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Trafficker jailed for 13 years, fined €23,000
A man was jailed for 13 years and fined €23,000 today after pleading guilty in court to trafficking 15 kilos of cannabis between 2009 and 2011. The defendant, 33-year-old Jason Farrugia, was due to...
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Police warn: Remove your trousers; get booed on browsers!
The Malta police have issued a video to warn against sexual blackmail on the internet. An average of three people per week reported attempts of sexual blackmail in the first half of this year. Most...
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Council: Jerma ruins are a danger and should be demolished
Marsaskala local council has called on the Planning Authority to order the demolition of the ruins of the Jerma Palace Hotel because they pose a danger to public safety. In a letter to the authority,...
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French pedestrian assaulted, robbed in Birkirkara
A 20-year-old Frenchman was assaulted and robbed while walking at the Birkirkara bypass this afternoon. He was later hospitalised, the police said. The incident happened at 1pm. The man had been...
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Three trucks destroyed in Mosta garage blaze
Three trucks and a van were destroyed in a fierce fire in a garage in Mosta early this morning. The Civil Protection Department deployed several fire-fighting vehicles manned by 11 fire-fighters to...
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Canadian-born man charged with cannabis trafficking
A 37 year-old Canadian-born man from Siggiewi has been charge in connection with the discovery of half a kilo of cannabis grass as well as cannabis plants. Michael Brandon Calleja, who is unemployed,...
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Lands Department reform is a fake, Nationalist MP says
The Prime Minister would retain “absolute power” when the “fake” Lands Department reform is pushed through Parliament, the shadow minister for planning, Ryan Callus said today. The government is to...
View ArticleHit by car in early morning accident
An 18-year-old Italian man was seriously injured early this morning when he was hit by a car in St Julian's, the police said. The accident happened in Borg Olivier Street at 3.30am. The Opel Corsa car...
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Muscat: The economy is growing 'despite' the banks - PM keeps up attack on...
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat returned to his attack on the practices of local banks this morning, saying the economy was growing 'despite' the banks. Dr Muscat launched his attack last week when the...
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Busuttil: Muscat's Singapore trip with Mizzi and Schembri is 'in bad taste' -...
The Prime Minister's decision to travel to Singapore with minister Konrad Mizzi and chief of staff Keith Schembri is in 'bad taste' in view of the Panama Papers scandal, and shows that Dr Muscat has...
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Air Malta/Alitalia talks proceeding 'at strong pace' - prime minister
Talks for Alitalia to become an Air Malta strategic partner and 49 per cent shareholder are proceeding at a strong pace, but the deal will not go ahead unless it is beneficial for the Maltese airline,...
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PM’s trips in private jet cost EU, Malta €1.2 million
Almost €1.2 million were spent on 34 private jet trips to ferry Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his delegation on official trips abroad. Each trip cost an average of €35,000 with the EU refunding 80...
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Magistrate embroiled in ‘political’ controversy
A libel case has stoked legal and political controversy after a magistrate was asked to remove herself and refused, and passed what a lawyer and Nationalist MP has described as a “political comment”....
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Muscat leaving for Singapore to dispatch delayed LNG ship
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will this week travel to Singapore to view the conversion job being carried out on the LNG storage vessel to be used at the new gas-fired power station in Delimara....
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Orthopaedic surgeon ‘shocked’ by high number of car accidents
Drivers involved in collisions should be automatically breathalysed and have their call logs checked to cut down on accidents caused by alcohol or mobile phone use, according to a surgeon dealing with...
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German teenager missing in Malta
German student Mike Mansholt, 18, is missing, the police said today. He was last seen on Friday in a hotel in Sliema. Anyone having information was requested to phone 21 224001 or 119. His...
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Girl, 12, suffers eye injury in freak accident
A 12-year-old girl from Valletta suffered a serious eye injury while in the company of friends at City Gate this evening. She was apparently injured in a freak accident when a key which one of her...
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Slime hits southern bays again
The bays at Kalanka and St Peter’s Pool in Delimara were yesterday again filled with a slew of greasy slime locals are convinced emanates from the fish farms in the vicinity. Regular visitors to the...
View ArticleMelita announces internet packages with 50Mbps entry level
Melita has announced new internet packages starting at a minimum entry level speed of 50Mbps. It said its packages are designed for different usage patterns within the household and cater for all...
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Failure rate in vehicle roadside checks rises to 53 per cent
Over half of the vehicles inspected during random road checks conducted by the transport regulator last year did not meet the minimum roadworthiness standards, according to Transport Malta’s annual...
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