The Malta Independent

14 May 2024, Tuesday

‘A grave moment in our country’s history’ – Repubblika announces protest with NGOs

A national demonstration has been announced for next Thursday by Repubblika in a novel collaboration with 16 other NGOS based on 4 principles: condemnation of attacks by public officials, a call for...

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latest comment from Peter Sant, 14/05/2024 13:30: Good job

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Magisterial inquiry: PM does not exclude Muscat was presumed guilty

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Tuesday that it is only now that, for the first time, Joseph Muscat is starting off as presumed innocent, hinting that at the beginning of the magisterial inquiry...

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latest comment from Cikku Borg, 14/05/2024 18:48: Can a seasoned magistrate or judge please respond to Abela because in an inquiry there is no need to send for anyone.

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Speaker calls Opposition’s actions in Parliament ‘deplorable’ for the country’s highest institution

Speaker Anglu Farrugia on Tuesday described the Opposition’s actions in Parliament on Monday as ‘deplorable and condemnable’ in the country’s highest institution. The...

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Fearne, Scicluna to be charged with fraud on 29 May

Former government ministers Chris Fearne and Edward Scicluna will be criminally charged in court on 29 May. Fearne resigned from minister last week following the conclusion of the mahgisterial...

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latest comment from RF, 14/05/2024 17:24: When first appointed minister by Muscat, Scicluna had complained that he could not live on the ministerial salary after returning from MEP. But somehow he survived 10 years! Their own words come to haunt them. Idiot!

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Abela makes a bet: ‘They will report us for buying votes when you get your COLA cheque on Saturday’

Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Robert Abela made a bet with his supporters on Tuesday evening, as he bet that the Nationalist Party would report him for “buying votes” when people...

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Innovative, technological products being developed critical to Malta’s economy, PM says

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Tuesday that innovative, technological projects being developed at the ST plant in Kirkop is the way government is modernising the country’s economy, and...

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Repubblika seeks to join Vitals inquiry court cases

Rule of law NGO Repubblika has asked the courts to be admitted to the criminal court cases tied to the Vitals inquiry. Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, former Minister Konrad Mizzi, former...

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latest comment from RF, 14/05/2024 14:11: Indeed as victims of the great fraud by criminals posing as socialist politicians in cahoots with AG and Commissioner of Police, we need to be represented by the eminent lawyers of Repubblika. The Prosecution cannot be trusted as it is on the side of the accused.

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Former Prime Minister Muscat to hold on to diplomatic passport and severance package

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will be retaining his severance package and diplomatic passport, a response by Prime Minister Robert Abela in Parliament indicates. In Parliamentary Questions...

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latest comment from RF, 14/05/2024 17:19: Abela can't risk irking Muscat. Muscat knows his accomplices.

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Private medical data released to other patients due to technical malfunction

Private medical data pertaining to patients was released to other persons due to a technical malfunction, the government said Tuesday. In a statement, the government said the Minister for...

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latest comment from leon 1, 14/05/2024 16:46: Else it could be a Maltese 'bazzuzlu' who has no experience in the field and he / she was given the contract for the sake of votes.

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Labour’s government has abandoned the children of Mtarfa – Grech

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said that the Labour government has abandoned the children of Mtarfa as it is yet to identify a site for a new Mtarfa primary school, after the old school was shut down...

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MAPHM tells voters to prioritise health concerns when voting

The Malta Association of Public Health Medicine has told voters to prioritise health concerns when casting their vote on 8 June. Five years have passed since our nation participated in MEP and...

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latest comment from C Xerri, 14/05/2024 11:41: .... and the hidden agenda!!!!!!!!

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The hospital scam: collusion from day one

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‘Robert Abela seems determined to save only himself,’ Grech tells crowd at protest

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech told crowds at a protest called by his party that Prime Minister Robert Abela “seems determined to save only himself” and questioned what the Labour leader has to hide....

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32 people arrested after being found to be in the country irregularly

32 people were arrested in Gozo after being found to be in the country irregularly, the police said. These people are from Ghana, Syria, Ethiopia and Sudan, and they were taken to a detention...

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TMID Editorial: Preserving what is left

Residents in Zurrieq protested last week over plans to establish the parameters for the rationalisation of a particular area. The area in question is near Triq I-Kanonku Vincenz Balzan c/w Triq...

