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Over the rainbow
Heaven opened a magic lane today “to a place behind the sun, just a step beyond the rain” inspiring readers to take out their cameras and shoot the multicoloured light in the sky. The rain drizzled...
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Parties will launch their campaigns on January 7
The two main parties are expected to officially launch their electoral campaigns on January 7 in the lead-up to a widely touted March 9 general election, The Sunday Times has learnt. Prime Minister...
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Horses collide at Marsa Race Track
A horse was injured during a collision with another while racing at the Marsa Track this afternoon. The accident happened at around 3.10pm to the horror of guests having lunch at a nearby restaurant,...
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Judge Farrugia Sacco will not resign
Malta Olympic Committee president and Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco this afternoon said he had no intention of giving up either post, saying that Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi was "talking nonsense" when...
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Lewis Hamilton delights the crowd
It was a cold a blustery morning at Paqpalli Ghall-Istrina, but that did not dampened the spirits of thousands of racing fans who gave British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton a hero’s welcome as he...
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Election early next year, irrespective of vote outcome - Gonzi
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has promised to do his best to immediately implement all the Budget measures he is allowed to implement if the Government loses tomorrow's vote, including the...
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The Grand Master we know
A researcher has invoked Malta’s “collective memory” to suggest that the Grand Master who founded Valletta should continue to be referred to as de La Valette and not de Valette. For centuries, people...
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Muscat: The government has imploded and collapsed
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this evening that as predicted, the government had imploded and collapsed. Lawrence Gonzi had today confirmed how much time had been wasted for the country. What had...
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Man jailed for raping tourist he had befriended
Joseph Magro, 55 of Qrendi, has been jailed for five years after being found guilty of raping a 23-year-old Italian woman on May 19, 2011. The crime took place after he befriended the woman, a...
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Magistrate says ban on circuses on the Granaries is abusive
A magistrate this morning directed to the Commissioner of Police to issue a permit for a circus to be set up on the car park adjacent to the Granaries in Floriana after establishing that his refusal...
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Budget vote: Small crowd gathered at cafe but St George's Square empty
Security has been stepped up in Parliament and the environs of St George's Square ahead of this evening's crucial vote on the Budget. Most of St George's Square in front of the Palace has been...
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Budget rejected as Debono votes with the Opposition
The Budget was defeated this evening, with Franco Debono, as promised, joining the Opposition to vote 'no'. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said he will tomorrow call on the President to advise him when...
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General election on March 9; "Debono is irrelevant" - Gonzi
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said tonight that Parliament would be dissolved on January 7 and the general election would be held on March 9. Speaking at a press conference, he said the Government had...
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Budget vote: PL telling supporters not to go to Valletta
Labour Party officials have been quietly telling supporters not to go to Valletta this evening to follow the vote in Parliament on the Budget. A spokesman for the party confirmed that those who had...
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The Longest Day
The possible defeat of the Budget tonight will bring about a collapse of the government, but this will still have been the longest legislature in 25 years, with the exception of Alfred Sant's 22-month...
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Reactions as Budget is defeated - carcades in some localities
The following are the initial reactions after backbencher Franco Debono voted with the Opposition, leading to the rejection of the Budget and precipitating the collapse of the government. Opposition...
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Video: Angry Franco Debono says he is building a new democracy
20:48 pm Christopher Scicluna: Franco Debono rose this evening to explain his vote on the Budget and said he was voting against the Budget and the government because he was building a new democracy...
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Prime Minister answers Muscat on the Budget
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi is this evening replying to the comments made by Opposition leader Joseph Muscat on the Budget. His speech will take about two hours and is being streamed live (above)...
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Ombudsman writes to the President: Farrugia Sacco should be relieved from his...
The Ombudsman, Joseph Said Pullicino has written to the President expressing his concerns over the allegations made against Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco by the International Olympic Committee. In...
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Updated: Gonzi wonders where Labour's money is coming from
Updated - Adds Labour's reaction Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this evening that Labour appeared to have deeper pockets than the PN, and he wondered where its money was coming from. Speaking in...
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