The Malta Independent

13 August 2022, Saturday

Elderly man injured in five-car crash

An elderly man was injured when he lost control of a car he was driving and crashed into another vehicle, with both cars then ending up careening into three other parked vehicles. The accident...

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Watch - Updated (2): Activists argue with police, beachgoers in protest to 'reclaim Comino'

Moviment Graffitti activists this morning turned up on Comino to protest against the occupation of the sandy by what the NGO says are commercial interests, only to find that no deckchairs and...

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latest comment from Joe Mallia, 13/08/2022 14:21: Prosit Graffitti. It has to be NGOs who defend the public interest. Parliamentarians, state institutions and authorities do not give a damn to this theft of public rights.

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Three balconies collapse in Marsascala

Three balconies have collapsed in Marsacala, the locality mayor has said. The accident has taken place in Zonqor Street this morning. No-one has been injured, mayor Mario Calleja...

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30 new Covid-19 cases reported

Health authorities yesterday reported 30 new Covid-19 cases, while the number of active cases continues to drop. In all, the country has registered 113,501 cases since March 2020, with 111,784...

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Updated (2): Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a...

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Air Malta saga: taxpayers 'footing the bill' – Malta Chamber

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry said it believes that termination packages for Air Malta employees "appear to be absurdly high and illustrative of how the bargaining power of...

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latest comment from joe tedesco, 13/08/2022 09:29: FOR HOW LONG THE VERY NAIVE MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORATE IS GOING TO TOLERATE AN INEPT, LIFELESS AND EXPIRED PL GOVERNMENT WASTING MILLIONS OF EUROS OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY?

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Workers who got salary raise should not get full COLA – Malta Chamber

Workers who had a salary raise this year should not receive the full cost of living adjustment expected to be announced in the budget later this year, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and...

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latest comment from Frans Camilleri, 13/08/2022 11:53: The Chamber wants the government to do its dirty business. If businesses cannot afford salary increases on top of COLA they are free not to give them.

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Famous Italian journalist Piero Angela dies, aged 93

Famous Italian journalist Piero Angela has died, aged 93, his family has said. Angela was the producer and presenter of Rai TV programmes such as Quark and Superquark, programmes which dealt with...

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latest comment from Joe Borg, 13/08/2022 13:28: Grazzi Piero f'isem l-Umanita'

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More Supermarkets: Ryan Schembri’s business partner details fraudulent invoice payments

Ryan Schembri’s business partner, Darren Casha, detailed how the accused lured him into his various business ventures before eventually fooling him into taking over the failing More Supermarkets...

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TMID Editorial - Loud music in Valletta: Repealing the legal notice is the solution

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said that more enforcement is the solution to complaints about loud music being played until late at night in Valletta. No, minister, the solution would be to...

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Pre-electoral ‘guarantees’ for Air Malta employees were just empty promises – ADPD

It is evident that the Labour Party uses politics as a game in which empty promises may be made in order to buy votes, ADPD – The Green Party Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo said in relation to the...

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latest comment from Frans Camilleri, 13/08/2022 11:57: Empty, when they are being given absurdly high golden handshakes and will still be able to work in the private sector? I would feel eternally grateful for such an "empty" promise.

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European authorities are considering a liquefied natural gas pipeline from Spain to Italy as a way of getting around France’s opposition to a gas link-up across the Pyrenees between the Iberian...

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Updated: Body of missing diver who was AFM Sergeant found at sea

The body of a diver who went missing on Thursday afternoon was recovered from sea on Friday morning, police told The Malta Independent. The body was found at around 9am this morning as the Armed...

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Former PN candidate Frank Psaila appointed to two government boards

Former PN candidate Frank Psaila has been appointed by the Social Ministry as the chairman of the Medicines Review Board and the Periti Warrants Board, for a period of three years. The...

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latest comment from Need for greed, 13/08/2022 09:58: The gravy train beckons him and Kristy, speaking of Kristy will she be under ezl like she was before? Just asking for a friend who can't read or write.

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44 new Covid-19 cases registered

44 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta, as the number of active cases continues to drop. There are currently 570 active cases in the country. No more deaths have been reported. Since...

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Updated: Marsaxlokk parish priest allegedly laundered €500,000, police tell court

The Curia has placed the Marsaxlokk Parish Priest on administrative leave after being informed that he is due to face charges related to misappropriation of funds and money laundering, the Archdiocese...

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latest comment from Phil Zammit, 13/08/2022 03:32: OUCH.......bullseye! Regrettably, it's water on a duck's back for politicians.

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Part of Mosta main road dug up again as rain takes its toll on newly laid asphalt

One of Mosta’s main roads once again became the centre of construction works, after the rain which fell in the past two days damaged the newly laid asphalt. Triq il-Kbira, which stretches...

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latest comment from Timothy TwoTwoThree, 13/08/2022 11:14: Sena u disa xhur biex lestewa,siegha u disgha minuti xita biex tfarket,lol.

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Ferratum Bank fined €653,637 by FIAU over number of shortcomings

A €653,637 administrative penalty has been issued against a credit institution for a number of failings, the FIAU has said. The compliance review of Ferratum Bank P.L.C revealed that the...

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latest comment from Vani, 12/08/2022 19:46: Dan kapulavur iehor ta Gowzeff hux hekk? U iva, ma nistennewx ahjar la kien hu li qata z-zigarella!

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‘Stronger enforcement’ is solution to Valletta late-night loud music complaints – Clayton Bartolo

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latest comment from Vassals, 13/08/2022 08:46: There is no measurable standard so all talk of enforcement is stupid , to put it mildly.

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Shortage of health workers must be immediately addressed by government, union says

The Allied Health Care Workers Union (AHCWU) is requesting that the government take immediate action to address the shortage of health workers. The AHCWU expressed its disappointment with the...

