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New film 'inspired' by Simshar tragedy
Kukumajsa Productions Ltd is starting the shooting of the film 'Simshar', a fiction story inspired by the tragedy which struck a Maltese fishing boat of the same name in 2008. Written by Rebecca...
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GWU, PL insist Transport Malta must assume responsibility for bus service woes
The GWU said this afternoon that it expected Transport Malta and other authorities to shoulder their responsibilities on the state of the bus service, and not simply blame Arriva workers. Referring to...
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Chief Justice given use of a second official car
Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri has been granted the use of two official cars, The Times has learnt. All members of the judiciary are eligible to use one Government-funded, chauffeur-driven car for...
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Number choices that aren’t adding up
The trend among Maltese lotto players to bet on numbers connected to tragedies or anniversaries appears to have no historical explanation but numbers are culturally important in contemporary Malta,...
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Budget Day is November 28
The Budget will be presented on November 28, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech announced this evening. The Budget is being presented later than was the case in the past few years, with the government...
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Arrested on Saturday, jailed for six years today
Glenn Bezzina, 30 of Valletta was today jailed for six years after he was found in in possession of 200 Ecstasy pills in Paceville. He was arrested on Saturday night and pleaded guilty when he was...
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Updated - Illustrious sails in
The British helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious sailed into Grand Harbour this morning for a short visit. Sailors and marines lined the flight deck as the carrier sailed into the placid harbour with a...
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Updated: Mgr Scicluna dismayed at MEPs' treatment of Tonio Borg
Updated - Adds details Mgr Charles Scicluna, who on Saturday becomes the new Auxiliary Bishop of Malta, this morning expressed his concern over the treatment of EU Commissioner-designate Tonio Borg by...
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Updated: Barroso praises Borg as assurances are given to MEPs
European Commission President Jose Manoel Barroso said today the European Parliament's hearing of Commissioner-designate Tonio Borg had shown he was fully qualified on the substance matter of his...
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Several roads flooded overnight
Several roads in the central and Northern parts of Malta were flooded late yesterday evening as a thunderstorm hit Malta. Unsettled weather is expected to continue for the first part of this week....
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Malta-made chocolate train on display in Brussels
The world's longest chocolate structure on Guinness World Records - a model of a train - has gone on display in Brussels. The superbly detailed model is the work of Andrew Farrugia who produced it in...
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PL's EU spokesman disagrees with Tonio Borg signing declaration
The Labour Party spokesman on European Affairs, George Vella, said today that were he in Tonio Borg's shoes, he would not have signed the declaration which MEPs had asked him to sign in the wake of...
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Arriva bows to pressure on some routes
Arriva Malta bowed to pressure from Transport Malta today, saying is has initiated work aimed at enhancing and improving bus services on Routes 71, 72 and 73, that serve Zurrieq, Mqabba, Qrendi,...
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Court asks Schembri Adami to reconsider
A court today asked Notary Sandro Schembri Adami to reconsider a guilty plea he intended to file on the understanding that three pending cases might be amalgamated into one. In a previous sitting the...
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Valletta restaurateur insists Mepa permit was issued on basis of wrong...
A Valletta restaurant owner is pressing Mepa to withdraw a permit for the building of a structure on the Valletta bastions, arguing that it was issued on the basis of wrong information. Cafe deux...
View ArticleProstitute caught 25 times
The same person was caught loitering for prostitution 25 times this year and another was caught 17 times. They were among 40 found loitering on a total of 210 occasions during the course of this year....
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Ministry: Arriva not trying to improve
The Transport Ministry has acknowledged that public transport company Arriva is not making an effort to improve the service on problematic routes. But it defended the public transport reform,...
View ArticleMan found dead in Kirkop
The police are investigating the circumstances of the death of a 39-year-old man discovered in Kirkop this afternoon. The lifeless body was found in a garage on the outskirts of the village. A shotgun...
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Woman suffered heart attack during burglary ordeal
Maria Axiaq, the 74-year-old woman who was robbed in her home on Sunday evening and left bound for 23 hours, suffered a minor heart attack as a result of her ordeal and is recovering in hospital. Her...
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Accused of defrauding neighbours of €1 million
Joseph Francis Scerri, 50, was today charged in court with defrauding two brothers and their sister of over €1 million when he got them to believe he would be investing their money in US. He pleaded...
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