The Malta Independent

9 May 2024, Thursday

MEPs ‘cast doubt’ on Malta’s Commission nominee Fearne over criminal charges

Members of the European Parliament’s health committee have questioned the nomination of Maltese Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne for the post of European commissioner after...

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latest comment from Abigail Farrugia, 09/05/2024 13:43: Parir wiehed naghti lil Fearne. Se jnizzluk maghhom jew aghar minn hekk, juzawk scape goat. Ikxef kollox u lil kulhadd qabel ikun tard wisq...

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Judge grants Joseph Muscat partial access to Vitals inquiry

A judge has granted Joseph Muscat, with immediate effect, partial access to the magisterial inquiry into the Vitals hospital deal, but rejected the disgraced former Prime Minister’s request to...

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Metsola in Kyiv on Europe Day: ‘Back to the land of the brave’

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola is celebrating Europe Day in Kyiv. Ukrainian Parliament Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk met her at the station. “Back to the land...

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More than 200 academics denounce attacks on Maltese judiciary

More than 200 academics at the University of Malta have signed a statement in defence of judicial independence, denouncing attacks on the judiciary coming from government exponents including Prime...

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latest comment from Raymond Gerada, 09/05/2024 12:42: The usual 200. They never condemned the attacks in the AG.

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Man slips on rainwater puddle, in hospital with critical injuries

A man who slipped in a rainwater puddle suffered critical injuries and was taken to hospital on Thursday morning, the police said. The accident took place in Orazio Diacono Street, Zejtun, at...

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Joseph Rapa removed from APS board of directors

Joseph Rapa has been removed from the APS board of directors after his name was among the list of people to be charged in court following the conclusion of the Vitals magisterial...

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European Central Bank will not comment on charges brought against Edward Scicluna

The European Central Bank said Wednesday that it does not comment on pending legal proceedings, following questions asked about the criminal charges brought against the Governor of the Central Bank of...

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latest comment from Vani, 09/05/2024 09:51: From what is gradually coming to light there are already 3 fellas, namely Muscat, Schembri and Mizzi, who are the ideal

team of three with knowledge and a good understanding of finance

Panama companies, experience in bird poo, wind farms, you name it, the three are the go to guys!

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Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections: Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible

The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday, but instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month's time, which portend a steep rise of the...

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Bernard Grech announces protest on Monday over Vitals inquiry

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech announced a protest next Monday, 13 May at 6pm in front of the Parliament building in Valletta, saying that there is a “democratic deficit” against the...

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Attacks on judiciary ‘strike at the heart of Malta’s democratic credentials’ - employer bodies

The Malta Employers’ Association, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, as well as the Malta Chamber of SMEs have stated that the current situation regarding the magisterial...

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Ramón Fonseca, partner in firm at center of 'Panama Papers' scandal, dies

Ramón Fonseca, a partner in the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” scandal over the hiding of wealth in offshore entities, has died, a lawyer from his...

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Speaker denies blocking of PN request to discuss hospitals inquiry was ‘pre-arranged’ with Abela

The Speaker of the House of Representatives has denied that the blocking of a request by the Opposition to have a parliamentary debate on the hospitals inquiry was “pre-arranged” with...

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latest comment from Ronald Micallef, 09/05/2024 12:52: Are we expected or supposed to believe the speaker's knowing who he is?

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Updated: Man critically injured after falling off ladder dies in hospital

A man was critically injured on Wednesday afternoon after he fell off a ladder in a private residence in Xemxija, the police said. The accident took place in Triq l-Awwista at 4.30pm. The...

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March tourism sees 38% rise, NSO says

Total inbound tourists for March 2024 were estimated at 240,851, an increase of 38.1 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2023, the NSO said Thursday. During the month under...

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Happy 300th Floriana

Today, 9 May is Floriana’s 300th birthday! On this day, three hundred years ago, in 1724, the Portuguese Grandmaster Manoel De Vilhena ruled out in a decree that the area which today is known as...

