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4 April 2016, Monday

A look at offshore accounts used to hide wealth, avoid taxes

An investigation published by an international coalition of more than 100 media outlets, based on 11.5 million records of offshore holdings, details how politicians, celebrities and other famous...

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Panama Papers: Konrad Mizzi is only minister in European Union mentioned

Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi is the only EU Minister mentioned in one of the worlds largest leaks, dubbed as the 'Panama Papers'. An investigation primarily conducted by the...

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latest comment from Corinne Vella, 04/04/2016 09:21: The only reasonable explanation is that he us involved.

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Konrad Mizzi named in ICIJ Panama Papers investigation exposing global array of crime, corruption

Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi is among a long list of politicians from around the world that are included in a massive leak of documents that exposes the offshore holdings of 12 current and former...

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latest comment from alan stuart, 04/04/2016 09:16: Shove it.

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Panama Papers: Konrad Mizzi confirms his Panama company still open

Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi stuck to his position in spite of his being mentioned in a worldwide probe which exposed global array of crime and corruption. In a statement, Dr Mizzi said that the...

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latest comment from Anthony Agius, 04/04/2016 09:04: So KONRAD, My Dear, does that mean that IF SOME-ONE GET CAUGHT trying to commit a robbery , BUT AGAINST HIS INTENTION , the robbery was not SUCCESSFULLY DONE , so that person is to be called an honest person? and is to be trusted as a MINISTER ? AND/OR a MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ? , this is NOT a suspected case , this is A TRUE AND ADMITTED CASE , Konrad go and hide ( NOT AN ILL COMPANY THIS TIME ) but yourself , bye bye Konrad.

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Panama says it will work ‘vigorously’ to investigate offshore accounts

Panama's president says his government will cooperate "vigorously" with any judicial investigation arising from the leak of a vast trove of information on the offshore financial dealings of the...

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latest comment from J Sammut, 04/04/2016 09:08: From 2011 onwards Keith Schembri's Kasco Group failed to make a profit even though its turnover ran in millions of Euros, while Muscat described his Chief of Staff Keith , as a successful businessman. Also in 2011 Mr Schembri, through a Spanish financial agent opened his UNDECLARED company in The British Virgin Islands . If his Maltese registered company wasn't making a profit, why did he make that financial setup in The British Virgin Islands? I don't want to think that in 2011 Keith tal-Kasco started to syphon money from his Maltese company to his BVI registered company secretly, because that is a criminal offence.

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Updated (2): Lioness attacks five-year-old boy at Montekristo park, government reacts

A lioness at the Montekristo Park today attacked a five-year-old boy, injuring him. The park was open today for a fair on hunting. The boy was taken to hospital by his parents, where he was...

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latest comment from Joseph Lawrence, 04/04/2016 08:40: "Lioness attacks five-year-old boy at Montekristo park, government reacts". Reacts to what? they should have reacted when the first accident happened. I wonder if it was the child of one of the politicians that got hurt. would they have reacted then? Shame on you that sanctioned this illegal zoo. Where is the big mouthed opposition and the Child Protection Agencies? Malta is still a free for all or for those preferred?

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Updated: It will cost €150 million to fix Mater Dei structural problems, Prime Minister Muscat says

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today that Toni Abela will serve as his consultant and will attend Cabinet meetings. He said that there are those who helped Dr Abela throughout his nomination...

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latest comment from Joseph Bartolo, 04/04/2016 09:21: Smart City was an abandoned industrial Estate and not a Virgin Land

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Front Ħarsien ODZ reiterates call for Montekristo boycott

Front Ħarsien ODZ today expressed its disappointment that government officials and politicians from both major parties have attended a hunting fair held in Montekristo, a place riddled by...

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Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri wanted to open account in Dubai - report

Embattled Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi wanted to open an account in Dubai, according to fresh revelations made by the Australian newspaper The Financial Review. Dr Mizzi, the OPM chief of staff...

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latest comment from Miriam Zammit, 04/04/2016 09:06: Are you serious?! What does Swizerland has to do with Panama companues and NZ trusts? You seem to be living in a different world as all democratic countries are talking about Panama leaks.

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Iceland’s Prime Minister to face calls for snap election after Panama Papers revelations

Iceland’s prime minister is expected to face calls in parliament for a snap election after the Panama Papers revealed he is among several leading politicians around the world with links to...

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latest comment from J Sammut, 04/04/2016 07:14: Nitħassru kif niżel, sar qisu purtiera imdendla ma' spalliera.

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‘Libyan leaders’ who posed with PM Muscat in Castille hit with EU sanctions

Three-and-a-half short months since Prime Minister Joseph Muscat triumphantly posed with two rival Libyan leaders as they shook hands at Castile and declared Malta as a regional peace-broker, those...

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latest comment from Nemusa, 03/04/2016 22:32: U intx tindahal, kalandra?

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Simon Busuttil to be in Court in solidarity with Jason Azzopardi on Wednesday

Speaking at the PN Tarxien club, PN leader Simon Busuutil announced he will be in court on Wednesday in solidarity with MP Jason Azzopardi who will be facing a defamation suit by former Police...

