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    Hackneyed and predictable story

    Sleepless2 starsDirector: Baran bo OdarStars: Jamie Foxx, T.I., Michelle Monaghan Duration: 89 minsClass: 15KRS Releasing Ltd Jamie Foxx stars as Vegas cop Vincent Downs and Michelle Monaghan as internal affairs investigator Jennifer Bryant who suspects he is up to no good in Sleepless, a by-the-numbers thriller that takes place over one ...

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    iSurvey: Trust - PM stronger after week one of campaign

    Following the first week of the campaign for the upcoming snap election, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s position as the most trusted leader has been strengthened, while a smaller proportion of people say they trust ‘neither’ leader.These results come through the second edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday’s electoral iSurvey. ...

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    PN and PL toothless against big business - AD

    The Labour Party and Nationalist Party are "toothless when it comes to strong lobbies and big business interests," particularly when it was in regards to aquacutlture,an Alternnattiva Demokratika statement claimed.Addressing a press conference in Buggibba, 12 th district candidate Simon Galea said:'For these past years bathing waters in St. Paul's ...

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    'Muscat was either an accomplice or was incompetent for not knowing what was going on’ – Busuttil

    PN Leader Simon Busuttil said, with regards to the ongoing allegations of corruption by those persons close to the Prime Minister, that Joseph Muscat was either too incompetent to know what was going on, or was an accomplice himself."Either way, his position is no longer in politics."Dr Busuttil was addressing ...

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    Major global bank no longer accepting ‘declarations issued by Maltese auditing firms’

    A major global bank, and the second largest in Germany – Commerzbank AG, is no longer accepting declarations issued by Maltese auditing firms, according to client correspondence seen by The Malta Independent on Sunday.An e-mail sent by Commerzbank to a German national residing in Malta makes it clear that the ...

  • Malta

    iSurvey: Gap narrows to 4.5% if ‘don’t knows’ retain 2013 preference

    While the Labour Party (PL) has managed to retain its lead over the Nationalist Party (PN) and Partit Demokratiku (PD), according to the second edition of The Malta Independent’s election iSurvey. Those who still ‘don’t know’ how they intend to vote have climbed from 10.8 per cent in the first ...

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    Analysis: bad week for PL, PN catching up after slow start

    Fast and furious campaigningA snap election is by nature a fast one indeed. Had Prime Minister Joseph Muscat intended to go slow and parade his achievements of the past four years, he would have taken the time to announce the election after the 1st May celebrations rather than kick-starting the ...

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    Editorial: The untouchables

    It is only a matter of time before the chickens begin coming home to roost in the wake of the many corruption and money laundering scandals that are plaguing the country and its reputation. And, irrespective of whether the allegations that have led to the emergence of these scandals end up ...

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    Lawyers concerned about effects of Panama Papers on financial services

    Newly re-elected President of the Chamber of Advocates George Hyzler said that lawyers are concerned about the effect that the Panama Papers and other recent allegations, and the negative international coverage resulting from them, will have on the financial services sector in particular. Asked about the effects of such revelations on the ...

  • Malta

    Analysis: Election Roundup – Day 12: Godfrey Farrugia steals the show

    The second Saturday of the 2017 election campaign will go down in history as Godfrey Farrugia’s day.The man who served as Health Minister for a year, was kicked out unceremoniously by Muscat while others who committed heinous sins were rewarded, and two weeks ago chose to resign his position as ...