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Wed,29 Dec 2021 10:55:06 +0100
Youth on bail for assault tells victim: 'Better to have me as a friend than an enemy'
The accused had approached his victim at a fast food restaurant and offered to pay for his medical treatment

Wed,29 Dec 2021 10:21:02 +0100
Malta placed on highest-risk category for travel by CDC
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised against travel to Malta, based on rising numbers of COVID-19 cases

Wed,29 Dec 2021 10:16:26 +0100
University of Malta's academic staff want virtual lectures for rest of semester
Academic staff want remote learning, while students want the University of Malta to rethink its campus-only exam policy for quarantined students

Wed,29 Dec 2021 10:02:56 +0100
Minister takes Facebook commenters to task over racist remarks on Somali man's disappearance
Julia Farrugia Portelli: 'It is shameful that we still have such racism among us'

Wed,29 Dec 2021 09:31:20 +0100
Puttinu Cares founder Victor Calvagna in critical condition after car accident
The charity group issued an appeal for prayers on Wednesday morning

Wed,29 Dec 2021 06:40:00 +0100
Looking back at 2021 | Malta’s mysterious sexual health bill
After years of empty promises, an updated sexual health policy is nowhere to be seen; and still does not appear to be on the horizon after it was sent back to the drawing board because it was based on 12-year-old studies

Wed,29 Dec 2021 06:39:00 +0100
Looking back at 2021 | The Daphne public inquiry - where do we go from here?
The real benchmark by which we measure the public inquiry’s impact must not be the quality of government’s reforms but the government’s ability, and willingness, to hold people accountable fo...

Tue,28 Dec 2021 18:52:11 +0100
MFSA calls time on luxury credit card company Insignia with €142,000 fine
Members-only credit card company with former Labour minister Chris Cardona on payroll is fined and ordered to stop processing payments and prefunding of cards

Tue,28 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0100
Mystery surrounds police inability to identify workplace victim, magisterial inquiry ongoing
Police will not say whether the employer of Ahmed Diriye, who remained unidentified despite injuring himself on the workplace, is cooperating with the investigation

Tue,28 Dec 2021 15:39:14 +0100
PN suggests shorter COVID quarantine following negative test, compensation for private swab tests
The Nationalist Party calls for more efficient and practical measures against the pandemic, wants compensation for private swab tests and shorter quarantine periods for those who test negative

Tue,28 Dec 2021 14:19:09 +0100
Top cardiologist Albert Fenech dies at 70
Heart surgeon who set up cardiology department in Maltese public healthcare in 1995, dies at 70

Tue,28 Dec 2021 13:53:49 +0100
Hugo Maradona, brother of Diego, passes away days after Malta visit
Hugo Maradona dies after a cardiac arrest at his home in Naples on Tuesday

Tue,28 Dec 2021 13:53:16 +0100
Yorgen Fenech sues over unpublished right of reply in Manuel Delia blog
Libel case over unpublished right of reply to Delia blog post associating TUM Invest with Yorgen Fenech

Tue,28 Dec 2021 13:37:57 +0100
Clyde Puli takes a dig at education ministers' turnover: 'From a school every year to a minister every year'
PN education spokesperson Clyde Puli calls for clarity and transperancy on school reopening situation

Tue,28 Dec 2021 12:38:19 +0100
New COVID record: 1,300 cases registered overnight
COVID-19 update 28 December | 1298 new cases • 82 recoveries • 7,735 active cases • 82 patients in hospital, 5 in ITU • Vaccine booster doses 198,772

Tue,28 Dec 2021 12:30:20 +0100
Ahmed Diriye: a victim of the black economy who died alone and unknown
Ahmed Diriye was a loved family man who came to Malta in 2004, but in the days before his death he was relegated to Mr X in a hospital ward

Tue,28 Dec 2021 11:20:22 +0100
Lifelong Tumas company secretary Ray Sladden resigns role, remains board member
Ray Sladden was appointed group finance director and company secretary at Tumas in 1998. He stays on as member of the board of directors of the company

Tue,28 Dec 2021 11:03:41 +0100
Defunct Msida care home ordered to give back its ground foyer
Court upholds eviction of defunct care home’s ground foyer to original shopkeepers who signed promise-of-sale agreement

Tue,28 Dec 2021 10:22:40 +0100
Cut VAT to 7% for bars and restaurants as COVID cases rise, PN says
PN deputy leader Robert Arrigo said the government’s wage supplement extension should not be stopped before March 2022

Tue,28 Dec 2021 10:11:03 +0100
Looking back at 2021 | Labour’s unassailable lead: a new normal
Christmas Specials • Labour and its leaders have since the last general election enjoyed comfortable leads over the Nationalist Party and 2021 has confirmed this to be somewhat of a new normal



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