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latest comment from S. Camilleri, 14/05/2024 12:24: A positive editorial. The problem is the Government is heavily indebted to, and committed in favour of, big business and "developers" and therefore any questions raised here can only lead to "balanced" answers favouring big business and "developers".

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‘Change your tone,’ Abela tells Grech as he warns supporters ‘not to fall for provocation’

Prime Minister Robert Abela called on Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech to change his tone, and warned supporters “not to fall for provocation” and to keep a sense of calm. Abela...

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latest comment from Observer, 14/05/2024 15:03: Pfft!

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8.45 million passengers expected to travel through Malta airport in 2024

Malta International Airport on Tuesday announced that it is adjusting its traffic forecast and financial guidance for 2024, as it expects to welcome 8.45 million passengers by the end of the...

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Speaker turns down PN motion for urgent debate on Edward Scicluna

Speaker Anglu Farrugia has turned down a Nationalist Party motion for an urgent debate focusing on the position of Central Bank governor Edward Scicluna and Economy Ministry Permanent Secretary Ronald...

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latest comment from J.Degabriele, 14/05/2024 10:08: This Speaker is the goalkeeper of this government.

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Government should offer incentives to companies that want to install PV panels – Bernard Grech

The government should offer incentives to companies that want to install PV panels, Opposition leader Bernard Grech said Tuesday. He was speaking during a meeting the Nationalist Party had with...

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Nobody will replace Fearne in Cabinet as OPM absorbs EU funds portfolio

Former Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne will not be replaced in Cabinet, with his portfolio being absorbed within the Office of the Prime Minister. The announcement was made by the Office of...

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latest comment from L-argument, 13/05/2024 21:08: Qieghed nisthajjilkhom l-angli tal festa.Min iried jifhem ha jifhem.

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8% of LGBTIQ+ in Malta were victims of physical or sexual attacks due to their sexual orientation

8% of LGBTIQ+ individuals in Malta expressed that they had been victims of physical or sexual attacks due to their sexual orientation, a European report has found. Only Sweden (7%) observed a lower...

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latest comment from John, 14/05/2024 14:01: Regardless of what is done to assist the LGBTQ community There game is that they are the victims

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Billboard collapses onto people in Mumbai, India, killing at least 14 but others may be trapped

A large billboard collapsed onto people during heavy rain and thunderstorms in India's western city of Mumbai, killing at least 14 and injuring 74 others, reports said. A rescue operation was...

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Steward Health Care says it is selling the 30+ hospitals it operates across the US

Steward Health Care said it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection. The Dallas-based company, which operates more than 30 hospitals...

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latest comment from Angus Black, 14/05/2024 11:23: Yes, Steward would have 33 hospitals to sell, at fire sale prices, and our three hospitals would have fallen, again, in foreign hands. To add insult to injury, this corrupt regime will use 36 million to make good for a loan Scicluna et al, gave to Steward with taxpayers' money as guarantee!

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Mother dies after giving birth on Mother’s Day

A mother died while giving birth at Mater Dei Hospital on Sunday, which was Mother’s Day, Health Minister Joe Etienne Abela said in Parliament on Monday. Abela said that the mother died of...

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Tributes pour in for Dylan Axiak, victim of Fgura incident

Tributes have started pouring in following the news of the death of 21-year-old Dylan Axiak on Monday morning, after he was electrocuted while working in a Fgura residence. The young...

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Fr Angelo Falzon nominated Bishop

On 14 May 2024 Pope Francis nominated Fr. Angelo Falzon O.F.M., a Franciscan missionary in Honduras, as Bishop of the diocese of Comayagua (Honduras). Fr. Angelo was born in Naxxar on 15 October...

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Extension of San Gwann garden inaugurated

LESA has financed a local council project by the San Gwann local council, to extend the Patri Spiteri Donat garden, the government has said. The funds that the San Gwann local council received...

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latest comment from Harold Hare, 14/05/2024 16:45: Ah yes - another typical Maltese council 'garden', much beloved I'm sure by suppliers of cement and tiles. Those poor scraggy saplings look terrified - as well they might.

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€400 million ‘cheques’ rain down on MPs in Parliament

Pieces of paper impersonating €400 million cheques and €30 million euro bills emblazoned with the names and faces of Robert Abela, Joseph Muscat, Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri and others...

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Updated: Young man dies after being electrocuted in Fgura

A young man has died after he was electrocuted while working in a Ffgura residence, the police said....

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Collapsed Baltimore bridge span comes down with a boom after crews set off chain of explosives

Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a...

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