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Wed,07 Sep 2022 10:39:27 +0200
Tourism recovery continues as MIA surpasses 700,000 passenger mark for first time since 2019
Passengers travelling through MIA surpassed the 700,000 mark during peak holiday season in August with seat occupancy levels reaching a record 90%

Wed,07 Sep 2022 10:23:25 +0200
Josette Ciappara: 'My greatest achievement? Overcoming my greatest health challenge with grace'
Actor Josette Ciappara tells all in our Q&A

Wed,07 Sep 2022 10:21:05 +0200
Maltese researchers studying tiny knee implant that aims to offer hope for arthritis patients
Researchers at the University of Malta are developing a plastic bubble that could substitute the job of the knee cartilage where knee replacement surgery is not an option

Wed,07 Sep 2022 07:45:39 +0200
A bankrupt planning system
It is shocking to learn that the SCH has now dropped objections to a three-storey extension to a baroque palazzo and the construction of a swimming pool on the site of Villa Buleben in Żebbuġ

Tue,06 Sep 2022 20:15:00 +0200
Repubblika publishes certified reproduction of Pilatus Bank inquiry conclusions
Repubblika’s Robert Aquilina says Pilatus Bank inquiry report recommended criminal action against several bank employees but only the bank and one official have been charged so far

Tue,06 Sep 2022 16:42:17 +0200
Bitten investor recounts how More Supermarket debacle ‘drove him to insanity’
68-year-old tells court how he was driven to ‘insanity’ after former More Supermarkets boss Ryan Schembri disappeared with over €140,000 that he had invested in his business

Tue,06 Sep 2022 16:20:00 +0200
Retain investment in tourism sector, MHRA tells government
Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association insists government safeguard investment in the tourism sector, in light of projected budget cuts

Tue,06 Sep 2022 15:52:25 +0200
Employers want government to cap COLA at €6 for next five years
Malta Employers Association survey shows 55% of businesses are expecting a negative impact from COLA, which is expected to be around €10 per week next year

Tue,06 Sep 2022 15:21:59 +0200
[WATCH] No new taxes will be introduced in the next budget, Finance Minister pledges
Clyde Caruana says the COLA will be between €9 and €10 per week, insists country does not need to go down austerity route

Tue,06 Sep 2022 13:07:56 +0200
Boat arson: accused's girlfriend told police that he had been commissioned by third party
CCTV footage showed the accused climbing the boat’s railing and throwing a burning object into the vessel

Tue,06 Sep 2022 11:23:26 +0200
PA approves Joseph Portelli’s massive 88 apartment development in Balzan
Former infrastructure minister and architect Jesmond Mugliett, representing concerned residents, warns that splitting application in two, following the presentation of separate applications on a neighbouring townhouse previously owned by John D...

Tue,06 Sep 2022 11:14:04 +0200
Malta to donate medical supplies to flood hit Pakistan
More than 1,300 people have died after record torrential rainfall and melting glaciers led to Pakistan's worst floods in five years

Tue,06 Sep 2022 10:11:54 +0200
Caruana Cilia calls for property tax incentives to be extended till January 2023
A temporary COVID-19 scheme introduced in 2020 provided for reduced tax and duty rate to 5% and 1.5% respectively on the first €400,000 of property value

Tue,06 Sep 2022 09:18:34 +0200
Man found near burning car in Valletta dies
The 41-year-old was found lying on the ground near a burning car in Valletta on Saturday

Tue,06 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0200
From ‘more green spaces’… to ‘war on green spaces’
The same Labour government that promised us a ‘green reclamation’ of ‘high-population, high traffic zones’, is now proposing to “develop a section of open public space on the Ta’ Xbiex promenade into offices and a...

Tue,06 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0200
If government values teachers, it should show them more respect | Marco Bonnici
MUT president MARCO BONNICI warns that the education sector should brace itself for more staff shortages, in future… if government continues to foster a ‘culture of disrespect’, towards the teaching profession

Tue,06 Sep 2022 06:30:00 +0200
Three months on, police still investigating odometer fraud
The police’s investigation into odometer fraud by used car importers is still ongoing three months after MaltaToday broke the story about the racket

Tue,06 Sep 2022 06:30:00 +0200
Tallinja card still required for free bus service
A Transport Malta spokesperson confirms that post 1 October a Tallinja card will still be required 

Mon,05 Sep 2022 17:15:13 +0200
LESA officer who deleted contraventions employed by Transport Malta after ‘public call’
Transport Malta says it is not informed of any investigations into an enforcement official it employed

Mon,05 Sep 2022 16:58:48 +0200
Horse owner guilty of animal cruelty and injuring three bystanders in Victoria street race
In a bid to make the horse run faster, the accused had mercilessly whipped the animal’s genitals ‘to get its blood up’, while the jockey and his son held it down before the race had started



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