The Malta Independent

29 March 2023, Wednesday

Court orders former PL MP to return €43,000 borrowed from his former partner

Former Labour MP Jean Claude Micallef has been ordered to return €43,000 that he had borrowed from his ex-partner to buy a property and a jetski but had failed to repay. Madam Justice Anna...

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ADPD requests Auditor General to investigate Rosanne Cutajar’s ITS employment contract

ADPD - The Green Party Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo has requested the Auditor General to investigate the employment contract awarded by the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) to Labour MP Rosianne...

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'I left politics a poorer man', Keith Schembri tells PAC during Electrogas agreement grilling

Keith Schembri, the former Chief of Staff to former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, is set to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as a witness on Tuesday. The PAC is examining the Auditor...

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latest comment from F Galea, 29/03/2023 08:51: Can someone set up a GoFundMe?

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More Supermarkets: Ryan Schembri committed fraud with €3.5 million debt constitution

A civil court has declared that the former boss of More Supermarkets, Ryan Schembri, had fraudulently bound the company with a €3.5m constitution of debt contract, at a time when he no longer...

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Government shows concern of growing drug demand, launches exercise to update policy

The government has launched a document for public consultation on drug policy, aiming to strengthen the government’s policy and reflect today’s realities. During a press conference,...

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latest comment from Simon Agius, 28/03/2023 15:59: Than you legalised cannabis!

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Children’s Commissioner asked to investigate ABBA for intimidating children at gender fluidity play

ADPD International Secretary Mina Jack Tolu has asked the Commissioner for Children to investigate the conservative Partit ABBA and their leader Ivan Grech Mintoff for allegedly harassing and...

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latest comment from BoJo, 29/03/2023 08:48: Tolu can sometimes be Mina and other times be Jack, that's gender fluidity (:D)

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No PM briefing on EU summits in Parliament since July – PN whip

Prime Minister Robert Abela hasn’t given a briefing in parliament following a European Union summit since July, PN MP Robert Cutajar said on Monday. In a parliamentary question, Cutajar...

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NGO flash mob protests ‘unjust’ acquittal of a former police officer

Moviment Graffitti held a flash mob on Tuesday in front of the Msida Police Station to protest the "unjust and senseless" acquittal of a former police officer charged with raping and harassing a...

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FKNK proposes allowing trapping of Turtle Doves during spring hunting season

The hunting lobby FKNK has proposed allowing the live-capturing of turtle doves over and above the traditional hunting of the species during the potential upcoming spring hunting season. In a...

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latest comment from onDmove, 28/03/2023 11:23: Mela! Tmienja gol-borma u tnejn fl-istatistika!

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A week later, PM still to take action against Rosianne Cutajar- Repubblika

Prime Minister Robert Abela is facing increasing pressure to take action against PL MP Rosianne Cutajar following recent revelations regarding her behaviour in relation to alleged mastermind behind...

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Over 1,000 immigrants have been deported from Malta since the start of 2022

Over 1,000 immigrants have been deported from Malta since the start of 2022, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri told Parliament on Monday. Camilleri was replying to a parliamentary question...

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Euro 2024: Scotland upset Spain, Croatia win

Scott McTominay scored twice as Scotland upset Spain 2-0 in qualifying for the European Championship on Tuesday, its first win in 39 years over one of soccer’s biggest...

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TMID Editorial: Malta feels as though it’s getting smaller

Sometimes it feels as though Malta is getting smaller and smaller. It feels as though there are hardly any outdoor spaces left where one can go to be alone and think, or where one can go with...

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‘This has to stop,’ Sliema mayor says after videos of youth gangs fighting emerge

In response to various videos that have surfaced online showing gangs of youths fighting in Sliema’s streets, Sliema Mayor John Pillow has said that “this has to stop.” The...

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latest comment from Paul Michael Cassar, 28/03/2023 14:23: We have just to tell thank you to the authorities for giving visas and work permits to their parents. Try to go to The Point and you think that you are in Benghazi! The authorities are ruining our future and that of our sons and daughters with all these foreigners. If someone thinks that Malta is a safe country then they must think twice as it is no longer safe. The authorities have betrayed the Maltese people!

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PN MPs express concern over proposal to increase arrest period for suspects to over five days

Nationalist Party MPs expressed concern at a proposal to increase the period a suspect of a crime can be arrested from two days up to five and a half days while speaking in Parliament. On Monday,...

