'I will fight bureaucracy and not defend it', Prime Minister says during meeting with MDA Thursday, 24 September 2015, 13:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today pledged to fight bureaucracy and not defend it, during a meeting with the Malta Developers Association. Dr Muscat said bureaucracy is at time confused with the...
Learning opportunities triple at Corradino Correctional Facility - government Thursday, 24 September 2015, 12:19 Last update: about 11 years ago Corradino Correctional Facility will start its educational year next month with more than 35 diversified, formal and informal learning opportunities for residents. This means that in just two years...
Fr Charles Fenech testifies in clerical abuse compensation case, court revokes fine Thursday, 24 September 2015, 11:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Camilleri Fr Charles Fenech this morning testified in a court case in which the victims of sex abuse carried out by catholic priests are calling for compensation. Fr Fenech, who is himself charged with sexual...
MEP Marlene Mizzi on promoting benefits of being active and taking part in sport events Thursday, 24 September 2015, 11:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Labour MEP Marlene Mizzi (S&D) has called upon the S&D Members in the Culture and Education Committee (CULT) in the European Parliament to take a leading role in promoting physical activities...
MUSEUM member cleared of child abuse charges as court deems ‘victim’ not credible Thursday, 24 September 2015, 11:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Camilleri A member of the MUSEUM has been acquitted of child abuse charges after a court dismissed the testimony given by a 10-year-old boy, deeming it not credible. Anthony Callus, 46, of Siggiewi,...
Application for building permit for farmhouses in Siggiewi withdrawn Thursday, 24 September 2015, 11:11 Last update: about 11 years ago The application for a building permit in the area known as Tad-Dikkiena in Siggiewi has been withdrawn, mayor Karol Aquilina said this morning. Speaking to The Malta Independent, Dr Aquilina said...
NGOs concerned over living conditions of migrants in reception centres Thursday, 24 September 2015, 09:39 Last update: about 11 years ago A number of NGOs have come up with a number of recommendations on Malta’s role in EU-wide solidarity measures on migration. The NGOs said that the invitation to government to “engage with...
It's official: The Maltese are the fattest in all of the European Union Thursday, 24 September 2015, 09:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Jacob Borg Malta has tipped the scales as the fattest population in the European Union according to the 2015 European health report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO). When non-EU countries in...
‘Embryo freezing will lead to the legalisation of abortion’ – Cana Movement Thursday, 24 September 2015, 09:27 Last update: about 11 years ago The Cana Movement said it firmly believed that the implementation of embryo freezing will lead to the legalisation of abortion. In a statement, the movement said human life begins at conception...
Final year UK medical student says NHS junior doctors' contract ‘is pushing me to Malta’ Thursday, 24 September 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago A final year medical student at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry writes in the English media that the conditions of doctors’ contracts in the UK are pushing her to seek a...