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Speaker turns down PN motion for urgent debate on Chris Fearne’s position

Speaker Anglu Farrugia on Wednesday turned down a Nationalist Party motion for an urgent debate about Chris Fearne’s position as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for EU Funds, as he faces...

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Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as Israel-Hamas war overshadows song contest

Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in the Swedish city of Malmo, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday's...

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TMID Editorial: The PL’s negative campaigning

It is quite common that politicians and political parties contradict themselves. They say one thing because it suits them, only to change tack and do the opposite when the circumstances warrant a...

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latest comment from joe tedesco, 09/05/2024 13:37: THE PL CAN FOOL AND PERSUADE ITS BLINKERED SUPPORTERS BUT IT CAN NEVER FOOL THE RIGHT-MINDED. NEVER TRUST THE PL AND ITS GOVERNMENT.

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Gudja to get residents priority parking from June

Residents in Gudja will be able to enjoy priority for parking in certain areas of the locality overnight as the government clamps down on people leaving their cars there for several days as they...

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latest comment from mohhmiftuh, 09/05/2024 12:10: Wiehed jifhem li din hi sitwazzjoni partikulari ghall-Gudjani u fil-kaz taghhom il-mizuri li ttiehdu sa certu punt jaghmlu sens. Imma issa mhux jithajru kunsilli ohra u arbitrarjament jiddieciedu fejn ghandu jkun riservat parking ghar-residenti taghhom minghajr ma jittiehdu in kunsiderazzjoni l-bzonnijiet ta' nies li jkunu gejjin minn postijiet ohra. Sakemm il-parking ghar-residenti ma jkunx applikat bl-istess kejl ghar-residenti kollha ta' Malta u Ghawdex dan isir kaz ta' diskriminazzjoni. Minhabba, bhas-soltu, nuqqas ta' ppjanar u forsight filwaqt li l-vetturi baqghu jizdiedu kuljum ftit li xejn zdiedu l-postijiet tal-parking anke jekk dawn, kieku saru, setghu jkunu mezz ta' introjtu finanzjarju ghall-kunsilli u ghall-gvern. In-nuqqas ta' postijiet fejn tipparkja qed iwassal ghal hafna pparkjar bl-addocc u perikoluz. Xbajt nara zebra crossings mghottija minn karozzi pparkjati hdejhom jekk mhux ukoll fuqhom.

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Robert Abela’s thesis: ‘A judge must be free from political or other pressures’

Anyone is free to change one’s mind, but there is a chasm between what Robert Abela wrote as a law student in his thesis more than 20 years ago, and what he is practising today. Since...

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latest comment from L-argument, 09/05/2024 07:48: Dak biex tara khemm hu FALZ il bniedem.Robert Abela min dejjem iqarraq.

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Late extra time goal sends Wanderers into FA Trophy Final

Sliema Wanderers will meet Floriana in next Sunday’s Izibet Trophy after the Blues beat Birkirkara by a solitary goal scored four minutes from the end of extra time. It was a match which...

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Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow

Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday in Sweden, with the war in Gaza casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza. Performers...

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Grech says Speaker blocking debate on hospital inquiry was pre-arranged by Abela

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech on Wednesday claimed that the decision by the Speaker to block a parliamentary debate on the publication of the hospitals inquiry was pre-arranged by Prime...

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ADPD says intimidation of magistrates must stop immediately

The continuous irresponsible and rabble rousing speeches by the Prime Minister and even by Labour Party candidates, such as during a debate at MCAST yesterday, must stop immediately, ADPD-The Green...

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latest comment from C Xerri, 08/05/2024 12:31: "ADPD says intimidation of magistrates must stop immediately" Wonder if the ADPD could provide us with a similar statement when the criticism, termed as intimidation, did not come from a Labour source, but from other sources!!!!!!

