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11,000 graduate from Mcast in 5 years
More than 11,000 students graduated from Mcast in the past five years and the government is determined to continue to invest millions in a new campus in the coming legislature, Prime Minister Lawrence...
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Woman denies blackmail of ‘sex-pest’ greengrocer
A Żabbar housewife yesterday denied blackmailing a greengrocer by threatening to expose pictures of him half naked in her house. The 41-year-old woman, who cannot be named by court order, is being...
View ArticlePillion rider injured in traffic accident
A 30-year-old woman from Birzebbuga who was riding pillion was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Triq Sant’Andrija, Swieqi, this afternoon. She is not in a critical condition. The police...
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Malta sees highest energy consumption growth in the EU
Malta had the highest growth in energy consumption in the EU over the last four years, according to Eurostat figures. The EU as a whole saw its energy consumption decline by 5.7 per cent between 2008...
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Vodafone to invest €59 million over the next five years
Vodafone will invest €59 million in Malta over the next five years, slightly more than the €55 million it had invested over the past five years, Chief Financial Officer Michel Macelli said today....
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Updated: New Apostolic Nuncio for Malta
Mgr Aldo Cavalli has been named the new Apostolic Nuncio for Malta. His forthcoming appointment was announced during a news conference this morning by Archbishop Paul Cremona and bishop Charles...
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Couples enjoy Valentine's Day on Air Malta 'Love Plane'
The Air Malta 'Love Plane' organised yesterday was sold-out. The round trip flight, which was given the number KM0214 to match Valentine’s Day, took off just after 8pm and returned at 10pm. It took...
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Leaders cheered, booed by students
Labour supporters dominated a lively University debate between the three political leaders yesterday in a reversal of what happened at the same event during the 2008 electoral campaign. Students...
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Updated: Alleged heroin trafficker charged
A 26-year-old man from Marsascala was arraigned today charged with conspiring to traffic drugs into Malta. His arrest followed an intensive international investigation that had followed a find of 2.2...
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Gozitan balsamic ketchup wins Italian award
A Gozitan product has won the prestigious Italian award Prodotto Eletto del Anno 2013. The award is also supported by the Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico. The product, a balsamic ketchup, is...
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Oil traders' 'no comment' on e-mails
Trafigura, the international oil company embroiled in the Enemalta procurement scandal, has declined to comment on an e-mail between the rogue trader at the heart of the allegations and one of its...
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Updated: Cars damaged by Palumbo works, residents claim
(Adds Palumbo's reply) About 150 Cospicua residents’ cars are covered in a fine dust-like layer of “white paint” which, they are claiming coated their vehicles when a large Italian ship was sprayed at...
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Update 2: Corsair aircraft makes emergency landing to offload sick passenger
A Corsair Boeing 747 on its way to Mauritius from Orly in Paris made an emergency stop in Malta to offload a passenger who fell ill. An ambulance was waiting for the passenger, an 18-year-old woman,...
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Developer sentenced to jail over toddler's tragic fall down shaft
Francis Mamo, 56, the owner of the building where a two-year-old boy died after falling down a shaft in 2008 was today sentenced to a jail term of 30 months after being convicted of involuntary...
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Family locked up at Addolorata Cemetery by mistake
A family was inadvertently locked up at Addolorata Cemetery this afternoon after the main gate was closed. A member of the family noticed a telephone number on the CCTV cameras and called the company...
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Toni Abela defends his 'discretion'
Toni Abela, Labour’s deputy leader for party affairs, yesterday defended his decision not to inform the police about reports of drug trafficking at a Labour Party club in 2010. Interviewed by The...
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Austin Gatt asks Police Commissioner to investigate his Swiss bank account
Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt has today written to the Police Commissioner asking him to investigate a Swiss bank account held by him to ensure that it was not connected with any criminal...
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'Honey girls' case continuing behind closed doors
The case of three Chinese girls who stand charged with their involvement in the running of Honey Girl in Balzan as a brothel is continuing behind closed doors. Liu Renhua, 42, Yu Yali, 43 and Qin...
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Update 3: Second Toni Abela recording uploaded on YouTube
The YouTube video with Dr Abela's recording. Another surreptitious recording of Labour deputy leader Toni Abela was uploaded on YouTube this afternoon. In this new recording, Dr Abela is heard...
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Accident victim granted compensation of €18,000
A woman who was injured in a traffic accident in 2007 has been awarded almost €18,000 in damages by the First Hall of the Civil Court. Emmeline Cini filed her action for damages against Antoine...
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