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Dogs now allowed to swim

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 13:16 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Five pet friendly beaches were announced this morning by Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Roderick Galdes.   More beaches of the sort will continue to be...

Migrants die in Italy boat shipwreck off Catania

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 10:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The bodies of six migrants apparently killed in a shipwreck have been recovered on a beach in southern Italy, the BBC reports.   Officials in the Sicilian port of Catania say dozens of other...

Writer’s Room with the support of the Malta Film Commission

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 09:27 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Film Commission (MFC) brought together over 40 local writers interested in the setting up of a number of “Writer’s Rooms”. A Writer’s room is all about bringing...

University explains ‘controversial’ legal studies course

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The University has explained the line of reasoning behind the introduction of a legal studies course after student bodies issued statements expressing reservations.   The university said...

All-boys club: US couple welcomes 12th son

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 07:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A Michigan family welcomed their 12th child. And, shocker, it's a boy — just like the other 11.   Jay and Kateri Schwandt believed the latest baby might break the gender streak,...

LIFE project records Malta’s oldest Scopoli’s Shearwater

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 07:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

BirdLife Malta today announced that researchers working on the LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project have recorded the return of Malta’s oldest ever Scopoli’s Shearwater (Ċiefa) on record...

Teenager hit by car

Friday, 9 August 2013, 20:48 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A teenager was hit by a car today, August 9, 2013, at about 4.15 p.m., in Mosta Street St Paul’s Bay.   Preliminary investigations showed that the 15-year-old English girl was crossing...

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