Reopened Mater Dei Hospital concrete inquiry should be concluded within days Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 07:50 Last update: about 11 years ago The reopened inquiry into the use of inferior-quality concrete at Mater Dei Hospital should be concluded in a matter of days, according to Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne. The...
Integrated Maritime Policy launched today; government to have rights to foreshore and seabed Monday, 8 June 2015, 21:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Parliamentary Secretary for economic growth Jose Herrera today launched the Integrated Maritime Policy Dr Herrera said that a law on the issue of public domain was among the 50 initiatives proposed in...
Franco Mercieca says Malta has one of the lowest rates of disabled people who are employed Monday, 8 June 2015, 20:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Duncan Barry Government MP Franco Merciec a said that there is a dire need for more positive discrimination to be instilled to help persons with a disability enter the labour force. Speaking in parliament, he...
25,000 tickets dished out by wardens in Gozo since 2013, Minister tells parliament Monday, 8 June 2015, 20:14 Last update: about 11 years ago A total of 24,887 warden's tickets have been dished out in Gozo since 2013, mostly in Victoria, Marsalforn (Zebbug) and Xlendi (Munxar) according to a list by local council given in parliament...
Rented commercial properties to revert to their owners in 2028 after sunset clause is agreed upon Monday, 8 June 2015, 20:09 Last update: about 11 years ago A sunset clause on rent for business properties leased from both the government and private owners is soon to come into effect whereby the properties will revert to the owners on June 1,...
Updated: Malta’s film industry predicted to yield €80 million this year – Tourism Minister Monday, 8 June 2015, 20:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Kevin Schembri Orland Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis told the public at Castille, during the first session of "Gvern li Jisma" (a government that listens) this summer, that estimates have shown the film industry will...
Detention of Italian fraudster who is waiting to be repatriated, is not illegal, magistrate rules Monday, 8 June 2015, 19:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Duncan Barry Magistrate Aaron Bugeja today ruled that the detention of an Italian fraudster in Malta who is waiting to be repatriated to continue serve his sentence in Italy which comes to an end in July unless he...
5,184 single parents are on social benefits, Minister tells parliament; 5,555 last year Monday, 8 June 2015, 19:33 Last update: about 11 years ago 5,184 single parents currently receive social benefits. Answering a question put by MP Clyde Puli, Social Policy Minister Michael Farrugia said the total amount paid out is €59,663,421...
Government believes in the ability of local councils, inherited a disastrous situation from the PN Monday, 8 June 2015, 19:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Local Councils Minister Owen Bonnici – a former local councillor himself – said that a lot of progress had been made within the sector. Speakign in parliament tonight, he said he could not...
Updated: Delays in EU Aid fund for the most deprived unacceptable - PN; ministry reacts Monday, 8 June 2015, 17:36 Last update: about 11 years ago The Nationalist Party is urging the government to address the confusion surrounding the administration of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) without further delay. This Fund is...