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Vitals magisterial inquiry concluded, passed on to AG

The Vitals inquiry concluded on Thursday 24 April and sent to the attorney general’s office on 25 April, court registrar Franklin Calleja told a court on Tuesday. Calleja was testifying...

latest comment from Frans Camilleri, 30/04/2024 19:34: The law says that the AG has absolute discretion whether to publish the findings of a magisterial inquiry. Everybody, including the Government and the Opposition, wants them published. Since there is consensus, why doesn't Parliament immediately approve an amendment to the law, rather than bend the law?
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'I have no doubt I will be charged', Muscat says; 'institutions working against Labourites'

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Tuesday that he has “no doubt” he will be criminally charged following the conclusion of the magisterial inquiry into the Vitals hospitals...

latest comment from Vani, 01/05/2024 04:12: Oh yes, you will be charged, but don't worry, the prosecution will make some procedural error or other and with regret they will see you escape Justice. You know wrong dates, misspelling your name... The possibilities are endless. And than, as in the Egrant case, you can claim that your innocence was proven.
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Watch: 'I expected much better from the judiciary', PM says as inquiry report concluded

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that he would like the conclusions of the Vitals magisterial inquiry to be published. In comments to journalists after presiding over a Cabinet meeting in Zejtun,...

latest comment from Frans Camilleri, 01/05/2024 07:52: Two months to conclude an inquiry? That's what the law says, but we all know the law is an ass. On average, money laundering inquiries in Malta take an average of 2,250 days to conclude. The Pilatus inquiry took 18 months but that was because the PM wanted it quickly and threw all resoyrces at it. The Vitals inquiry took 1,642 days - less than the average
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‘Many may feel betrayed, broken after men they placed their trust in were finally exposed’ - Metsola

Many in the country may feel vindicated today - "and after years of vicious attacks by the desperate few, who can blame them? But vindication without justice is meaningless," President of the European...

latest comment from Phil Zammit, 01/05/2024 03:20: Shame on all men in political leadership that it took a smart and courageous young lady to speak up. She plainly exposed corrupt men entrusted with the wellbeing of the country not their pockets! So, will justice prevail or not?!?
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Repubblika wants Vitals inquiry conclusions to be published and implemented

Repubblika wants the conclusions of the Vitals Magisterial Inquiry to be published and implemented, its Honourary President Robert Aquilina said while addressing the press outside the law...

latest comment from RF, 30/04/2024 16:04: I leave it to Dr Aquilina and best legal minds to scrutize the charge form as the AG has a knack of making silly but deliberate mistakes to ensure that accused are acquited on technical grounds.
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MEA stresses need for nationwide strategy to support foreign workers in logistics industry

The Malta Employers’ Association (MEA) on Tuesday published a report entitled “Foreign Workers in the Logistics Industry – Addressing HR Challenges”. The report features...

latest comment from C Xerri, 30/04/2024 20:38: .....and meanwhile the shadow. Minister for Education comments negatively about the Indian nationals who form a major part of this sector.
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Repubblika lambasts PN MP Justin Schembri for ‘explicit, discriminatory and racist threat’

Repubblika has expressed its disgust and condemnation of PN MP Justin Schembri’s recent comments stating that Malta has become "full of filth, neglect, and Indians". “Justin...

latest comment from Rachel Galea, 30/04/2024 17:42: If you consider yourself to be a serious PN voter then you should have realized that the filth and neglect are referring to Malta and not Indians. A serious PN voter will realize that Malta is truly filthy, neglected and full of Indians. I would really like to know whether you consider what I wrote above to be racist or true......all I did was moved the word 'full' but in essence I wrote exactly what Schembri wrote!
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TMID Editorial: Widespread pardon raises concern

The decision to grant a Presidential Pardon to all those who fraudulently received disability benefits, even if it stipulates that they must pay back the money, is worrying. It would be easier to...

latest comment from joe tedesco, 30/04/2024 14:43: THE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON IS THE GREATEST PROOF THAT THE PL GOVERNMENT IS TOTALLY TO BLAME FOR THE BENEFITS FRAUD RACKET. MICHAEL FALZON SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED OUTRIGHT.
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Conrad Borg Manche to contest European Parliament elections as independent candidate

Gzira Mayor Conrad Borg Manche, who resigned from the Labour Party in October, will be contesting the upcoming European Parliament elections as an independent candidate. Last October, Borg...

latest comment from John Jones, 30/04/2024 03:42: The most pressing problem facing Europe is a war on two fronts yet not many candidates from Malta want to address it.
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Europe is at a crossroads – Robert Abela

Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Monday that Europe is at a crossroads. He said that in the upcoming European elections, people will either opt for a Europe of Peace, which is promoted by PL...

latest comment from il Bumbardun, 30/04/2024 10:18: Indeed at a crossroad. Certainly the route forward is peace with Russia to ensure Europe is a third viable alternative to a USA and Chinese hegemony. The Eu should provide doves and peace offerings and not arms which simply harden and harshen the present mindless conflict.
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Mosta square project was 'a great waste of money' – Edwin Vassallo

Independent MEP candidate and former Mosta mayor Edwin Vassallo described the Mosta square infrastructural project to partially pedestrianise one of the busiest areas in the heart of the island, as a...

latest comment from David, 29/04/2024 16:44: L-indipendenti imissom jinqqdu imorru jipprotestaw il-belt u jekk ma jinghatawx aktar hin jirtiraw il-kanditatura taghhom kollha.
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Naxxar’s Coast Road was site of most traffic contraventions in 2023

The Naxxar Coast Road was listed as the road in which the most traffic contraventions in 2023, totalling 13,748, information tabled in Parliament shows. Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri was...

latest comment from S. Theuma, 30/04/2024 11:12: The point is, how many of the fines have been collected and since speeding seems to be the main issue, shouldn't the fines be increased?
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