The Malta Independent

22 January 2022, Saturday

Court turns down bail request by man accused of Sliema double murder

A court has turned down a request for bail by a man awaiting trial over the 2020 Sliema double murder. Victor Dragomanski, 38, is one three men accused of the murder of Christian Pandolfino and...

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Four more Covid-19 deaths as number of active cases drops below 7,000

Four more patients with Covid-19 have died while the nunber of avtice cases dropped to below 7,000, figures released on Saturday show. ...

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Covid exit roadmap, easing restrictions, to be announced in coming days - Fearne

As Malta approaches a point where 75% of the adult population will have received the Covid-19 booster, the health authorities are drawing up an exit roadmap to continue removing restrictions and to...

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‘Society’s inaction towards gender inequality renders Malta unjust, unsafe for women’ – activists

A number of organisations working in the field of human and women’s rights gathered in front of the police headquarters to express their anger and frustration at how the most recent femicide was...

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UHM says PBS barring entry to employees who did not take booster jab

The UHM-Voice of the Workers said that PBS workers who did not take the booster jab are not being allowed to enter the premises unless they take a PCR test, paid out of their own pockets, once a...

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latest comment from Hmar, 22/01/2022 09:44: Sewwa jaghmlu ha jaqtghu il-qziez

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TMID Editorial: Minister, there’s nothing to discuss on the Marsascala marina

It appears that there is little that can possibly deter the government from pushing through with its plans to build a giant yacht marina in Marsascala Bay. It appeared that, at least in the past...

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latest comment from madmax, 22/01/2022 10:28: Robert and his henchmen

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Updated: Muscat evasive on claims Accutor contract worth €540,000

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s contract with the Swiss company linked to Steward Health Care was worth some €540,000, according to Matthew Caruana Galizia. Muscat’s home...

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latest comment from Eduard Azzopardi, 22/01/2022 10:36: His 2019 award tells me...he's lying AGAIN.

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Man slightly injured in Paola shop hold-up

A man was slightly injured during a hold-up that took place in Paola on Friday evening. The robbery took place in Triq Ghajn Dwieli, at around 9:15pm, the police said. Two masked men...

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Court overturns woman’s €3,000 fine: Wardens have no power to enforce COVID quarantine laws

A woman’s €3,000 fine for breaching quarantine has been revoked by a court, which pointed out that the Local Enforcement System Agency (LESA) had no legal power to enforce Covid...

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Live Covid updates: Italian medics not fully vaccinated are suspended; Brazil Carnival postponed

ROME (AP) — Some 1,900 Italian doctors and dentists have been suspended from the country's professional association because they haven’t complied with a law requiring them to be fully...

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British Conservatives set to go for top job if Johnson falls

Revelations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff partied while Britain was in a coronavirus lockdown have provoked public outrage and led some members of his Conservative Party to...

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Cost of living surge

A safe pair of hands

Project duration

Metsola’s moment

The Air Malta chop

Freedom of the press

When success means dismal failure

Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The unbearable lightness

Carmel Cacopardo

The resignation of David Thake

Noel Grima

Probing the debt hole

Latin America, Asia latest to get hit with omicron surge

In Costa Rica, officials are encouraging those infected with the coronavirus to skip voting in upcoming national elections. On the other side of the world, Beijing is locking down residential...

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Woman dies while Covid positive, as 306 new cases are reported

306 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Friday, while a woman has also passed away while positive for the virus, health authorities said in their daily...

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Tow-truck driver charged with stealing vehicles and selling them as scrap

A Birkirkara tow-truck driver has been accused of using her personal tow truck to steal cars and sell them as scrap. Carmelo Butler, 58 from Birkirkara, was arraigned in court following a joint...

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latest comment from My opinion, 21/01/2022 14:59: Corruption of any type runs deep into the Maltese DNA. Shame, it's almost a sin to be honest.

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Former PL deputy leader says time of police raid ‘violated Muscat rights’

Former Labour Party deputy leader and seasoned lawyer Joe Brincat has come up in defence of Joseph Muscat, saying that the rights of the former Prime Minister were breached when the police raided his...

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latest comment from J. Bianchi, 22/01/2022 06:55: Kellek bzonn int kont 'gahan' daqs Dr Brincat. Ma kontx taqsamna bid dahq ma kull kumment li tikteb....mur orqod ja cuc malti.

