The Malta Independent 18 May 2021, Tuesday

Covid preventative measures lead to marked drop in respiratory diseases in Malta

Covid-19 measures, most notably mask-wearing and social distancing, have resulted in a marked drop in patients contracting respiratory diseases, including influenza and common colds, The Malta...

latest comment from baslajewgidra, 18/05/2021 07:42: Sometimes one wonders about the original reason why in many eastern countries persons cover their mouths at the first sign of illness, why muslim women cover their face or native americans practice certain good heath care measures. Many practices I suspect have their origin in primitive indigenous health care measures as observed from animal bwhaviour.
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Around 3,000 Moroccan migrants cross into Spanish territory

Around 3,000 Moroccans, a third of whom were presumed to be minors according to Spanish authorities, swam and used inflatable boats Monday to cross into Ceuta, the largest number of migrant arrivals...

latest comment from Fleur de lys, 18/05/2021 07:35: Simple send them back,there is nothing wrong in Morocco on the contrary it's beautiful and I'm going for a holiday there in the future .
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Rosianne Cutajar and partner test negative for drugs after 'cocaine' snorting video goes viral

Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar has tested negative for a drug test after a video featuring Cutajar’s partner alongside a man who appears to be taking cocaine surfaced on social media, The Times of...

latest comment from Saviourn, 18/05/2021 07:24: Pn Żibel Int Dejjem Kont, PN Żibel Xorta għadek , U PN Żibel Dejjem Se Tkun, U Hekk Se Tmut, Zibel Id-Disperazzjoni L'opposizzjioni.
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Tourism Ministry working to make Malta a ‘centre of tourism-excellence’

The Tourism Ministry will promote the country as a tourist-friendly one, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo announced, saying that he wants Malta to be a centre of tourism-excellence. For this...

latest comment from RF, 18/05/2021 06:40: I wonder where this minister went for his holidays abroad to even think Malta now could be compared to places like Paris, Venice, Florence, Oxford, Bath, etc. The only attractions we can boast of are those made by our forefathers many years ago. All others have been ruined for us and tourists by his government in 8 years. Maybe he thinks, like Robert Abela, that the Marsa spaghetti junction will amaze tourists of any class. Halluna!
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Speaker urges Hyzler to expedite investigations involving suspended ministers

Speaker Anglu Farrugia has urged Standards Commissioner George Hyzler to try and expedite investigations involving Cabinet members who are under suspension, like Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne...

latest comment from Toni Borg, 17/05/2021 22:06: Will you once again vote against Ang should the Commissioer find against Rosianne???? Halliena....pupazz f'idejn il gvern ghal lahhaqlek it-tifla magistrat!!!
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FKNK goes to court to accuse BirdLife Malta activists of ‘spying’ on them

Hunting lobby the FKNK have gone to court to protest against what they called the “repeated, systematic and regular spying” by BirdLife Malta activists on their members. In a...

latest comment from Joe A Borg, 18/05/2021 06:09: I suppose if the hunters present any evidence it will all be self incriminating! So go ahead and make our day, we do need a good laugh!
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Coleiro Preca against abortion, women ‘should not be criminalised’; debate ‘long time coming’ - Sant

President Emeritus and Malta Trust Foundation’s chair Marie Louise Coleiro Preca told The Malta Independent that she is against abortion, but believes that women should not be criminalised for...

latest comment from R. Vassallo, 17/05/2021 16:51: Protocol on Abortion will be annexed to Malta’s Accession Treaty to the EU, which would give legal certainty that EU law, present or future would not be able to change Maltese law on abortion. A Protocol is a legally binding instrument that is enforceable in a court of law, including the European Court of Justice. The wording of this Protocol clearly ensures that in any case of possible conflict between EU law and Maltese law or jurisprudence on the issue of abortion, Maltese law will prevail. The text of the Protocol is the following: "Nothing in the Treaty on European Union, or in the Treaties establishing the European Communities, or in the Treaties or Acts modifying or supplementing those Treaties, shall affect the application in the territory of Malta of national legislation relating to abortion."
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