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Fire At Marsa open centre probably caused by cigarette

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A small fire that broke out at the Marsa open centre at about 4am yesterday is suspected to have been caused by a cigarette butt that was not properly put out, according to Ahmed Bugre, assistant manager at the open centre....

Maltese Parliament Needs to be ‘empowered’ to use Lisbon Treaty

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Maltese Parliament urgently needs to be “empowered” to be able to carry out its duties in the context of the Lisbon Treaty, Speaker Michael Frendo said yesterday in a speech to commemorate what is famously known as the Sette Giugno uprising....

A Chapel craving for attention

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

What once was a wayside chapel in the Maltese countryside in the outskirts of Mosta has today become a little chapel engulfed by modern and multi-storey buildings...

People Must be ‘free of mortal sin’ to receive Eucharist

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Gozo Bishop Mario Grech has again made reference to the Holy Communion saga, saying that if you do something that is in itself a moral disorder, even if you have own valid reasons for doing so, “you still cannot receive Holy Communion...

We May not see beggars in the street ‘yet’ – report

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The author of a report on poverty in Malta writes that if society is not active in certain agencies that offer particular services to poor people, we might still think that the poor in Malta are a rare occurrence....

Golden Bay Invasion

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Worried bathers at Golden Bay forwarded this picture to this newspaper and asked whether the thousands of tiny invertebrates were ‘baby’ Portuguese Manowars...

The Malta Jazz Festival… 20 Years on

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Charles ‘City’ Gatt, the mastermind behind the first Malta Jazz Festival spoke to Elaine Attard about the first edition and its evolution over the past 20 years....

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