The Malta Independent 30 August 2026, Sunday
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Father Beats children in anger

Friday, 3 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Two excited and nervous young boys, eight and nine years old, one covered in scratches and bruises with a bite mark on his arm, went to the Zabbar police station on 21 August and told Inspector Anthony Cassar their father had just beaten them up in a...

Hold Up lands men in prison for four years

Friday, 3 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Two men have been sentenced to four years in prison each for stealing Lm18,000 during a hold up at a company in Zebbug in February 2002....

Government Has ‘no plan for tourism industry’

Friday, 3 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Official statistics that show tourists are spending less on their visits to Malta should serve as an eye-opener for the government to come up with a plan to save the tourism industry, Malta Labour Party spokesman Evarist Bartolo said yesterday....

8,339 Unemployed in April

Friday, 3 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

In April 2004, the number of full-time gainfully occupied increased by 304 people, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed yesterday. Over a period of 12 months until last April, the full-time gainfully occupied population dropped b...

Wind Farm on Marfa Ridge

Friday, 3 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Three leading NGOs have written to the chairman at the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa), expressing their concern at a proposal for the construction of a wind farm on Marfa Ridge....

More Investment in primary health care needed

Friday, 3 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

If the government does not invest more in the country’s primary health care, the load on St Luke’s Hospital will increase and the problems will be worse when the Mater Dei Hospital starts being used, Labour spokesman for health Michael Farrugia said ...

Aircraft Still in Glasgow for checks

Friday, 3 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The Air Malta Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in Glasgow on Wednesday night after one of its tyres burst is still in Scotland to undergo the necessary repairs and checks....

Air Malta Aircraft in emergency landing

Thursday, 2 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

An Air Malta flight with 143 people on board last night made an emergency landing with a burst tyre at Glasgow Airport....

Syrian Given two-year jail term

Thursday, 2 September 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A Syrian man will be spending two-and-a-half years in prison after committing a crime during the operative period of a suspended sentence, given earlier this year....

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