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Ray Pace placed under Bill of Indictment - former judge asked for phone from...
A court ruled this afternoon that there was sufficient evidence for former Judge Ray Pace to be placed under a Bill of Indictment. The ruling was given by Magistrate Neville Camilleri during the...
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19,104 surnames in Malta - double-barrel surnames soar
The census held in Malta in 2011 recorded 19,104 different surnames of which Borg, Camilleri and Vella were the most common, covering almost 10 per cent of the population. The National Statistics...
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Update 2: Gonzi launches PN electoral campaign - 'A secure future'
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi launched the PN's electoral campaign this morning (Futur fis-sod) and the focus of the party will be on the individual, with particular emphasis on jobs, education and...
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Update 2 - Parliament dissolved - PL in midnight launch
Updated 9.55 a.m. - adds details on Parliament's dissolution, campaigns President George Abela has dissolved Parliament and directed the Electoral Commission to hold the general election on March 9....
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Gonzi blames Labour for no voting abroad
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has blamed Labour for the fact that Maltese people working or studying abroad cannot vote from their country of residence. Dr Gonzi “agrees” that Maltese people entitled...
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Malta's Elvis is King
Malta's Gordon Elvis has won the European Elvis Championships, held in the Hilton Metropole in the UK. Gordon, 29 from Naxxar, changed his surname and moved to the UK from Malta four years ago and is...
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Gonzi hails jump in participation rate
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this evening welcomed official statistics showing that the participation rate in employment has, for the first time, exceeded 60%. Speaking at a PN rally in Sliema, Dr...
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No raise in pay packets of ministers, MPs - Muscat
There will be no increases in the pay packets of ministers and MPs in the next legislature, Joseph Muscat pledged this evening. The Labour leader said an independent commission would still be set up...
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Man charged with crashing into parked cars, threatening their owners
A man who is charged with crashing his car into two parked vehicles and then threatening their owners with a knife, initially refused to allow police officers into his home when they went to...
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Marsascala family park to open before next election
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today at Villa Arrigo that the Government would open the Marsascala family park by March 9. He said this would be the biggest family park in Malta, the size of 21...
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Labour's water and electricity proposals would lead to higher taxes
Labour’s plans for a reduction in water and electricity tariffs were an "Alice in Wonderland" proposal which would not work and would lead the country to higher debts which would have to be paid...
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Muscat promises to rehabilitate Marsa power station site
Joseph Muscat promised this afternoon that a Labour government would convert the site of the Marsa power station into a recreation and commercial zone. Speaking at the gates of the old power house,...
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€2,000 in electricity bills... two years after house fire
An elderly couple have received electricity bills of more than €2,000 even though their house in St Julian’s caught fire two years ago, destroying everything and making the place uninhabitable. They...
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Soft opening for new private hospital in Qormi
A new private hospital is to open in Qormi within six months. St Thomas Hospital, in Valletta Road, had its soft opening this morning by Health Minister Joseph Cassar. The hospital, in which €5...
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Merkel praises Malta's performance in difficult times
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has had a meeting in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel. The talks focused on the EU Budget, whose process has been stalled for several weeks. The Chancellor said...
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Doubts cast on PL’s plan to fix electricity price and timescale
Labour’s plan to fix the price of electricity for 10 years has been questioned by a former chairman of Enemalta . Engineer Robert Ghirlando said long-term agreements for the sale of electricity...
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PL's energy proposals 'well researched and ambitious'
Labour’s energy proposals are well researched and ambitious, and include novel recommendations that should be explored in further detail, the Malta Employers’ Association said. It said in a statement...
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Schiavone article in The Times is his last goodbye
The Prime Minister agrees with what Hermann Schiavone has said on why he closed the chapter on his potential candidature with the Nationalist Party. Lawrence Gonzi said: “I confirm all that he has...
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Update 2: Muscat tells car importers tax changes will be retained
It was a short drive for Joseph Muscat this morning with his first electoral campaign stop being Burmarrad Commercials, a family business in his hometown. After touring the company that employs 50...
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Scepticism on energy plan timeframes 'understandable' - Muscat
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this morning that scepticism expressed by some quarters on the timeframes for Labour's energy plan was understandable because the country had become accustomed to...
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