President George Abela recently hosted a reception for past and new Ġieħ ir-Repubblika awardees at San Anton Palace, Attard. Dr Abela and Chief Justice Emeritus Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici (right), both former Malta Football Association presidents, are seen with former MFA vice-president Herbert Messina-Ferrante, who was awarded the National Order of Merit.

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