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Thu,22 Apr 2021 10:53:45 +0200 Youth arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking
A 19-year-old was arrested in Floriana after he was caught carrying synthetic drugs
Thu,22 Apr 2021 10:44:58 +0200 Coronavirus second wave threatens India's economic recovery | Calamatta Cuschieri
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Thu,22 Apr 2021 10:21:33 +0200 Schembri’s kitchen-politico snap is latest Facebook faux pas for minister
“She’s got me working overtime... the wife... the kitchen’s in my hands. Good night, friends.”
Thu,22 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Napoli and Lazio face off in this Serie A match
Napoli and Lazio will be going head-to-head at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples
Thu,22 Apr 2021 08:11:18 +0200 Cruise liner emissions in Cottonera: ‘Our washing discoloured by polluted air’
Cottonera residents group Tuna Artna Lura says increased traffic of large vessels in Palumbo shipyard creating dangerous emissions and making air quality absymal
Thu,22 Apr 2021 08:05:25 +0200 Kalkara ‘mooring bays’ include berths for 161 large boats
Berths for 331 boats will occupy the Kalkara bay in a request by the infrastructure ministry for mooring bays, presented in 2019
Thu,22 Apr 2021 07:11:00 +0200 Saying the youth vote swallowed the Labour bait on cannabis could backfire for Grech
Does Bernard Grech risk pleasing nobody by agreeing with the decriminalisation of cannabis only to deride the reform as a ploy by Labour to get young peoples’ votes?
Thu,22 Apr 2021 07:10:00 +0200 ‘Disagreeing to agree’ on cannabis reform
Legal or not, buyers will still be forced to purchase their cannabis from the (illegal) black market. And this will only play into the hands of drug traffickers: whose crime, by way of contrast, is not being ‘decriminalised’ at all
Thu,22 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0200 The Passport Papers | How phantom building Vista Point was rented to IIP applicants
The Passport Papers | A Gozo apartment was being rented out to wealthy applicants of the Individual Investor Programme, but it was still under construction while the property was being leased out. MaltaToday's Nicole Meilak and the Malta In...
Thu,22 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0200 Saudi royal met with Joseph Muscat to discuss name removal from Government Gazette
The Passport Papers | A Saudi royal who bought Maltese citizenship successfully saw his name removed from the Government Gazette, despite a government obligation to publish names of all naturalised citizens. MaltaToday's Nicole Meilak and t...
Wed,21 Apr 2021 19:41:29 +0200 Education Minister confirms MATSEC exams will go ahead
Education minister Justyne Caruana says MATSEC exams will go ahead despite COVID-19 pandemic
Wed,21 Apr 2021 18:49:25 +0200 ‘I will no longer accept half-truths from MPs’, George Hyzler tells ethics committee
StandardsCommissioner George Hyzler gives MPs stern rebuke in committee discussion on Carmelo Abela print advert ethics breach
Wed,21 Apr 2021 17:57:32 +0200 Brian Tonna stops short of saying who suggested Macbridge and 17 Black as target clients for Mizzi and Schembri
Nexia BT owner Brian Tonna appears before the Public Accounts Committee that is probing the Electrogas power station contract
Wed,21 Apr 2021 17:56:38 +0200 Will EU rules on facial recognition put Malta’s Safe City in jeopardy?
New rules on artificial intelligence unveiled by the European Commission and set to be debated on Thursday by MEPs, clearly throw facial recognition out the window and could spell more trouble for Malta’s Safe City project
Wed,21 Apr 2021 17:49:14 +0200 Marrying data and digitalisation to drive green change
There is a way to ailgn your future goals with a winning digital model to drive green change
Wed,21 Apr 2021 16:58:07 +0200 Daughter of Ian Borg’s senior adviser quits in storm over direct orders
Lawyer Adreana Zammit, who benefitted from direct orders from the ministry where her father served as a senior adviser to Ian Borg, has quit
Wed,21 Apr 2021 16:16:21 +0200 Hospitality lobby group wants restaurants to re-open next week
The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association wants restaurants to re-open next week in line with non-essential outlets and all tourism sector employees vaccinated before 1 June
Wed,21 Apr 2021 15:49:47 +0200 Man cleared of stealing €7,000 of products from food importer
A 57-year-old man was found not guilty of stealing €7,000 worth of food products and handling stolen goods as part of an inside job on a food importer
Wed,21 Apr 2021 15:43:00 +0200 [WATCH] People with family history of thrombosis can receive Janssen and AstraZeneca vaccines - Fearne
Health Minister Chris Fearne says people with a family history of thrombosis can still receive the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines since the 'very rare' cases of blood clotting are unlike
Wed,21 Apr 2021 14:53:52 +0200 Over 40s eligible to register for COVID-19 vaccine from Friday
Health Minister Chris Fearne announces that from Friday, people aged over 40 will be able to register for the COVID-19 vaccine • Three cases of the Brazilian variant found in Malta • Single-shot Janssen vaccine cleared for use