The Malta Independent 24 September 2020, Thursday

Talks between Prime Minister and MUT ‘inconclusive’, just days before schools open

A meeting between the teacher’s union Malta Union of Teachers (MUT), Prime Minister Robert Abela and Education Minister Owen Bonnici on Wednesday ended with an “inconclusive”...

latest comment from Sparky, 24/09/2020 11:00: They actually caught a glimpse of ice-cream bob? That should be headline news! Thought he was in Sicily still. And was he wearing a mask and if so was it covering his nose? If not, was he fined? Was Fearne anywhere to be seen? Or is he still chuckling on how witty (not!) his anti-PN jibes are? There are crooks everywhere you look now...
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EC's proposed migration pact ‘good basis for discussion’, but raises number of questions - Bartolo

The general direction of the European Commission's proposed new Pact on Migration and Asylum is a good basis for a reasonable discussion, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo told The...

latest comment from Evarist Saliba, 24/09/2020 10:58: One very important point which no proponent of any solution has ever tackled is what should a country, like Malta, do when two thirds of migrants that find themselves in the country are not entitled to asylum status. Both silly and serious commentators say, send them back home. The question that is not asked, and still less answered, is "How?" First, one has to identify "home". Assuming that this can be established, has the "home country" an obligation to accept these migrants? If leaving the "home country" in a clandestine way was a crime, will this become an issue in this repatriation? If the "home country" refuses to accept such migrants, what then? Will the migrant be sent to the first, or the last, country of his clandestine journey? These problems are also happening on a regular, though smaller scale, across the English Channel, and no solution seems to be in sight. The traffickers in human beings for personal financial gain have been laughing in the face of the international community which seems to be utterly helpless.
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Refugees, migrants in Libya face rape, unlawful killings and torture - Amnesty International

Amnesty International has published a report detailing the abuses migrants face in Libya, stating that “tens of thousands of refugees and migrants are trapped in a vicious cycle of cruelty with...

latest comment from V Mercieca, 24/09/2020 12:02: I have been saying all along, they should have not gone to Libya in the first place, so if we send back illegal migrants to Libya they should not complain as they were there voluntary in the first place.
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Pembroke roundabout work to be completed, new Central Link lanes to open

Infrastructure Malta said that work on the Pembroke roundabout is to be completed this weekend while Central Link lanes will be opening today. In separate posts on Facebook, IM said that on...

latest comment from xuerebm, 24/09/2020 08:10: While thanking IM and TM for this much-needed roundabout that will facilitate easy access to the main road by both Madliena and Pembroke residents, I would ask that the roundabout just 800 metres down the road towards Bahar ic-Caghaq be removed since it has been rendered superfluous owing to adjacent roads now being closer to and serviced better by the new roundabout.
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Updated: Gasan looking to pull out of power station consortium

Gasan Enterprises is looking to pull out of the Electrogas consortium, which owns and runs the new gas-fired power station in Delimara. In a statement signed by chairman Joe Gasan and CEO Mark...

latest comment from Jonathan Mercieca, 24/09/2020 12:11: If the Gasan group doesn't manage to pull out of the consortium they are going to relieve themselves of their shares by sending one with every Christmas card, come December lol!!!!
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Delia calls on Fearne to join him in Vitals fight; ‘I don’t need your guidance,’ DPM replies

Opposition Leader Adrian Delia has called on Prime Minister Robert Abela and Health Minister Chris Fearne to join him in his fight against the “obscene” Vitals deal.  Delia...

latest comment from MARIO CASSAR, 24/09/2020 11:27: Oh is he? He should also be in the forefront to lead PN then, but he isn't. He prefers to back-stab, instead. Poor Jason, you should start lighting a candle every evening for him for his saintly job of trying to destroy PN just for his dislike of Adrian Delia.
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‘Political stunt’: Delia and Grech should have walked together to the tax department - PL

Instead of engaging in a “political stunt” this afternoon, Adrian Delia should have joined up with Bernard Grech and the two should have walked together to the VAT and Tax departments, the...

latest comment from Holiday99, 24/09/2020 10:59: The latest strategy of the Labour Party is the weaponizing of the Internal Revenue Department. We would like to know how many Labour Party candidates were investigated by The Inland Revenue Department? We’re back to the Mintoff days when “ex-officio” tax bills were sent to “enemies of the people”!
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