brought to Malta
246 mostly Eritrean migrants were brought to Malta this evening on three AFM patrol boats after being picked up from a fishing boat whose engine had failed some 100 miles south of Malta. The migrants,...
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Bus driver files false police report 'to get fired'
An Arriva bus driver claimed he was the victim of a hold-up so that he would get fired, the court heard this morning. Espedito Said, 38, of Nadur admitted to filing a false police report about a...
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Update 2: Identity of explosion victims confirmed
Forensic tests have confirmed that three of the victims of the fireworks factory explosion on Sunday were men aged 24, 56 and 75. They are Bryan Portelli of Nadur, Mario Gauci of Munxar and Peppi Cini...
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Brazilian company closed shop, minister admits
The Brazilian company at the centre of political controversy since it was mentioned during a debate between the Prime Minister and the Opposition leader last Friday, had now closed shop, Finance...
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Gay couple threatened to have legs chopped off by Greek waiter in Birmingham
A Maltese man and his husband faced a tirade of abuse at a Greek restaurant in Birmingham when they complained about their meal, according to a report on the online Daily Mail. Markus Busuttil, 28,...
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Apostolic Nuncio appointed Archbishop of Pompei
The Apostolic Nuncio in Malta, Archbishop Tommaso Caputo, has been appointed Archbishop of Pompei and Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Holy Rosary of Pompei. Archbishop...
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Products recalled
Three products originating from Taiwan have been realled due to a risk of suffocation. The products are Cocounut Jelly, Coconut Jelly Lychee and Squez 'n' Bites.
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Three injured in traffic accident
Two men and a woman were injured in a traffic accident at Triq Sant' Andrija, Pembroke at 8.15am. The police said a Hyundai Accent driven by a 28-year-old man from Fgura and a Rover, driven by a...
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Robert Arrigo awarded libel damages
Nationalist MP Robert Arrigo has been awarded €2,500 in damages after a court concluded that he had been libelled by an email sent by Lino Farrugia to the authorities in May 2005. Mr Arrigo claimed...
View Article‘Murderer’ demands release from prison
A Maltese man who was sentenced to jail in Italy and is serving time at Corradino yesterday demanded to be released because he had received a pardon. Carmelo Butler, who was jailed for 22 years after...
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Air Malta aircraft stuck in Heathrow because of technical fault
An Air Malta aircraft is stuck in Heathrow because of a technical fault. The aircraft was due to arrive in Malta at 3.35 p.m. but it did not leave London because of the problem. Engineers tried to...
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