The Malta Independent 25 September 2020, Friday

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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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‘I thought he was going to kill me’ - Swedish sunbather recalls attack

A Swedish woman who was attacked and beaten whilst sunbathing near the coast in Valletta back in August has told a court of how she thought she was going to die. Tearful Anna Karsbjer described...

latest comment from Alexander Libreri, 24/09/2020 14:49: Such incidents call for immediate action to curb violent crime. There is an absolute need to have public SOS emergency call boxes installed in our localities to cover playgrounds, beaches etc. Also street and beach patrols could easily be outsourced to private security firms. Now is time for ACTION - perhaps setting up an NGO to protect citizens from violent crimes is in order. We need to put pressure on the authorities to take all the necessary measures and ensuring that all applicable approaches towards crime prevention are implemented.
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Pregnant abuse victim faces travel ban after partner claims she wants abortion abroad, NGO says

A pregnant victim of domestic abuse is facing a travel ban after her partner alleged that she plans on having an abortion abroad, the Women’s Rights Foundation said on Thursday. The...

latest comment from Neil Dent, 24/09/2020 19:12: Opening with "whatever the EU (ECHR) says....." immediately cancels out any argument you may have thought you had. And again, that is not the subject of the article, or the victim's unlawful predicament.
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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 carlo scudi, 24/09/2020 16:33: whatever agreements are arrived at the people smugglers will navigate round it.If the EU wants to wants its money than establish projects in Africa managed by the EU.
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Local council, activists, residents unite in effort to save Fgura's oldest building from demolition

The Fgura local council, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, and residents of the locality have united in an effort to save what is believed to be Fgura’s oldest standing building from...

latest comment from Solomon Grundy, 24/09/2020 18:57: For the record this story has been going on for umpteen years. Recently a court decision gave the go ahead for the owners to carry on with their plans and rejected the Fgura LC argument.
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'Terrible condition does not even explain it' - Animal NGO takes care of dogs mistreated by breeder

The NGO Association for Abandoned Animals have taken in four dogs which were confiscated by animal welfare from a breeder in Zejtun who has greatly mistreated the dogs.  “Saying they are in...

latest comment from Anthony Smith, 24/09/2020 18:44: Lock the owner up and treat him the same oh dear canot do that it woud compremise his human rights.
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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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