Tonio Fenech must assume responsibility - PL
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 17:25
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Former finance minister Tonio Fenech should assume the responsibility of what he had done in connection with the donation of a tal-lira clock to him, the Labour Party said in a statement, arguing also...
Students who failed public service exam can take re-sit
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 17:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Public service employees who failed the examinations for clerks, executive officers, assistant principals, principals and senior principals are for the first time being given the opportunity to re-sit...
Mepa allows Macina developers to refuse to pay for inadequacies
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 16:55
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Mepa board, unanimously, yesterday allowed the Port Cottonera Consortium leave to develop the Macina without paying the €95,500 Urban Improvement Fund in lieu of insufficient parking...
43-year-old man run over by van opposite Mater Dei
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 16:18
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A 43-year-old man from Birkirkara was run over by a van, a stone's throw away from Mater Dei Hospital. Police said that the van, a Toyota Litace, was being driven by a 51-year-old man...
House cannot impose criminal sanctions for breach of privilege
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 15:24
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Though MPs still enjoy the right to file a complaint for ‘breach of privilege’, the House of Representatives cannot impose criminal sanctions such as jail terms or fines, even...
Worker injured as ceiling collapses in Sliema
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 14:51
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A worker has been seriously injured but is not in danger of dying when a ceiling of a house in Sliema collapsed earlier today. The man, a 29-year-old from Zurrieq was assisted on site by...
Man awarded €25,000 in damages after falling height of two metres
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 14:34
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A man injured in an occupational accident in 2002, has been awarded €25,000 in damages. The man still suffers from severe pain in his back, continuous headaches, and apart from other problems,...
JPO asked Sammut to stay on MCST board after election
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 13:20
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta Council for Science and Technology chairman Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando said that he asked then CEO Nicholas Sammut to stay on board even after the election, his claims also...
Tonio Fenech's infamous clock costs Lm500, not €5,000
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 12:23
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The clock given as a gift to Former Finance Minister Tonio Fenech had been paid for by Powerplan Ltd and had cost Lm500 (€1,200), not €5,000 a court heard today. Testifying in...
OPM head of communications fined, later absolved
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 12:17
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The head of communications at the Office of the Prime Minister was fined for contempt of court but later had the fine revoked after turning up in court. Kurt Farrugia was fined €300...