The Malta Independent 19 April 2025, Saturday
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Il-Kantilena, oldest known literary text in Maltese, added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register

Il-Kantilena - the oldest known literary text in Maltese - has been officially inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government...

latest comment from John, 19/04/2025 06:20: At least this type of heritage cannot be covered by a concrete block of flats. Otherwise it too would have been flatted by our far sighted politicians
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Biker critically injured in Mosta collision

A biker was critically injured early this morning following a collision in Mosta, the police said. The accident took place in Zejfa Street at 2am. The biker, a 46-year-old man from Rabat,...

latest comment from John, 18/04/2025 16:11: Nothing is being done about dangerous driving in this country. The politicians don’t want to know so our law-enforcement Personnel cannot take action and in the meantime people continue to die.
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TMID Editorial: The PN is its own worst enemy

The Nationalist Party biggest task at hand is to make itself seem electable: to make people believe that it can be an alternate government to the Labour Party's administration. Political surveys...

latest comment from Joezborg, 19/04/2025 08:22: TMID Editorial: The PN is its own worst enemy.. Spot on. Why did this Alex Borg and his likes feel the need to comment and much worse attack this Cassar, a non PN opinionist,? Kekin Cassar has been for the last 8 years writing articles much more devastating agaist labour and prime ministers current and past and no one dare attack him as this Alex Borg did.
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APS Bank withdraws from bidding process for acquisition of HSBC Malta

APS Bank has withdrawn from the bidding process for the acquisition of HSBC Malta. It made the announcement in a company statement issued on the stock exchange, citing that 'confidential...

latest comment from odomos, 18/04/2025 11:32: "However, confidential information external to the due diligence exercise has caused the Bank to reconsider its participation in the sale process. Consequently, the Bank's Board of Directors has decided that, at the present time, it is in the best interests of the Bank's shareholders, employees and customers to withdraw." This "confidential information external to the due diligence exercise" needs further clarity in my opinion. But truth is so very savage!
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Tremor hits 7km east of Comino

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck offshore, about 7 km east of Comino, late on Thursday, the Seismic Monitoring and Research Group SMRG at the University of Malta reported. The tremor...

latest comment from V Mercieca, 19/04/2025 07:21: I cannot understand who is correct. This newspaper locates the epicentre at 7 Km East of Commino, while another newspaper locates the epicentre on land near Mellieha. Which one is correct?
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Sant urges government to ‘enshrine right to assisted dying in legislation’

Former Labour Prime Minister and PL leader Alfred Sant is urging the government to "enshrine the right to assisted dying in legislation as promised in its electoral programme". This has already...

latest comment from Joe Tabone Adami, 18/04/2025 05:20: Not very sound to equate putting down a pet with assisting a loved person to die, however peacefully and willingly this happens. You can always get a new pet, possibly within days, by adopting one or buying one fairly easily and, in some instances, at no great cost. I myself have had a series of losses of a pet canary, which I 'replaced' at the earliest opportunity and at little expense. But you can never replace a grandparent, a parent, a sibling or a wife/husband whom you have been loving all or most of your life - certainly not by purchasing a new one!
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Blanket subsidies on energy promote waste, Chamber of Commerce president says

Blanket subsidies on energy promote waste, newly-elected Chamber of Commerce president William Spiteri Bailey said. In an interview with this media house, Spiteri Bailey said such subsidies hide...

latest comment from Robert Abela (Not that one!), 17/04/2025 14:22:
I live in a villa and yes pool pumps need to be running a few hours a day, if not, the water becomes stagnant and leaves etc are not skimmed.
And that's your choice to own a pool, why should it be subsidised?
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