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PAC to question Michael Falzon, Charles Camilleri
The Public Accounts Committee is to summon former Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon and Charles Camilleri, former director of the government's Estate Management Division to question them about the sworn statements they issued recently on the...
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Updated - Opposition insists Marlene Farrugia should be reappointed to head environment committee
The House of Representatives is this evening debating a motion for Labour MP Franco Mercieca to chair the parliamentary environment committee instead of Marlene Farrugia. The motion also nominates Labour whip Godfrey Farrugia to sit on the...
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Government to distribute food to needy families
National funds will be used for the purchase of food items which will be distributed to thousands of low income families and individuals who used to get EU food packages but are no longer eligible under the new, tighter regulations. Social Policy...
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Medicine prices reduced
Eighteen medicines have had their prices reduced, the Social Dialogue Ministry, which is also responsible for consumer affairs, said. The reductions vary from 3% to 47%. The reductions were achieved after talks between the ministry and private...
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Woman injured as car overturns
A woman, 56 from St Paul's Bay, was hospitalised after she was injured when her car overturned in Burmarrad. The incident happened at about 4pm when the woman's car hit the kerb. No other vehicle was involved.
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Commission should censure Muscat over American 'university' - shadow minister
The National Commission for Higher Education should censure the prime minister for having yesterday referred to the Zonqor project as the American ‘university’ of Malta, the shadow minister for education, Therese Comodini Cachia said. She pointed...
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Two held for trying to steal from cars in Gozo
Two Somalis who are resident in Gozo were accused in court today of having tried to steal from cars. The two, aged 24 and 20, were arrested on Saturday after a Gozitan man saw them trying to open one of the cars. They were accused of having tried...
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German sues Maltese brokerage company over release of funds
A German man has filed an application against a Maltese brokerage company for releasing funds before the terms of the contract had been fulfilled. In an application filed by lawyers Veronique Dalli and Frank Testa, Richard Häring, explained that...
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Auditor-General to become new Ombudsman
Anthony Mifsud is being appointed Ombudsman, relinquishing his post as Auditor-General. The appointment was announced by the prime minister, who said it had been agreed with the leader of the opposition. Dr Muscat said Charles Deguara is being...
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New Eurovision song selected for Ira Losco
Ira Losco will be singing a new song, Walk on Water, at the Eurovision Song Contest and not Chameleon - the song which secured the Malta contest, Eurovision Song Malta said. Walk on Water was selected by an international and Maltese jury. Juries...
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Magistrate raps police for handling situation badly, acquits man of assaulting officers
A Swedish software tester was acquitted of assaulting and threatening the police, who were rapped by the court for not handling the situation correctly. The case dates to May 2014, when Mikko Henrik Carl-Johan Sebenius clocked in overtime until...
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Ombudsman looks forward to broader powers for successor as his term comes to an end
Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino reached the end of his tenure this week but is looking forward to Constitutional reform which will give his successor broader powers. “This office is not an NGO or a pressure group, it is a Constitutional body which...
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Accused in 'crazy sofa' accident which left victim with facial disfigurement fined €2,000
A 23-year-old man was fined €2,000 after a client seated on a "crazy sofa" being towed across Hondoq ir-Rummien was injured and suffered facial disfigurement. The case dates to July 2012, when Jonathan Grech was driving a boat to which the crazy...
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Adrian Hillman steps down from all Allied Group directorships
Adrian Hillman has tendered his resignation from his posts of managing director and director of Allied Newspapers Ltd as well as chairman and director of Progress Press Ltd, the organisation said. His resignation comes in the wake of allegations...
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Lija council, residents' request for removal of Melita antenna dismissed
A request filed by the Lija council and a number residents for the removal of a Melita plc repeater antenna installed on the roof of a house in Preziosi Street has been dismissed by a court. The plaintiffs claimed that the repeater antenna...
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Man charged with importing 2 kilos of cannabis
A 38-year-old man from Ghana was this morning charged with importing two kilogrammes of cannabis grass. Joseph Papa Smith landed in Malta last night after flying in from Catania. He was arrested after a routine search yielded two kilogrammes of...
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Inflation up
The annual rate of inflation as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices went up to one per cent last month from 0.8 per cent in January. The annual rate was 0.6 per cent a year earlier. The largest upward impacts were mainly due to...
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Fake identity card used to obtain valid passport
A 31-year-old man from Gambia was sentenced to six months imprisonment after admitting to using a fake identity card to obtain a valid passport. Prosecuting officer Victor Aquilina told the court that Eliman Seck had entered Malta on a boat in...
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First phase of eID solution revamp this weekend
The first phase of the eID solution revamp is being implemented between Friday and Sunday, Identity Malta and Malta Information Technology Agency said. They said in a statement that the newly upgraded system would see the provisioning of an...
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Findings of investigation concerning ODZ permit in Siġġiewi under wraps
The government is keeping under wraps the findings of an investigation concerning a development permit on ODZ land in Siġġiewi issued to a relative of a minister’s consultant. The report has been handed over to Mepa for any decisions to be taken,...
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