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Venezuela Malta
‘I became a feminist the day I became a mother’ – academic and activist Andrea Dibben
Dr Andrea Dibben’s name became further known through her work with the Woman’s Rights Foundation when they signed a judicial protest to introduce the Morning After Pill, however she explained, the Foundation has actually been assisting women subject to various forms of abuse for the past four years.What attracted you ...
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Malta
Ministers Bonnici and Bartolo invite IGM for submissions on media law
Ministers for Education and Culture, Evarist Bartolo and Owen Bonnici met with representatives at the Institute of Maltese Journalists to discuss the draft Media Defamation Bill presented in the past weeks.Mr Bartolo said that the Bill is based upon three fundamental pillars: continuing to strengthen freedom of expression, a more ...
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Brasile Regno Unito Malta Italia
New media law ‘a big step backwards, nothing more than censorship’, says former MCA boss
A new law regulating the media is “one big step backwards,” according to a former chairman of the Malta Communications Authority. Speaking to The Malta Independent, Philip Micallef, who until recently also served as Chief Executive Officer of Air Malta, said the bill is nothing more than censorship, “whatever government ...
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USA Malta
Editorial: Behind the bombings
The bomb that wrecked a car and almost killed its intended victim at Msida on Monday morning caused a shock wave all over Malta that grew and grew as one found out that there have been five car bombs over a space of 13 months.Predictably, the noise of the bomb ...
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USA Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Nexia BT refuses to answer many PANA committee questions, citing legal issues
Nexia BT answered only a few of the written questions submitted by the EU Parliament’s PANA Committee, citing legal issues which prohibit it from providing the information requested.The Malta Independent obtained a copy of the answers given by Nexia BT to the PANA committee, which met last Monday in Malta ...
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Romania Malta Italia
Locations and dates for 2017 Malta International Fireworks Festival announced
The Ministry for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority are pleased to announce that the 16th edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival will be taking place on three nights between Saturday 22 April and Sunday 30 April 2017.The Festival will be taking place in three different locations around the Maltese Islands, namely ...
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Cina USA
Government refuses to divulge Electrogas loan maximum liability
The maximum amount government could have guaranteed the Electrogas bank loans was redacted in the respective contract, thus meaning that it is not clear whether the €360 million government did guarantee was actually the highest they were willing to go.Back in 2015, government had told the press that Electrogas took ...
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Malta
Government proposes ‘warning ticket system’ for soft traffic contraventions to ‘educate public’
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici proposed the introduction of a “warning traffic system” whereby wardens would be empowered to issue a warning ticket for soft contraventions such as parking in an incorrect space.“The idea is for a person to educate himself, and send the message that we are not chasing fines ...
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Kenya
Business: KRA falls short of half-year target as job losses hit taxes
The Kenya Revenue Authority has failed to meet its half-year target by Sh20 billion.
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Kenya
Business: Kenya set to form convention bureau to boost business tourism
Kenya is closer to forming a National Convention Bureau to help grow business tourism. Yesterday, Tourism CS Najib Balala received a task force report detailing the roadmap to the formation of the bureau to help Kenya in positioning itself for business conventions