59-year-old man accused of rape
A 59-year-old man from Marsascala was today charged in court with raping a girl over a number of years and holding her against her will. The girl turned 18 recently. The name of the accused cannot be...
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Half of school's iPads broken after a year
A UK school which gave out iPads to every pupil in the hope of improving their education admitted that just a year later half the devices have been broken. The Daily Mail reported on January 1 that...
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Man ordered to pay his cousin €17,000 in damages
A bar brawl between two cousins led to one of the men suffering permanent scarring to his neck and to the other being condemned to pay over €17,000 in damages. The court heard that the two men were...
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MP fined for having illegal birds in his possession - Birdlife Malta
Labour MP Adrian Vassallo has been fined €500 after he was found guilty of having illegal possession of birds, Birdlife Malta said. He has been allowed to keep the birds. The birds were being kept in...
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Sex offender has jail term reduced
A man who was convicted of participating in sexual acts with his partner's 15-year-old daughter, making her pregnant, today had a five-and-a-half-year jail term reduced to four years. The man had also...
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Vandalism on Zebbug mayor's residence condemned
The southern region of the Local Government Department and the Local Councils Association have condemned the vandal attack on the residence of Zebbug mayor Alfred Grixti. Mr Grixti's front door was...
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Air Malta cancels Benghazi flight as UK warns of imminent threat to Westerners
Air Malta this afternoon cancelled its flight to the Libyan city of Benghazi as a precautionary measure as the UK warned of a "specific and imminent" threat to Westerners. An airline spokesman said...
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Police quiz former Enemalta head; lawyers discuss timebar issues
Former Enemalta chairman Tancred Tabone has been questioned by police over the bribery allegations involving oil procurement nine years ago. Mr Tabone was questioned about allegations that oil company...
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Documents from murdered woman's hospital file missing
Some documents from the hospital file of the late Margaret Mifsud, the lawyer found murdered in her car in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq in April last year, were missing and could not be traced, the court heard...
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Hailstorm repairs to cost over €400,000
Cars bore the brunt of last week’s freak hailstorm, according to one of Malta’s biggest insurance companies. Gasan Mamo Insurance said that as of Monday afternoon it had received more than 300 claims...
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Judge: let boy,10, say if he wants to stay in Malta
A judge wants to hear what a 10-year-old boy has to say on whether he prefers to live with his mother in Northern Ireland or with his father in Malta. The boy’s mother asked Mr Justice Robert Mangion...
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OH Leuven scores with Air Malta
Following its success with the PSA-Gangnam Style video on YouTube, Air Malta has launched the second in a series of video clips to promote the airline This time, the video features players from the...
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Air Malta halves operating loss
Air Malta halved its operating loss between October and December and increased its revenue, seat load factor and passenger figures. The airline’s results for the third quarter show that it reduced the...
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Worker injured as quarry face collapses
A worker was injured this afternoon when one side of a quarry collapsed. The incident happened at about 2 pm. in a quarry located between Mgarr and Mosta. Sources said a section of the quarry, about...
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Low cost flight to/from Budapest announced
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in central and eastern Europe has announced a Budapest-Malta route. The route will initially operate twice weekly starting on May 17. One way fares including...
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Man acquitted of rape
A 32-year-old man who had consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl was acquitted of rape but given a suspended jail term for defiling her and offending public morals. The man, who according to a...
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Algerian company made gas proposal to Enemalta in 2004
Algerian company Sonatrach in 2004 offered Enemalta a natural gas solution which Labour’s electoral proposal mirrors, including a 10-year contract. Enemalta was also told that the option could offer...
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Underground water tunnels network to be completed by July next year
A network of underground water tunnels will be finished by July 2014, solving the island's perennial problem with flooding, Resources Minister George Pullicino said today. "This is the biggest...
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Not appropriate for any country to renegotiate terms of EU membership - Muscat
This is not the time for any country to renegotiate its position within the EU, Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this morning. He said it was not his role to judge the UK's reality when asked by...
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Updated: Scuffles as immigrants try to jump the queue
No one was injured this morning when scuffles broke out in front of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration as immigrants tried to jump the queue to get inside for identity cards and residence...
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