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latest comment from paul zerafa, 04/04/2016 07:12: Kulhadd Hamallu ghalik , mela wahlitlek il-labra fuq din il-kelma U int xint??

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Djokovic wins record 28th Masters 1000 title by beating Nishikori

Novak Djokovic won a record-tying sixth Key Biscayne title and his third in a row Sunday, beating Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-3 in the Miami Open final. The top-ranked Djokovic improved to 28-1 this...

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First passenger flight leaves Brussels since 22 March attacks

A Brussels Airlines plane heading to the Portuguese city of Faro took off from Brussels Airport on Sunday, the first passenger flight to leave the airport since suicide bombings on March 22 ripped...

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Leicester go seven points clear at top by beating Southampton

Leicester surged seven points clear at the Premier League summit by reeling off a fourth successive 1-0 victory Sunday, with Wes Morgan's first-half bullet header seeing off Southampton. By...

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65-year-old charged with sexually abusing girl, 8; remanded in custody

A 65-year-old man from Zabbar today was remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to having being involved in sexual acts with an eight-year-old girl and having used or threatened violence...

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latest comment from Mananni, 03/04/2016 12:46: He deserves the Pjoti treatment if found guilty.

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The Malta Independent editorial: Panamagate won’t go away

However much anyone may be hoping that the Panamagate scandal, which saw one of the country’s top ministers opening up a company in the top secret tax haven of Panama while serving as a...

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latest comment from john, 04/04/2016 06:50: Qed thallat Il Hass mall bass hi. Imma Ma nistenniex mod iehor minn nies tghakom!!

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Police officers angry after superiors ignored pleas about man who shot colleague

Police officers are angry with their superiors who systemically ignored pleas about the man who last Wednesday shot one of their colleagues and injured him, The Malta Independent on Sunday has...

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latest comment from Ryan Lee Galea, 03/04/2016 22:45: Why on earth would you use a taser on an armed psycho who shot one of your men?? They should've used live ammunition on him once they knew he had a pistol!

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Napoli's title hopes all but over after 3-1 loss at Udinese, Roma win derby

Napoli's title hopes are all but over after losing 3-1 at Udinese to leave it six points behind Serie A leader Juventus with only seven rounds remaining. To add to Napoli's misery Sunday, top...

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Djokovic wins record 28th Masters 1000 title by beating Nishikori

Rosberg wins second GP of the season in Bahrain, Hamilton third after collision

Napoli's title hopes all but over after 3-1 loss at Udinese, Roma win derby

Leicester go seven points clear at top by beating Southampton

Updated: Cesare Maldini, first Italian to lift Champions Cup trophy, dies aged 84

Ronaldo scores late to give Real Madrid 2-1 win at Barcelona

Juventus beat Empoli 1-0 to go provisionally six points clear

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Hamilton edges Rosberg to take pole position at Bahrain Grand Prix

Rosberg wins second GP of the season in Bahrain, Hamilton third after collision

Nico Rosberg made it back-to-back victories to start the new Formula One season by winning the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, capitalizing on a first-corner collision involving Mercedes teammate Lewis...

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How the Albanians ‘destroyed’ the Maltese sex business in Soho

Around about the millennium, the Maltese running the sex business in Soho were forced out by the Albanian mafia. In his book This is London (Picador Books), author Ben Judah writes: “The...

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latest comment from Carmelo, 04/04/2016 09:06: hahahah must say that you are really an ignorant, you don`t see the libians,romanian that are destroying this country?

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PM Borg Olivier waged 15-year battle for Maltese national anthem to be recognised by Britain

Professor Joseph Pirotta has discovered that, contrary to the somewhat weak image that Prime Minister Gorg Borg Olivier has – especially in relation to the British – he actually waged a...

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latest comment from Ivan Grech Mintoff, 03/04/2016 22:58: there is a grand canyon of a difference between GBO & EFA. To compare and state that one followed the other's footsteps is as wrong as it is odious. ... but we digress off the subject which is far more interesting than your opinion or mine.

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Watch: Pilot project for delivering medicines at home to start later this month

The government is set to embark on a pilot project later this month to deliver medicines at home for persons with disability, the elderly and those who have mobility problems. Parliamentary...

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latest comment from Guzeppi, 03/04/2016 11:32: I believe it when I see it!! they even said on tv, theres no out of stock pills, well my disable son take some pills, & theres this CLOPIXOL, which its been out of stock, the last time I brought it from POYC, they gave me some which was out dated!!! they told me I can give it to him , cos it will be ok for 6 months!! If i can buy it ,I don't mind, but I can't find any pharmacy were I can buy it!!!! My son disable, I don't want his medicine delivered to my door, All I want is to go to POYC, & find it !!!! ES,

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Five young Britons fined after admitting to drug possession

Five young Britons admitted to being in possession of drugs when they were charged in court this morning. Four were fined €500 each for being in possession of ecstasy. The fifth...

