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Migrant jailed for assaulting policemen
A migrant was jailed for nine months today after he admitted in court to having assaulted and slightly injured four policemen at Hal Far open centre on Tuesday and assaulted another officer at Zurrieq police station on Wednesday. He also admitted threatening a woman and her child and holding another woman against her will.. Kader Adam Outtara, 33, who is...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 by
Ivan Camilleri, Brussels
Complaints handling is poor
A new ‘Consumer Scoreboard’ shows that Maltese consumers are theleast satisfied among their European peers when it comes to the handlingof complaints. The latest spring scoreboard, published by the European Commission yesterday to benchmark progress...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
‘Black money’ scam charge
A 29-year-old man had been charged with defrauding a man out of €140,500 – all his savings – when he promised him an investment that turned out to be too good to be true. Michael Camilleri, of Armier, pleaded not guilty to defrauding Paul Mangion,...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 by
Bertrand Borg
Plan to shrink 500 laws to 40
A draft administrative code presented yesterday proposes condensing some 30 Maltese laws into a single legal code – the first time this process is being proposed in recent Maltese history. Drafted by Parliament’s House Committee for the...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Neighbour arraigned for Labour bomb hoax
A next-door neighbour was yesterday accused of sending a hoax text message, saying there was a bomb at the Labour Party headquarters in Ħamrun. Jacqueline Calleja, 44, was also charged with sending text messages insulting various people linked to...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Labour opposes common tax base
The Labour Party fears that a European Commission proposal for a common corporate tax base will usurp countries’ right to set their own tax rates. The stand was reiterated yesterday by the party’s finance and economy triumvirate – Karmenu Vella,...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
An onslaught… with apologies
Nationalist MP Franco Debono last night apologised to Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici if ever he had said anything that irked him personally or his family, but said he would not have dragged his wife into the situation. He knew what he...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Speaker allows Labour to alter motion
Mr Speaker Michael Frendo yesterday ruled that the Opposition could move an amendment to its censure motion against Dr Mifsud Bonnici, calling on the minister to resign. The ruling had been requested by Foreign Minister Tonio Borg, who had argued...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 by
Victor Agius
‘Shed light on jail death’
Opposition leader Joseph Muscat yesterday called on Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici to inform the House of the outcome of a magisterial inquiry into the death of a police informant in prison in January last year. The prisoner had...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Sant slams PN for exploiting ill-health
Former leader of the opposition Alfred Sant charged that in 2007, the Nationalist Party used his personal health problems for political purposes, publishing large posters showing him with black spots on his face after he had received chemotherapy...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Lucky escape
A driver was lucky to walk away with slight injuries to his hand after losing control of his Fiat Punto, skidding and careening onto the pavement in Salina Road, Naxxar. The incident happened at midday yesterday.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Water off a pigeon’s back
Fanning the breeze... A pigeon takes a splash in the fountain at St George’s Square, Valletta, to cool down from the heat.
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Censure motion - Debono says he is suffering 'much more' than the minister
Nationalist MP Franco Debono made a fiery speech during the debate on the censure motion against Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici tonight, saying 20 years would not be enough for the minister to account for his failures. The MP did not...
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Nationalist Opposition had shown no restraint in its criticism of the government - Alfred Sant
The Nationalist opposition in the 1996-1998 period had criticised the government without restraint and without giving medical issues at the time any consideration, former PL leader Alfred Sant said this evening. In a passionate speech during the...
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Cachia Caruana: Opposition claims are 'false, unfounded, grave and slanderous'
Updated - Richard Cachia Caruana, Malta's permanent representative to the European Union this evening said he wanted to categorically deny all the charges made against him in an opposition motion calling for his resignation. "The accusations are...
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Live: Richard Cachia Caruana faces Foreign Affairs Committee
Malta’s representative to the EU, Ambassador Richard Cachia Caruana is this evening being questioned by Parliament’s Foreign and EU Affairs Committee as part of the debate on an Opposition motion calling for his resignation. The Opposition claims Mr...
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Gold price fuelling theft of jewellery
The high price of gold has caused an increase in jewellery theft, a police inspector said in court today. Inspector Carlos Cordina was speaking during the arraignment of Reno Azzopardi, 27 of Cospicua, who was accused pf with stealing gold necklaces...
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Man accused of €140,000 'black money' scam
A man allegedly lost €140,500 when he was duped into a black money scam, a court was told today. Bare details of the case were given during the arraignment of Michael Camilleri, 29 of Armier, who is pleading not guilty to defrauding Paul Mangion...
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63 abortions on Maltese women in the UK last year
A total of 63 abortions were performed on Maltese women last year, according to the UK's National Statistics Office, the Gift of Life group said. The highest number of abortions on Maltese women was in 78 in 2009, the lowest 36 in 1982. The NGO said...
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Apartment damaged in fit of rage
Pierre Sghendo, 35 of Fgura was today conditionally discharged for two years after he admitted to causing some €2,000 worth of damages to his neighbour's apartment. The incident happened when a piece of stone fell into Mr Sghendo's property from his...
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Enthusiast injured in fireworks factory
A 27-year-old man from Qrendi suffered burns this afternoon while pouring colour into a petard at the Sta Maria fireworks factory in Qrendi. He was rushed to hospital. The police said his injuries are life-threatening. Magistrate Anthony Vella is...
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