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latest comment from C Xerri, 12/08/2022 14:46: Everybody agrees that shortages of medical staff has to be addressed. But rarely we find any proposals of how this can be done, except by raising salaries and giving other favourable conditions to nurses. But would giving higher salaries actually attract more youth to join the nurses corps?

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Central Bank revises Malta’s GDP growth forecasts downwards

Central Bank revises Malta's GDP growth forecasts downwards The Central Bank of Malta expects Malta's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 5.2% in 2022, 4.5% in 2023 and 3.7% in...

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TMID Editorial: Gozo losing its charm - stating the obvious

The Gozo Tourism Association on Wednesday published the results of a survey which it carried out over the past couple of weeks which, amongst other things, found that Gozo is losing its charm as a...

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latest comment from Vassals, 13/08/2022 08:40: The Gozo Tourism Association waking up? Pity: too late! Greed and arrogance rule in Gozo as well.

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ITS Smart City campus given the green light by Planning Authority

The Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) will relocate to Smart City after the Planning Board approved planning permission for the development of a new hospitality campus to cater for local and foreign...

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latest comment from adriang, 11/08/2022 14:26: How much is this going to cost the taxpayer?

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Barcode to refund back any unredeemed digital tokens over €1

The Festival and events bar operator Barcode has announced that the company will be refunding back the unredeemed digital tokens of over €1 from a number of festivals. These festival...

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MEA calls severance package at Air Malta ‘obscene and unprecedented’

The Malta Employers' Association described the severance package offered to redundant Air Malta employees as the most obscene agreement in Malta's industrial relations history. "If the details as...

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latest comment from Antoine Vella, 12/08/2022 10:29: On average, each employee with receive about €143,000.

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Alleged fuel smuggler wants police to investigate rumour linking him to Caruana Galizia murder

Alleged fuel smuggler Gordon Debono has requested an urgent police investigation aimed at identifying the government-based source of rumours which had falsely connected him to the murder of Daphne...

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latest comment from Need for greed, 12/08/2022 08:56: Before government are spreading false accusations we can be sure that this is to protect someone very high up?

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95% of GWU members approve Air Malta termination deals

95% of the General Workers’ Union who work at Air Malta have voted in favour of an agreement reached between the union and the government on termination packages. The vote took place across...

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latest comment from Walter White, 12/08/2022 08:58: E Io PAGO.

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Heroic Spartans: Hamrun beat Levski Sofia to move to the play-off stages of Conference League

Hamrun Spartans wrote a golden chapter yesterday, not only for themselves but for the whole Maltese football, becoming the first local side to make it to the playoff stages of the UEFA Europa...

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Daphne Foundation welcomes analysis of media committee feedback, says it must be published

The Daphne Caruana Galizia foundation has welcomed the news that the government is analysing feedback from the Committee of Experts it appointed in the wake of the Public Inquiry into Daphne Caruana...

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latest comment from Eddy A, 11/08/2022 13:54: Correction pls, ~~speaker of the house~~ is PL-puppet on a string of the house>

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Malta: Developing the framework for casino operators

MeDirect continued its transformation towards becoming a pan-European WealthTech leader

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Elderly man injured in five-car crash

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Three balconies collapse in Marsascala

30 new Covid-19 cases reported

Updated (2): Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Air Malta saga: taxpayers 'footing the bill' – Malta Chamber

Workers who got salary raise should not get full COLA – Malta Chamber

Famous Italian journalist Piero Angela dies, aged 93

More Supermarkets: Ryan Schembri’s business partner details fraudulent invoice payments

TMID Editorial - Loud music in Valletta: Repealing the legal notice is the solution

Pre-electoral ‘guarantees’ for Air Malta employees were just empty promises – ADPD

Portugal: EU eyes Iberia-Italy pipeline to get gas to Europe

Updated: Body of missing diver who was AFM Sergeant found at sea

Former PN candidate Frank Psaila appointed to two government boards

44 new Covid-19 cases registered

Updated: Marsaxlokk parish priest allegedly laundered €500,000, police tell court

Part of Mosta main road dug up again as rain takes its toll on newly laid asphalt

Ferratum Bank fined €653,637 by FIAU over number of shortcomings

‘Stronger enforcement’ is solution to Valletta late-night loud music complaints – Clayton Bartolo

Watch: August rain reaches Malta, roads flooded

Ryanair to stop offering €10 flights; lowest prices will be between €40 to €50 for next five years

Sliema set title showdown against San Ġiljan after another win against Neptunes

Conference League - Another Latvian stumbling block for local champions

Woman injured in quad bike accident in Gozo

49 new Covid-19 cases reported

Walls are not the solution to the migration phenomenon – Cyrus Engerer

Man in danger of dying after fall in garage

Man hit by car following fight in San Gwann

Shortage of health workers must be immediately addressed by government, union says

Central Bank revises Malta’s GDP growth forecasts downwards

TMID Editorial: Gozo losing its charm - stating the obvious

ITS Smart City campus given the green light by Planning Authority

Barcode to refund back any unredeemed digital tokens over €1

MEA calls severance package at Air Malta ‘obscene and unprecedented’

Alleged fuel smuggler wants police to investigate rumour linking him to Caruana Galizia murder

95% of GWU members approve Air Malta termination deals

Heroic Spartans: Hamrun beat Levski Sofia to move to the play-off stages of Conference League

Daphne Foundation welcomes analysis of media committee feedback, says it must be published

Final preparations underway for SummerDaze Festival

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TMID Editorial: Shelving the tunnel, metro projects

Vacancy advert for new headmaster at St Albert College creates further tension among teachers

Gozo losing its charm due to over-development – unanimous verdict in GTA survey

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