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Harassment, hate and femicide must be taken seriously - ADPD

ADPD - The Green Party Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo and Deputy Secretary General Sandra Gauci said today that the party stands in solidarity with victims of violence, rape, harassment and femicide,...

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Compilation of evidence - Abner Aquilina spoke repeatedly of Satanists, court told

The compilation of evidence against Abner Aquilina, charged with the rape and murder of Polish student Paulina Dembska begins on Friday morning. Last week, Aquilina, 20, from...

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latest comment from My opinion, 21/01/2022 10:03: How very convenient, He should have been in quarantine when he decided to commit the atrocious murder.

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Church commission launches document on common good

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta, launched a discussion document to encourage Maltese citizens to reflect on how, as a country, we can work to build peace, promote the...

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Malta launches first ever National Space Strategy

Following consultation with experts in the field, as well as the industry and academia, the Ministry for Equality, Research and Innovation has launched the first National Space Strategy for...

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latest comment from RF, 21/01/2022 17:56: Owen Bonnici worked hard on this strategy but not on the more critical and urgent post-Covid strategy. Is he still trying to find some other country's to make it his? Ridiculous as ever!

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Premier League: Convincing win for Gudja in direct relegation clash

Premier League: Wanderers slump to fifth consecutive defeat

Serie A: Ref apologizes for apparent error in Milan loss to Spezia

Premier League: Double delight for Greens

Updated: Djokovic lands in Serbia after deportation from Australia

Liverpool relying on abnormal season to catch Man City

Serie A leaders Inter held to 0-0 draw at Atalanta

Updated (4): Australia deports Djokovic for being unvaccinated

Man City open up 13-point lead in EPL, Coutinho scores on debut

McKennie, Dybala help Juventus beat Udinese 2-0 in Serie A

Europe considers new Covid-19 strategy: accepting the virus

When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they were not allowed outside even for exercise. Children were banned from...

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latest comment from Hmar, 21/01/2022 15:11: It’s essential that countries exclude non vaccinated foreigners from traveling. Let the third world learn to stand on its feet

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Meat Loaf, rocker and 'Bat Out of Hell' singer, dies at 74

Meat Loaf, whose "Bat Out of Hell" album became one of the best-selling of all time, has died at the age of 74, international media report. "Our hearts are broken to announce that the...

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Live Covid updates: Austria approves vaccine mandate for adults, German cases to peak mid-February

VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s parliament voted Thursday to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults from Feb. 1, the first of its kind in Europe, with maximum potential fines of up to...

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latest comment from John Jones, 21/01/2022 11:02: Pfizer CEO Bourla said recently that a new vaccine especially for Omicron will be available by March, so what is the point of vaccinating people today with a dose that is not effective against Omicron? This is a case where the risks outweigh the benefits and is driven by either greed or stupidity. God help the Austrians.

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TMID Editorial: The Djokovic saga

The Australian Tennis Open is being held in the absence of the number one athlete in the sport, Novak Djokovic, who was refused entry into the country after he did not satisfy Covid-19 vaccination...

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latest comment from Evarist Saliba, 21/01/2022 10:46: The writer of the editorial should know that France has already made it clear that participants at the French Open must be vaccinated against Covid-19. It is the country that lays down the law and not the No 1 attraction in a tournament. Where Australia seems to have been wrong - I say "seems" because I do not pretend to know all the details of who and what was involved - is in that it sent conflicting messages to Djokovic.

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Updated: Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults retired pope

A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany's Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI's handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The law...

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Italy's next moral compass? Berlusconi, 85, eyes presidency

Italy is poised to elect a new president, meant to serve as the nation’s moral compass and foster unity by rising above the political fray. Silvio Berlusconi thinks he fits the...

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latest comment from Joe Tabone Adami, 22/01/2022 05:02: The last paragraph of the write-up reflects the thoughts of mature European leaders on Silvio Berlusconi. They have had more than enough of his antics, his Bunga Bunga and his dubious, not to say devious, behaviour even within his own family circle. Ask his ex-wife Veronica! Italy has had a tradition of too many tottering Administrations - but quite a steady sequence of real statesmen as Presidents respected by its European allies.

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EXPLAINER: What does it mean for Covid-19 to be endemic?

Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an "endemic" disease, but the World Health Organization and other officials have warned...

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Politico lists Alex Agius Saliba as 'an influential politician to watch in 2022'

The authoritative European newspaper Politico placed the Maltese Member of the European Parliament Alex Agius Saliba in the People To Watch section in the digital sector for 2022. In Politico’s...

