The Malta Independent 30 April 2024, Tuesday
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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 RF, 30/04/2024 11:20: Most Indians and other TCNs I come across in shops and buses are respectful and courteous much more than the few Maltese that are working in these areas. Mr Schembri may get the sympathy of the stupid Maltese but not the serious PN voters.
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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 Paul bermon, 30/04/2024 11:30: The land of the free hit, you steal you get caught, give it back and thats all OK What a disgusting way for any authority to behave. You can now unknowingly hire someone who stole public funds for years and they have no criminal record. We cant go any lower
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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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MDA says SmartCity modification plans have ‘detrimental effects’

The Malta Developers Association said Monday that plans for development of residential and commercial buildings at SmartCity will have “detrimental effects”. The MDA was referring to...

latest comment from Santana, 29/04/2024 23:45: Where were the MDA when : - The Fortina Hotel and Spa development bought public land for a pittance to build residences instead of hospitality facilities as per the original contract with the Government. - The recent sanctioning of the Suncrest's development of the public foreshore in Qawra. - The purchase of a low profile government school, the ITS, at below market price, to develop it into a high rise complex. - The slicing off of a strip of public road on the Mellieha bypass for a private developer to have an access ramp. and more...?
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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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124 public buses from bus fleet have been in use for more than 10 years

Transport Minister Chris Bonett said Monday that there are a total of 124 public buses from the country's bus fleet which have been in use for more than 10 years. The Minister was replying to a...

latest comment from Joe Tabone Adami, 30/04/2024 04:45: None of them have certainly not passed the 15-year mark - but most of these older buses are certainly as rickety and noisy as the ones we had before Arriva. They have been in use even past their expected life - what with the Island's roads and with what appears to be absolute lack of expert maintenance.
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The good and bad of 20 years of EU membership: Gonzi, Sant reflect

Twenty years ago, on 1 May 2004, Malta joined the European Union as a member state, effectively ending more than two decades of confrontation which saw the Nationalist Party pushing for accession...

latest comment from Joseph Licari, 28/04/2024 18:21: Gonzi and Sant omitted to mention that one of the (indirect but real) advantages of EU membership has been the weakening of the Catholic Church's power and influence. Freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and people inevitably led to the freer movement of ideas, too. This led to strengthening the people's emancipation from the Church's grip. The most dramatic result was the Church's defeat in the 2011 referendum on the introduction of divorce legislation.
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‘Radical’ MEP candidate tells PN to go ‘back to basics’ as it has become more centre-left

Self-described “radical” and independent MEP candidate Edwin Vassallo said that if the Nationalist Party wants to regain its relevance, it has to “go back to basics” as...

latest comment from Frans Camilleri, 28/04/2024 11:35: I thought dinosaurs had become extinct. Possibly that's why he's getting more attention from the media than anybody else
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Swieqi residents, council up in arms as apartments planned to rise amidst two-storey houses

Residents in a street in Swieqi and the local council of the same locality are up in arms over plans for an apartment block to be built in an area largely characterised by two-storey terraced...

latest comment from John, 29/04/2024 07:59: All these protests everywhere in Malta and Gozo. If you really want to protest vote for someone like Cassola or the Green Party in the next election and maybe you might change something.
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TMID Editorial: Construction sector shocks

On Friday, the country was treated to another shock by the construction sector.  The roof of a building next door to a construction site collapsed, with two workers who were on the roof falling...

latest comment from Santa, 29/04/2024 11:09: where was it and how old the collapsed building. Probably they got money to go out during construcion and who was the workers, probably not maltese workers who pay tax and insurance?
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