The Malta Independent 31 May 2024, Friday
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More taxes collected: Government reports €22.9m surplus in first four months of 2024 – NSO

By the end of April 2024, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a surplus of €22.9 million, the NSO said Friday. Between January and April 2024, Recurrent Revenue amounted to...

latest comment from RF, 31/05/2024 12:39: More of our taxes to be squandered by irresponsible finance minister Clyde Caruana as disgraced Edward Scicluna before him.
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Teachers’ basic pay to remain the same, but allowances to increase in new collective agreement

Teachers will not be getting any increase to their basic pay, but will instead see their income increase through the improvement of allowances that they receive during the year, The Malta Independent...

latest comment from Simona Mamo, 31/05/2024 13:19: Every successive collective agreement is worse than the previous one. Would you not consider that disappointing, especially as so many fabulous offers had been promised by the government?
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Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes

 Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence...

latest comment from ghalgolhajt.com, 31/05/2024 09:20: So this is all about an alleged payment of USD 130,000 to an ex-porn star made in black when sleepy Joe and Hunter were implicated in a corrupt evidenced deal worth many millions but the FBI refused to investigate. Clearly a political vendetta at this crucial time that will only get Trump more votes in the presidentials. When in a hole dig deeper Joe.
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TMID Editorial: Setting the tone

Before it all started, we all knew that the hospitals court cases would have been long, drawn-out legal battles. But few, except perhaps for the lawyers, expected two extremely long first...

latest comment from Ardo21, 31/05/2024 13:35: Quote" technical mistake made by the prosecution" If you give the prosecution " a half baked pie" in a rush, that's what you get! 1,200 pages + 78 boxes, few days from receiving them, summons were issued to all named in the inquiry report! The able defense lawyers will find all the holes in the report and for sure they will have a field day referring to the Law!
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What's next: Here's what you should know about Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money trial

Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of the former president’s historic hush money trial, but the fight over the case is far from over. Now comes the...

latest comment from L. Attard, 31/05/2024 10:55: "Trump angrily denounced the trial as a “disgrace,” telling reporters he’s an “innocent man.” Familiar words in Malta recently.
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Hospitals case: AG, Police Commissioner treating accused with ‘kid gloves’ – Repubblika

The Attorney General and the police commissioner are treating the people accused in connection with the hospitals scandal with “kid gloves”, NGO Repubblika charged on Thursday. Former...

latest comment from Thomas Nast Jr, 31/05/2024 06:54: I couldn’t see the kid gloves … what I saw was an AG denying due process by not giving full disclosure throughout a process where his only objective was to read the charges thus setting off the timeline within which accused can defend themselves without having all the evidence whilst at the same time the magistrate constantly showing bias in favour of the AG. One notes that initially the Defense lawyers where not working as one team having opted to defend their clients in separate approaches and at times clearly showing differences between them, but the constant bias finally made them all work as one team in order to stall the process thus giving them the opportunity to work towards obtaining full disclosure.
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Government officially announces plans to increase Mater Dei Hospital bed-stock by 600

Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela announced the Mater Dei Hospital short, medium, and long-term action plan on Thursday, which is to free up space for 600 extra beds over the next five years.  The...

latest comment from RF, 30/05/2024 14:15: I hope patients will be treated with dignity without further delay and not remain in windowless basement wards without privacy and decent sanitary facilities, thanks to Mr Fearne and his real deal with Steward.
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Updated: PM says ‘small explosion’ heard near PL headquarters

Prime Minister Robert Abela says Thursday morning that a small explosion had been heard at the Labour Party headquarters earlier in the day. In a Facebook post, the Prime Minister said that the...

latest comment from Angus Black, 30/05/2024 13:01: Haha, another diversion by the PL itself trying to claim that the party has fallen victim of the 'establishment'. Had the 'explosion ' been intended to cause serious damage the perpetrator(s) would not have used what appears to have been a small firecracker!
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Grech commends ‘Labourites who are putting the country first’ by planning to vote for PN

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech on Thursday commended people who derive from Labour-supporting families and are planning on voting for the Nationalist Party’s candidates in the upcoming...

latest comment from Eddy Privitera, 30/05/2024 19:48: KIF TAHSEB LI SE JIVVOTA EX SEGRETARJU PARLAMENTARI NAZZJONALISTA, MARIO GALEA, TAZ-ZEJTUN , BERNARD ????
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Updated: ECJ AG opinion recommends end to finch trapping in Malta, government 'disappointed'

BirdLife Malta today welcomed the unequivocal Opinion by European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta delivered today in Luxembourg in “Case C-23/23 European Commission v...

latest comment from Ardo21, 30/05/2024 12:17: Wrong my friend by mentioning only the LP government, therefore, Mr Peter Agius voice is not calculated! You should have stated that before we joined EU, papers were disturbed in homes that nothing will be changed regarding hunting laws! Majority believed It!
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‘Residents come first’: Birgu mayor justifies resident-only parking signs, but protests continue

The mayor of Birgu (Vittoriosa) has justified the installation of resident-only parking signs in a number of streets as protests mount by visitors of the Cottonera sports complex and by workers in two...

latest comment from B Borg, 31/05/2024 07:13: Remove the Tuesday market from the main roads. Why the Mayor does not say that Birgu has created the problem because of the frequent flea markets including weekends as well?
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Justice Minister’s comments on gagging order don’t interfere with AG’s autonomy – Abela

Comments made by Justice Minister Jonathan Attard criticizing the gagging order requested by Attorney General lawyers and granted by the court in the hospitals corruption case do not interfere with the AG's autonomy, Prime Minister Robert Abela said. ...

latest comment from RF, 30/05/2024 19:48: There was no gagging order. If Robert Abela and Jonathan Attard are real lawyers and not pettifoggers they ought to know what the magistrate decided in terms of the law, but they are still submissive to Joseph Muscat and believe his lies.
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Two new measures announced to continue fixing pension anomaly – Minister

The process to close the gaps to the Highest Pensionable Income from those already retired and born pre-1962, has begun, Minister for Social Services, Michael Falzon, announced on Thursday. He...

latest comment from ganni borg, 31/05/2024 06:40: Jekk izieda kienet 9.47euros fil gimgha = 491 euros f sena dan ifisser li pensjonant ha jistenna 9 snin biex jilhaq il massimu pensonabli dhul ta 27000 euro ?!
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TMID Editorial: Would Malta be accepted in EU today?

While, in Malta, a former Prime Minister on Tuesday was shamed as he faced criminal charges related to corruption, another European country, one that aspires to become a new EU member state, was...

latest comment from Vani, 30/05/2024 10:06: Never forget this epitome of Maltese culture, this dean of hunting of what is universally considered as belonging to all of humanity, and not just to some foul mouthed, knuckle dragging Neandertals. The EU would laugh themselves silly at our application Mind you, when that all is said and done, they would miss the fun at the expense of a budding Korruptos.
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How it unfolded: Second Vitals case stalls after ‘most serious’ prosecution blunder
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The second case in connection with the hospitals inquiry which saw former Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and Central Bank of Malta Governor Edward Scicluna appear in court dragged late into...

latest comment from Michael Debono, 30/05/2024 14:50: It could be that the police and AG are very skeptical about the magistrate's report and don't want to commit and then face the music when everything falls apart.
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