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latest comment from Gee Mike, 21/01/2022 16:26: As long as he sticks to mobile phone chargers we are fine. Problem is if he starts thinking of privatising Mount Carmel.

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Record six Covid-19 patients die in single day as number of active cases continues to drop

Six Covid-19 patients have died as the number of active cases continues to drop, figures released by the health authorities show. ...

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Watch: Police’s job to investigate Muscat’s claims that raid leak came from PN - Grech

It is up to the police to investigate claims by Joseph Muscat that he was tipped off about a raid at his Burmarrad home, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Thursday. The former PM’s...

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latest comment from Leonard Cassar, 20/01/2022 16:11: Maybe Dr. Grech went to talk to the Air Malta employees to tell them that if he will be in power he would never close Air Malta like they did with Sea Malta, everyone knows the outcome. Never trust the PN!

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Business

HSBC Malta doubles stipend of student competition winners

Top Employer 2022: Lidl Malta confirms itself among the best companies

First APS Business talk for 2022 to tackle ESG

Evolve founder to mentor medical cannabis entrepreneurs

HSBC Malta Foundation supports parenting PhD study

Melita Business connects 6,000 public officers

MeDirect Bank launches new mobile app with trading capabilities

MAPFRE employees plant 1,000 trees in an effort to reduce carbon footprint

The Gasan Foundation donates the second tranche of donation to Malta Hospice

Atlas Insurance collaborates with Saġġar and Żebbug local council to replant stolen trees

Court turns down bail request by man accused of Sliema double murder

Four more Covid-19 deaths as number of active cases drops below 7,000

Covid exit roadmap, easing restrictions, to be announced in coming days - Fearne

‘Society’s inaction towards gender inequality renders Malta unjust, unsafe for women’ – activists

UHM says PBS barring entry to employees who did not take booster jab

TMID Editorial: Minister, there’s nothing to discuss on the Marsascala marina

Updated: Muscat evasive on claims Accutor contract worth €540,000

Man slightly injured in Paola shop hold-up

Court overturns woman’s €3,000 fine: Wardens have no power to enforce COVID quarantine laws

Live Covid updates: Italian medics not fully vaccinated are suspended; Brazil Carnival postponed

British Conservatives set to go for top job if Johnson falls

Latin America, Asia latest to get hit with omicron surge

Woman dies while Covid positive, as 306 new cases are reported

Tow-truck driver charged with stealing vehicles and selling them as scrap

Former PL deputy leader says time of police raid ‘violated Muscat rights’

Harassment, hate and femicide must be taken seriously - ADPD

Compilation of evidence - Abner Aquilina spoke repeatedly of Satanists, court told

Church commission launches document on common good

Malta launches first ever National Space Strategy

Watch: PM refuses to say whether he knew about Muscat home police raid plans

New Covid measures huge blow to catering industry – ACE

Former PL secretary general calls for mass protests after Muscat home raid

European airport council urges EC to investigate Malta over ‘breach’ of Covid travel rules

Bernard Grech stresses importance of Air Malta in meeting with unions

Works on €14 million indoor pool in Cospicua enter final phase

Naxxar council defends mayor, says her PA vote reflected its declared position

Standards Commissioner finds no breach of ethics in advert issued by Ian Borg

TMID Editorial: David Thake’s resignation

Europe considers new Covid-19 strategy: accepting the virus

Meat Loaf, rocker and 'Bat Out of Hell' singer, dies at 74

Live Covid updates: Austria approves vaccine mandate for adults, German cases to peak mid-February

TMID Editorial: The Djokovic saga

Updated: Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults retired pope

Italy's next moral compass? Berlusconi, 85, eyes presidency

EXPLAINER: What does it mean for Covid-19 to be endemic?

Politico lists Alex Agius Saliba as 'an influential politician to watch in 2022'

Record six Covid-19 patients die in single day as number of active cases continues to drop

Watch: Police’s job to investigate Muscat’s claims that raid leak came from PN - Grech

Petition launched to allow non-seated weddings

Malta-Gozo passenger numbers up in 2021, but not near pre-pandemic levels’ – Gozo Channel chairman

Worker injured after machinery overturns

‘Last fighting chance’ - MIA boss backs Air Malta staff reduction

Knights of Malta warn Vatican reforms risk their sovereignty

Prior infection, vaccines provide best protection from Covid