Zerafa declines MCCF reimbursement; minutes show otherwise
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 15:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Office of the President has confirmed that Darleen Zerafa, who is part of the OPR staff and is secretary of the Malta Community Chest Fund Board, was offered full reimbursement to cover for...
TMIS malpractice story discussed on TV programme
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 15:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Patrick Bongailas, who formed part of the organisation Aid for Kyle – which raised money for a young cancer patient last year – today denied that the boy’s parents Marion Cutajar and...
Man remanded in custody over theft
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 14:38
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Christopher Sammut, 41, of Lija, was remanded in custody after being charged with two separate cases of theft in the same week. Magistrate Doreen Clarke heard that Mr Sammut stole an...
Court of Appeal revises jail term in money laundering case
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 13:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Criminal Appeal’s Court, presided over by judges David Scicluna, Abigail Lofaro and Joseph Zammit McKeaon, reduced a four-and-a-half year jail sentence by eight months after it partly...
Parliament reaches out to trade unions
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 13:18
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Speaker Anġlu Farrugia led a small parliamentary delegation in meetings with Malta’s two largest unions – the Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin and the General Workers’ Union – this...
Man acquitted of theft
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 13:05
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Charles Cutajar, 50 from Cospicua was acquitted on five counts of robbing a number of items from vehicles in June 2008. He was also acquitted of relapsing. The thefts...
National security minister pondering hitting Eurovision final
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 11:45
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The minister for home affairs and national security Manuel Mallia is pondering a brief excursion into Sweden on Saturday for the annual barrage of forgettable music that is the...
One-fourth of babies born outside marriage in 2012
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 11:24
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The theme for this year’s International Day of Families is “Advancing Social Integration and Intergenerational Solidarity”. This day is commemorated annually on 15...
Xzibit artists to display their wares next weekend
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 11:06
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Xzibit, a young enterprise company from De La Salle College will be representing Malta in London in July after winning this year’s national competition. The team...