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USA Spagna
Chris Cardona warns of vindictive PN attacks at Labour annual general conference
Following Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's appeal for decency in the forthcoming election, Deputy Leader Chris Cardona told the Labour Party's annual general conference to prepare themselves for vindictive attacks from the opposition in the coming months.Dr Cardona was victim to a series of allegations earlier this year following blogger and ...
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USA Malta
Watch: Some decisions hurt the PN but showed it won’t be bought – Simon Busuttil
PN Leader Simon Busuttil said that the party has taken some decisions which have hurt it but these decisions have also shown that the party will not be bought. In an election-style video message, Dr Busuttil said the PN has had to take difficult decisions throughout the last four years ...
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Spagna
Watch: PM says his wife and children do not own secret companies; ‘let’s keep it decent’
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this evening insisted that neither he, nor any member of his family has a secret account or company abroad. Dr Muscat was speaking during the opening of the PL Annual General Conference, which lasts until Sunday. The PM was reacting to recent reports by blogger and ...
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Malta
PN pledges to ‘exceed’ European standards in alternative energy sector
Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil is pledging to outdo European Standards in the alternative energy sector, according to a press release. The party's proposal to introduce 'solar roads' "will not only reach European Standards but exceed them," according to the press release issued by the Nationalist Party.Alternative energy proposals are ...
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Regno Unito Malta
€750,000 cultural fund to secure project life for three years, launched
A fund of €750,000 has been launched today, to assist local authorities in their cultural events held between January 2018 and December 2020.In light of the ten year anniversary of the culture fund, Parliamentary Secretary Stefan Buontempo, together with Valletta 2018 Foundation Chairman Jason Micallef and representative from the Malta ...
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Libano
Trial by jury against Nigerian man accused of conspiring to deal drugs begins
A trial by jury has begun this morning against a Nigerian man named Chukwudi Samuel Obyeabor, known as ‘Nokia’, who is charged with conspiring to sell/deal drugs in Malta.The incident dates back to 2007, when Mr Onyeabor is said to have met with another Nigerian man, Mr Ferdinand Onovo at ...
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Turchia USA
Turkey's main opposition party files for referendum annulment
Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday called on the opposition to respect the result of a referendum that will give sweeping new powers to the office of the president, but the main opposition party formally requested the vote be annulled.Sunday's vote gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "yes" camp a narrow win ...
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USA Malta
Fake statistics and fake news: why ovarian cancer global statistics differ from local ones
Mortality from ovarian cancer in Malta is the third highest in Europe for the year 2012 according to the European Cancer Observatory (ECO) at 10.3 people per a population of 100,000, and the sixth highest worldwide according to the Global Cancer Observatory. One particular source, World Life Expectancy says that ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Porsche enthusiast recalls Paqpaqli accident which left wife, daughter severely injured
Lawyer and Porsche enthusiast Michael Grech took to the witness stand this morning to testify in the case filed against the Paqpaqli Ghall-Istrina event organisers and driver Paul Bailey.The members of the Paqpaqli Ghall-Istrina organising committee, including TV presenter Tonio Darmanin as well as British millionaire Paul Bailey, are facing ...
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Spagna Panama Malta
PL appeals to Simon Busuttil to stop ‘lying’ about Egrant, publish db Group invoices
Deputy Labour Party leader Chris Cardona and Justice Minister Owen Bonnici appealed to the Nationalist Party to stop “lying” and appealed to PN Leader Simon Busuttil to speak about a story that is not fabricated, which is about the invoices that were fabricated.The PL are referring to allegations that the ...