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latest comment from robert morrison, 03/04/2016 21:00: They must have had a bad upbringing. Should be called a downbringing. Though its rude and politically incorrect to make such a statement, I say it clear , I say it LOUD

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Marlene Farrugia willing to lead new party, if asked to

Independent MP Marlene Farrugia has said she would be willing to lead the new political party being forged if she is asked to do so by the group of political activists she is gathering together....

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latest comment from Marlene Farrugia, 04/04/2016 08:54: You have no credibility if you say that I who have been LOYAL TO PL PROMISES SHOULD RESIGN AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BETRAYING and SHAMING THE COUNTRY STAY ON! If you support that kind of treachery , I obviously do not qualify for that support!😊

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After Palmyra, Syrian troops take another IS-controlled town

A week after taking back the historic town of Palmyra, Syrian troops and their allies on Sunday captured another town controlled by the Islamic State group in central Syria, state media...

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Man remanded in custody on charges he threatened to assault former girlfriend

A 43-year-old man with “anger management problems” today was remanded into custody and sent to Mount Carmel Hospital after he allegedly threatened to assault his former...

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Austria claims much of the credit for European Union migrant deal

Just weeks ago, thousands of migrants a day were streaming into northern Europe. Now the influx has been dramatically crimped and Austria is claiming much of the credit. The small country at the...

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St John Rescue Corps holds annual review event; MOU with Malaysia Emergency Rescue Unit signed

The St John Rescue Corps today held its annual review event at their Headquarters and Training School in Fort Madalena. The event was presided over by the Minister...

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Emirates ups investment in wine as part of long-term strategy

Credit rating agency confirms Malta’s ‘A’ rating, says 'country exhibits low levels of corruption'

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Microsoft hosts nonprofits to Tech for Good event

Collective agreement signed at The General Soft Drinks and GSD Marketing

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A look at offshore accounts used to hide wealth, avoid taxes

Panama Papers: Konrad Mizzi is only minister in European Union mentioned

Konrad Mizzi named in ICIJ Panama Papers investigation exposing global array of crime, corruption

Panama Papers: Konrad Mizzi confirms his Panama company still open

Panama says it will work ‘vigorously’ to investigate offshore accounts

Updated (2): Lioness attacks five-year-old boy at Montekristo park, government reacts

Updated: It will cost €150 million to fix Mater Dei structural problems, Prime Minister Muscat says

Front Ħarsien ODZ reiterates call for Montekristo boycott

Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri wanted to open account in Dubai - report

Iceland’s Prime Minister to face calls for snap election after Panama Papers revelations

‘Libyan leaders’ who posed with PM Muscat in Castille hit with EU sanctions

President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca recalls her second year of her Presidential term

Second edition of the President's Secret Garden announced

Updated: Cesare Maldini, first Italian to lift Champions Cup trophy, dies aged 84

Simon Busuttil to be in Court in solidarity with Jason Azzopardi on Wednesday

Djokovic wins record 28th Masters 1000 title by beating Nishikori

First passenger flight leaves Brussels since 22 March attacks

Leicester go seven points clear at top by beating Southampton

65-year-old charged with sexually abusing girl, 8; remanded in custody

The Malta Independent editorial: Panamagate won’t go away

Police officers angry after superiors ignored pleas about man who shot colleague

Napoli's title hopes all but over after 3-1 loss at Udinese, Roma win derby

Cartoon 3 April 2016

Los Angeles father charged with killing son for being gay

Miami fugitive on run for 20 years found in Nicaragua

Ronaldo scores late to give Real Madrid 2-1 win at Barcelona

Pharmacies opening today between 9am and noon

Updated (2): Albert Fenech resigns from Parliament; says sacking from Mater Dei forced him away

Criminal libel should have been abolished in 2011 – Law Commissioner Franco Debono

Passenger flights to resume Sunday in Brussels - Airport CEO

Marigold Foundation admits it supports prison project started by friend of PM's wife

Rosberg wins second GP of the season in Bahrain, Hamilton third after collision

How the Albanians ‘destroyed’ the Maltese sex business in Soho

PM Borg Olivier waged 15-year battle for Maltese national anthem to be recognised by Britain

Watch: Pilot project for delivering medicines at home to start later this month

Five young Britons fined after admitting to drug possession

Marlene Farrugia willing to lead new party, if asked to

After Palmyra, Syrian troops take another IS-controlled town

Man remanded in custody on charges he threatened to assault former girlfriend

Austria claims much of the credit for European Union migrant deal

St John Rescue Corps holds annual review event; MOU with Malaysia Emergency Rescue Unit signed

Karl Gouder favourite to be co-opted to Parliament to replace Albert Fenech

Police arrest 41 foreigners in drug-related raids over four days

Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea enjoy 4-0 wins in Premier League; Spurs draw

Juventus beat Empoli 1-0 to go provisionally six points clear

Chris Fearne outlines Health Ministry plans in TMIS interview

Valletta retain firm grip on primacy; Farrugia, Denni strikes lift Sliema