GFI Malta sacks 12 employees
Renowned international software developer GFI has sacked 12 employees and more redundancies are in the pipeline. GFI Malta general manager Josef Calleja confirmed the redundancies when contacted....
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UK resident selling house, seeks social housing in Malta
A person who has a house in the UK and is moving to Malta has applied for social housing here, Social Policy Minister Michael Farrugia has revealed in a tweet. It was the latest case of potential...
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Cliff jumping banned from Cominotto - action on deckchair mayhem
Cominotto will this summer be out of bounds to daredevils who use it as a dangerous spring-board, and the tourism authority will also keep a watchful eye on sunbeds mushrooming along the adjacent Blue...
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Mosta dump cleared after Mepa pressure
The owners of a large tract of land in Mosta which had been gathering debris for years have finally cleared the site after pressure from Mepa. The site is in Triq il-Lunzjata, along the periphery of...
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Psychiatrists in cat killer case get time extension
Three psychiatrists appointed to carry out an examination of the alleged Mosta cat killer have been granted a week’s time extension they requested from Magistrate Carol Peralta. It emerged in court...
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Pollution from traffic surges, putting Malta back in the red
Malta is again finding it difficult to control dangerous gas emissions, according to the EU’s Environment Agency. After managing to fall within pollution limits set by the EU, the island experienced a...
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Toenail care services being stopped as a preventive measure - unions
Toenail care services offered by podiatrists in clinical and hospital settings are being stopped with immediate effect on grounds of health and safety, the Union Haddiema Maghqudin and the Association...
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AD tells Godfrey Farrugia to present bill on cannabis proposal
Alternattiva Demokratika has called on Labour MP Godfrey Farrugia to present a Private Member’s Bill on his proposal for the government to consider therapeutic use of cannabis. In a statement this...
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Courtroom stabbing: Jurors find accused guilty of causing serious injury but...
The man who stabbed his victim inside a courtroom two years ago has been found guilty of causing serious injury, but he was cleared of attempted murder. Pasqualino Cefai, 39, from Żebbuġ, Gozo was...
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Army promotions: Ombudsman files judicial protest against Home Affairs Minister
The Ombudsman said in a judicial protest filed today he failed to understand why the Home Affairs Minister seemed to be refusing to cooperate in his search for the truth about army promotions and was...
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Three hospital employees charged with patient's involuntary homicide
Three hospital employees are pleading not guilty to the involuntary homicide of a patient who choked on a piece of chicken while in hospital. They are chief nurse Maria Bondin, 57, from Paola, nursing...
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Migrants should vote and stand in local elections - Aditus
All migrant residents should have the right to vote and stand in local elections, according to human rights organisation Aditus. In its Malta Integration Network report published today, the NGO...
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Isle of MTV line-up announced
The complete Isle of MTV line-up has finally been announced with superstars Nicole Scherzinger and Enrique Iglesias being named today. Enrique Iglesias will be taking part in the Isle of MTV in Malta...
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Updated: Times of Malta photographer pins thief to the ground
A Times of Malta photographer performed a citizen arrest this evening when he ran after a man, who had just snatched a handbag from a woman in Pieta. The photographer was in his car on his way home...
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Review of 2014 spring hunting season published
A detailed report containing an extensive review of the 2014 spring hunting season has been published. The report describes decision-making process leading to the application of a spring hunting...
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Two women treated for smoke inhalation after fire
Two women treated for smoke inhalation following a chip pan fire in a flat in Lapsi Street, St Julian's this evening. The women, who live in the flat, were given first aid by the ambulance on site and...
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CEO and media changes ‘are on the cards’ for PN
The Nationalist Party is considering proposals to appoint a CEO and rebrand its media as part of the next phase of the party’s commercial restructuring, this newspaper has learnt. PN sources told The...
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Malta-born mayor for Islington, UK
Malta-born Theresa Debono is the new Mayor of Islington, UK. She was sworn in yesterday. Ms Debono was first elected as a Labour councillor for Highbury West ward in a by-election in 2005 and has...
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Ministry sticks to its guns on Ombudsman controversy
The Ministry of Home Affairs insisted this afternoon that it never denied army personnel their right to file complaints in terms of the law. The ministry was referring to a judicial protest by the...
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BOV announces changes in interest rates
Bank of Valletta will be reducing its base rate for business lending by 15 basis points to 2.15 per cent as from Monday. The bank's decision follows that of the European Central Bank to reduce its...
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