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Nobody is bigger than country: Abela should sack Cutajar – PN

If nobody is bigger than the country, as Prime Minister Robert Abela is saying, then he should sack MP Rosianne Cutajar immediately, the Nationalist Party said in a statement. The PN said that...

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Pelin Kaya murder: Witnesses say Jeremie Camilleri was aggressive to police, hospital staff

Witnesses have described Jeremie Camilleri, the man accused of the murder of Pelin Kaya, as being “constantly aggressive,” adding that he had racially abused hospital staff who...

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latest comment from JDebattista, 27/03/2023 13:20: This is a guy who only understands one language - that of the taser.

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Repubblika asks Standards Commissioner to investigate Rosianne Cutajar, Silvio Schembri

Repubblika has called for the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life to investigate allegations regarding Lands Minister Silvio Schembri and PL MP Rosianne Cutajar. In separate letters to new...

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latest comment from Mark Debono, 28/03/2023 09:52: Looks like this puppet is going to be busy? It's a good job booby got his own man I to this job and now it will be up to the SC to protect and serve Rosie and Sylvio and any other red MPs?

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'High time for the highest authorities of the country step up and clean up for real' - Malta Chamber

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry has condemned the poor standard of governance and appealed to the persons in public office to take note of its repercussions. It said that...

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latest comment from J. Borg, 27/03/2023 18:37: The problem is that the highest authorities of the country are the worst transgressors!

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MUMN prepared to increase directives, nurses and midwives 'told there is no money for them'

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses said Monday that it is prepared to increase directives should government fail to address the union’s proposals, claiming that government told nurses and...

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latest comment from Danika Vella, 28/03/2023 06:08: The MUMN has grounds for protest, as nurses and midwives do deserve a rise in their wages.... like teachers, secretaries, carers, cleaners, physiotherapists, and other professions do given the rise in cost of living that is not proportional to the wage increase. Yet, the militant approach of Paul Pace and his insistence that nurses should have a better package than anyone else, and a promise that no other workers have better packages is bitchy at best, and downright criminal at worst. Why shouldn't other unions fight to better the working conditions of their workers - or at least, they can only do so as long as they don't have it better than nurses? Why compete? Paul Pace's MO is divide and conquer - he insists on a culture of "us and them", and instead of improving the nurses' working conditions, he is making them pariahs.

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Agreement reached for all citizens to have free access to ‘basic television services’

An agreement has been reached to ensure that every Maltese and Gozitan citizen has free access to basic television services, the Culture Ministry – which is responsible for the broadcasting...

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latest comment from viv, 28/03/2023 08:57: No better minister than Bonnici to guarantee pumping effluent back into peoples’ homes.

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Mbappé's France, Vlahovic's Serbia heading toward Euro 2024

Kylian Mbappé is captaining France to a comfortable start in qualifying for the European Championship though Serbia's Dušan Vlahović was the standout striker on...

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Flamingo poacher spared jail on appeal because bird not at risk of extinction

A court of appeal has converted a prison term into a suspended sentence after it ruled that flamingos are not at risk of extinction. The Court of Criminal Appeal on Monday revoked a prison...

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latest comment from David Pullicino, 28/03/2023 06:36: When logic becomes warped...

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Sant’Antnin plant stops receiving grey and green bags as operations move to new Magħtab facility

A new material recovery facility at the ECOHIVE Complex has started processing recyclable waste, with the operation shifting from Marsascala to Magħtab. Minister for the Environment,...

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‘He was my hero,’ Bernard Grech says on Edwin Grech, as parliament pays tribute to late doctor

PN leader Bernard Grech described the late doctor Edwin Grech – who was his uncle and the father of the murdered Karin Grech – as his “hero”, as Parliament paid tribute to him...

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TECH uses Harvard Case Method in its academic programmes to improve learning systems

The use of this pedagogical methodology, based on the presentation of real cases, has demonstrated unprecedented academic efficiency, positioning TECH as the best online university in the world at the...

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Reasoning court gave over flamingo killings judgement is ‘baffling’ – BirdLife Malta CEO

Birdlife CEO Mark Sultana said that the reasoning given by the Court of Appeal and the suspended sentence issued over the killings of four flamingos is rather 'baffling.' The Court of Criminal...

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latest comment from missawt, 28/03/2023 08:32: We do not respect those who do not respect us.

