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Fenech says PL financial administrator linked to oil scandal company
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said this evening that the financial administrator of the Labour Party, Joe Cordina, was one of three directors of a company at the heart of the oil procurement scandal....
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Muscat accepts Joe Cordina resignation, says finance minister has to explain...
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this evening that Finance Minister Tonio Fenech had to explain why he accepted a gift worth over €5000 from George Farrugia soon after he being minister responsible...
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Cardona says gift to minister was an expensive clock
Labour MP Chris Cardona said on TVAM this morning that according to information given by oil trader George Farrugia to the police, Mr Farrugia himself had given a ‘hanging clock’ to Finance Minister...
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Fenech denies receiving €5,000 gift from George Farrugia
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has denied a claim by Labour MP Evarist Bartolo that George Farrugia, the person at the heart of the oil procurement scandal, handed him a gift worth over €5,000 soon...
View ArticleCrucified cat found
The remains of a dead cat were found this morning nailed to an upside-down wooden cross in Mosta. The cross was tied to railings outside a chapel. The police are investigating.
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Suspended jail term for Romanian beggars
Two Romanians were this morning given a six month jail term suspended for two years after they admitted to begging under false pretenses near Mater Dei hospital on Wednesday. The women, Lacramioara...
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Four arrested over theft of cables
The police have arrested four men in connection with investigations into theft of cables from a plant in Kirkop. The police said they received reports of theft from the plant over the past week. Last...
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Labour MP Karmenu Vella files judicial protest
Labour MP Karmenu Vella has filed a judicial protest against a man who wrote in The Times alleging that he had a criminal record and had illegally anchored in Ghadira Bay in 1983 and smuggled in...
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Turkish Airlines to start operating to Malta in summer
Turkish Airlines, one of the leading European airlines, will be flying between Istanbul and Malta three times a week this summer. Speaking during a press conference, Tourism Minister Mario de Marco...
View ArticleDirectors insist fiduciary company was not involved in oil scandal
The three directors of Intershore Fiduciary Services have denied that the company was ever involved in the oil procurement scandal. Joe Cordina, Dr Martin Fenech and Charles Scerri issued a statement...
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Romanian woman arrested
The police have arrested a woman, said to be Romanian, who allegedly defrauded a number of shops. The woman was arrested at Gzira seafront yesterday evening. A picture of the woman, carrying a baby,...
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Midi to sell its shares in The Point through public offering
Midi plc has announced plans to sell its shares in The Point and the underlying car park through an initial public offering. "The company believes that the disposal of a long-term commercial assets...
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First Maltese receives life-saving lung transplant in Italy
A Maltese woman, Sandra Abela, has return to Malta after receiving a lung transplant in Italy. "My wife was dying. This transplant saved her life ... and mine," her husband said on their arrival in...
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Fenech says Joseph Muscat worked with Joe Cordina in financial services
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said this afternoon that Joseph Muscat needed to explain the activities of Joe Cordina, the PL's financial administrator, in connection with the oil procurement scandal....
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Jellyfish mass meeting
This picture of jellyfish at Bugibba pier was taken by Emanuel Busuttil this morning. He wondered if it is a jellyfish mass meeting.
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Updated: PBS calls for resignation of BA chairman
Public Broadcasting Services this evening called for the resignation of Broadcasting Authority chairman Twanny Tabone. Its call came shortly after the authority issued a statement accusing the station...
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Update-2: Manuel Mallia instituting criminal action against Paul Borg...
Labour Party candidate Manuel Mallia has hit out at PN general secretary Paul Borg Olivier and the PN for trying to 'obscenely' implicate him in the oil procurement scandal. He said at a press...
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Oil firm insisted on George Farrugia because of his expertise
French oil firm Total (Totsa) insisted on having George Farrugia as its representative in 2010 because of his good work. “George Farrugia and his company, Powerplan, were Totsa’s agents for the...
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Fake beggars sob then blow kisses
Two Romanian women sobbed but shed no tears, clasped their hands in prayer and made pious facial expressions as they pleaded guilty to begging under false pretences yesterday. Lacramioara Ciurar, 26,...
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Young man injured in Coast Road crash
An 18-year-old man from Birkirkara was seriously injured when a car hit a low wall and overturned on the Coast Road early this morning. Two women aged 19 and 20 were also injured. The driver, an...
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