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Updated: President amends statement, says judiciary must be allowed to work 'serenely'

In what appears to be a hidden suggestion not easily decipherable, President Myriam Spiteri Debono said Wednesday that legal remedies exist if legal processes are in some way vitiated. The...

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latest comment from RF, 08/05/2024 18:48: I thank her Excellency for her opportune statement. At last, we have a President worth her salt unlike George Vella who as Deputy Prime Minister and senior minister under Joseph Muscat could not have been unaware of the shady deals with Vitals, Azerbaijan, Electrogas, AUM, etc Surprised he is not on criminal list with Fearne.

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Real Madrid rally late to beat Bayern 2-1 and reach another Champions League final

After yet another magical night at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid is back in the Champions League final. The 14-time European champion pulled off another thrilling comeback on...

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‘I have always fulfilled my duties with correctness and integrity,’ Chris Fearne says

Deputy Prime Minister and EU funds minister Chris Fearne said Wednesday that he has always fulfilled his duties with the “greatest correctness and integrity and have certainly never come close...

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latest comment from Anonimu Malti, 09/05/2024 11:27: Sa l elezzjoni tat 2017 kont Dreamer ghax kont Babbu nahsiba bhalek Gahan !!!!

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Abela says people must vote to keep the power to determine their own future

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the elections on 8 June have taken on a new dimension, saying that people must now vote on whether they want to keep the power to determine their own...

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Muscat to be charged with bribery, corruption and money laundering

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and others will be charged with fraud, money laundering and making fraudulent gains, as well as conspiracy to commit an offence that is punishable by imprisonment...

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latest comment from The Hell With Politics !!!, 08/05/2024 12:46: A good advice is one of the best things a friend can ever give you. Novelist Samuel Peaton A.D. 1242

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MEPs ‘cast doubt’ on Malta’s Commission nominee Fearne over criminal charges

Judge grants Joseph Muscat partial access to Vitals inquiry

Metsola in Kyiv on Europe Day: ‘Back to the land of the brave’

More than 200 academics denounce attacks on Maltese judiciary

Man slips on rainwater puddle, in hospital with critical injuries

Joseph Rapa removed from APS board of directors

European Central Bank will not comment on charges brought against Edward Scicluna

Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections: Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible

Bernard Grech announces protest on Monday over Vitals inquiry

Attacks on judiciary ‘strike at the heart of Malta’s democratic credentials’ - employer bodies

Ramón Fonseca, partner in firm at center of 'Panama Papers' scandal, dies

Speaker denies blocking of PN request to discuss hospitals inquiry was ‘pre-arranged’ with Abela

Updated: Man critically injured after falling off ladder dies in hospital

March tourism sees 38% rise, NSO says

Happy 300th Floriana

Speaker turns down PN motion for urgent debate on Chris Fearne’s position

Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as Israel-Hamas war overshadows song contest

TMID Editorial: The PL’s negative campaigning

Gudja to get residents priority parking from June

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Watch: PM continues to target Vitals inquiry, says until now justice 'not being seen to be done'

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Chris Fearne, Edward Scicluna to be charged with fraud over hospitals inquiry

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For fourth time, Cassola says Muscat should be stripped of Gieh ir-Repubblika award

TMID Editorial: Abela should act like a PM, not a defence lawyer

Robert Abela’s thesis: ‘A judge must be free from political or other pressures’

Late extra time goal sends Wanderers into FA Trophy Final

Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow

Grech says Speaker blocking debate on hospital inquiry was pre-arranged by Abela

ADPD says intimidation of magistrates must stop immediately

Updated: President amends statement, says judiciary must be allowed to work 'serenely'

Real Madrid rally late to beat Bayern 2-1 and reach another Champions League final

‘I have always fulfilled my duties with correctness and integrity,’ Chris Fearne says

Abela says people must vote to keep the power to determine their own future

Muscat to be charged with bribery, corruption and money laundering

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