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Seven assistant police commissioners appointed
Seven new assistant police commissioners were formally appointed during a ceremony at police headquarters this afternoon They are Dr Mario Spiteri, Norbert Ciappara, Laurence Cutajar, Carmelo Magri,...
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No injuries in truck-car collision
The driver of a car was lucky to escape injury this morning during a collision with a truck. The incident took place in in Triq l-Ingiered, Luqa. The police called for caution because of a spill as a...
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'Only two days supply of potable water in Malta's reservoirs'
Malta only has two days supply of potable water in its reservoirs, according to the Malta Water Association. Addressing a press conference, association spokesman Dirk Ketelaere said the island was...
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€28m extension at Hotel San Antonio, 100 new jobs
The San Antonio Hotel in Bugibba is set to become the second biggest hotel in Malta, with a €28m project seeing the number of beds growing to over 1,500. The project is being undertaken by the Seabank...
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Manuel Mallia silent on resignation warning
The Home Affairs Minister, Manuel Mallia, is not reacting to Opposition leader Simon Busuttil’s claim that he had threatened to resign if the government introduced even a single day of residency in...
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Arrow Pharm set to sack 110 workers, government committed to finding workers...
Adds PL, PN statements Some 110 employees at Arrow Pharm in Hal Far are at risk of redundancy as a result of restructuring, mother company Actavis announced this morning. Economy Minister Chris...
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Update 3 - Regional Road traffic starts to flow after closure caused by spill
Last updated 9.15am Traffic has started to flow on the southbound lanes of the Regional Road in Kappara after they were closed this morning because of a spill of slippery liquid. The closure caused...
View ArticleUpdated - Embassy in Washington spends €39,000 on car, removal of trees
The Maltese embassy in Washington has spent almost €39,000 on a new car for the ambassador and the removal of trees from her official residence. Foreign Minister George Vella told Nationalist MP...
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Migrant died after being beaten by DS officer, court told
Three two officers of the Detention Service were accused in court today of the involuntary murder of a Nigerian migrant. Ifeanyi Nwokaye, 29 died on the night of April 16-17,2011. The accused are Lt...
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Car theft victim helps police arrest three suspects
Two men and a woman are being questioned by the police over thefts from at least three vehicles in Tarxien and Fgura. The three were arrested when a man whose car can been broken into noted down the...
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Oil scandal - Frank Sammut to contest Speaker's ruling
A sitting of the Public Accounts Committee which was due to question Frank Sammut about oil procurement procedures was put off today after his lawyer said he would contest a ruling by the Speaker on...
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Legal notice on citizenship cannot be amended - Bonnici
The Opposition cannot move a motion to change the legal notice on the citizenship scheme and can only move for its revocation, the Parliamentary Secretary for Justice, Owen Bonnici said this morning....
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Transport Malta selling bendy buses formerly belonging to Arriva
Malta Public Transport Services (Operations) Limited has put up Arriva’s 81 Mercedes Citaro 18m articulated buses for sale, according to a government source The buses, manufactured between 2004 and...
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Caruana Galizia fined for disobeying warden
Blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was today fined €35 for failing to obey a warden who told her to reverse her car. The case happened on June 21. Warden Graziella Buhagiar said she had been directing...
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Updated - Discrepancy in citizenship legal notice - Government says mistake...
Updated - Adds reaction by Owen Bonnici, PN A discrepancy has surfaced between the Maltese and English language versions of the latest legal notice on the citizenship scheme, published on Monday by...
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Storing gas on ship in Marsaxlokk will be safe, minister insists
A floating gas storage unit in Marsaxlokk harbour would not jeopardise residents’ safety, Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi has insisted, saying studies were ongoing and the authorities would ultimately be...
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‘The time has come for Malta to have jurywomen’
Women only started serving as jurors in 1972, more than a century after trial by jury was introduced in Malta. Although it was a Labour administration that lifted the ban, the reasons behind it were...
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Industrial action at HSBC
The Malta Union of Bank Employees has told workers at HSBC not to use any means of communication including phones, lotus notes / emails, faxes and messages of any kind today up to 10.30 a.m. The two...
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Trailer-car crash in Qormi
No one was injured in a collision between a trailer and a car at the roundabout between Qormi and Luqa this afternoon. The area is known as ta l-imghallaq. The police advised motorists to seek...
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Citizenship: Judicial protest, parliamentary motion 'overtaken by events' -...
The Opposition’s judicial protest about the citizenship scheme and its motion to repeal the legal notice governing the scheme have been overtaken by events, since the government has presented a new...
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