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Panama Malta
PM Muscat 'lied' about Konrad Mizzi's audit for months - PN
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat lied last October when he said that an audit of his minister Konrad Mizzi's offshore company and trust was a "work in progress", the Nationalist Party said this afternoon. The audit opinion released by Dr Mizzi on Monday was dated September 21, 2016 - more than two ...
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Panama Malta
Third Panama company belonged to someone more important that Mizzi, Schembri - Busuttil
The third Panama company belonged to someone who was far more important than Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri because the name of its owner was not mentioned in writing, PN leader Simon Busuttil said this evening. Speaking on TVM’s programme Dissett, Dr Busuttil said that e-mails ...
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USA
710 people died of cancer between January and September; cancer plan to be published in March
710 patients died of cancer last year between January and September, Health Minister Chris Feane said in Parliament this evening.403 of these patients were men he said, while one of the patients was under 15-years-old. Lung cancer was the most common cancer form in men, while breast cancer the most ...
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Malta
Cabinet considering rethink on laws which ‘hinder investigation into organised crime’
Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said that the cabinet is considering a rethink on legislation that might "hinder investigations into organised crime". He also said that the Cabinet had discussed Monday's the car bombing in Msida, which is when the issue of such hindering laws came up.Yesterday's car bomb falls ...
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USA Panama Malta
Updated (2): Government working on introduction of gay marriage; Labour using LGBT community - PN
Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli revealed that her ministry is working on revisions to the marriage equality act, stating that while civil union awards homosexual couples the same rights as marriage under a different name, the government is working on “changing that”.Dr Dalli’s comments were made during an activity organised ...
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Malta
Minister proposes change in law that saw teacher imprisoned for 5 years over traffic accident
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici proposed an amendment to a traffic law that saw a teacher named Dorianne Camilleri imprisoned for five years after she involuntary caused the death of a man and injured his sister in a traffic accident in 2011.The law in question stipulates that in a traffic accident ...
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USA Malta
Government welcomes European Commission’s 2017 Country Report on Malta’s finances
The Ministry for Finance has welcomed the 2017 Country Report on Malta, published by the European Commission today.The report is a comprehensive and in-depth review which not only takes into account the economic performance of the country, but also the progress made by reforms undertaken so as to strengthen the ...
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Cina Russia USA Malta
PN vows to repeal parts of controversial media law that are harmful to freedom of expression
A Nationalist government would repeal the parts of the controversial Media and Defamation law that are harmful to journalism and freedom were it to pass in its current form, PN Deputy Leader Mario de Marco said today. Addressing a press conference this afternoon, he said the Bill, which is up ...
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USA Malta
Government still unsure whether to introduce gay marriage in this legislature
Social Dialogue Minister Helena Dalli said that it will be up to Cabinet to decide whether same-sex marriage would be introduced this legislature or not, thus meaning that there is no indication of whether this would be introduced before the 2018 general elections.Minister Helena Dalli stressed again that yesterday's statement ...
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Malta
Police officer recalls protected eagle shot down, landing right in front of police vehicle
A police officer who testified in the case against Justin Chetcuti, who stands charged with shooting down a protected bird, recalled how the injured eagle landed right in front of the police Land Rover.Testifying in court, the police officer who was on duty back in 2 November 2016, told magistrate ...