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El Hiblu 3: ‘2 of them were children, yet were treated like the worst of criminals’ – Coleiro Preca

President Emeritus Marie Louise Coleire Preca, who is also President of EuroChild, and other activists continued their calls on Monday for the Attorney General to drop the case against the El Hiblu...

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latest comment from SteveM, 28/03/2023 05:54: 15 and 16 children? Since when do children hijack a vessel ??

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President launches the second part of the ‘L-ilsien Malti għal Qalbi’ campaign

The President of Malta George Vella launched a digital booklet with information about the Maltese language and useful resources for students and parents that can help them in their studies. Access to...

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Leadership in the digital era

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Ramona Azzopardi elected vice president of Ally Law

HSBC Malta and local schools help nine local NGOs on International Woman’s Day

Malta’s only ‘For Impact Event & Fair’ returns

Emirates cabin crew recruitment event in Malta on 27 March

APS Bank raises term deposit interest rates further

New beneficial rates for BNF Bank’s term deposit

db Group eyes international investment – opens a London office

Court orders former PL MP to return €43,000 borrowed from his former partner

ADPD requests Auditor General to investigate Rosanne Cutajar’s ITS employment contract

'I left politics a poorer man', Keith Schembri tells PAC during Electrogas agreement grilling

More Supermarkets: Ryan Schembri committed fraud with €3.5 million debt constitution

Government shows concern of growing drug demand, launches exercise to update policy

Children’s Commissioner asked to investigate ABBA for intimidating children at gender fluidity play

No PM briefing on EU summits in Parliament since July – PN whip

NGO flash mob protests ‘unjust’ acquittal of a former police officer

FKNK proposes allowing trapping of Turtle Doves during spring hunting season

A week later, PM still to take action against Rosianne Cutajar- Repubblika

Over 1,000 immigrants have been deported from Malta since the start of 2022

Euro 2024: Scotland upset Spain, Croatia win

TMID Editorial: Malta feels as though it’s getting smaller

‘This has to stop,’ Sliema mayor says after videos of youth gangs fighting emerge

PN MPs express concern over proposal to increase arrest period for suspects to over five days

Nobody is bigger than country: Abela should sack Cutajar – PN

Pelin Kaya murder: Witnesses say Jeremie Camilleri was aggressive to police, hospital staff

Repubblika asks Standards Commissioner to investigate Rosianne Cutajar, Silvio Schembri

'High time for the highest authorities of the country step up and clean up for real' - Malta Chamber

PN calls on consumers' authority to investigate Christian Borg’s car rental company

NGOs celebrate ‘game-changer’ appeal win over Portelli’s Balzan mega-development

PL MP highlights issues with child maintenance laws, says there should be changes

A new team of priests takes over chaplaincy at Mater Dei Hospital

Isabelle Bonnici, mother of Jean Paul Sofia, nominated for the European Citizen Award 2023

TMID Editorial: The need for accountability

French man dies in jetski accident

A rocky first year: From a massive electoral victory, to a government in distress

Euro 2024: Early goals pave way for Italy win over Malta

MUMN prepared to increase directives, nurses and midwives 'told there is no money for them'

Agreement reached for all citizens to have free access to ‘basic television services’

Mbappé's France, Vlahovic's Serbia heading toward Euro 2024

Flamingo poacher spared jail on appeal because bird not at risk of extinction

Sant’Antnin plant stops receiving grey and green bags as operations move to new Magħtab facility

‘He was my hero,’ Bernard Grech says on Edwin Grech, as parliament pays tribute to late doctor

TECH uses Harvard Case Method in its academic programmes to improve learning systems

Reasoning court gave over flamingo killings judgement is ‘baffling’ – BirdLife Malta CEO

El Hiblu 3: ‘2 of them were children, yet were treated like the worst of criminals’ – Coleiro Preca

President launches the second part of the ‘L-ilsien Malti għal Qalbi’ campaign

Golden passports are ‘not consistent with EU values’ – LIBE chairperson

The ‘mess’ of the three hospitals: We need to know why and how – Alfred Sant

Diplomatic passports should be utilised when travelling on official duties – Foreign Ministry

Euro 2024: Kane and Ronaldo help England and Portugal stay perfect

Antonio Conte leaves Tottenham by mutual agreement

‘We cannot give funding to areas which are hostile towards LGBTIQ community’- MEP Josianne Cutajar