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Fri,07 Oct 2022 08:07:56 +0200 Planning Authority orders reassessment of Marsaxlokk tower relocation
The Planning Authority’s planning commission has decided that an application to demolish a historical watchtower in Marsaxlokk, to make way for a new road on land added to development zones in 2006, should be republished again and vetted fr...
Fri,07 Oct 2022 07:03:26 +0200 Now is the time to empower girls
Around 30% of women worldwide aged 15 years and older have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their life
Fri,07 Oct 2022 06:30:00 +0200 Policing a tough gig, but internal politics makes life harder for officers
MaltaToday’s senior court reporter Matthew Agius spent weeks speaking to police officers he encounters to gain a picture of what they say is a sustained exodus of officers from the ranks
Thu,06 Oct 2022 19:07:31 +0200 Abela among more than 40 European leaders at the European Political Community forum
The leaders are discussing energy, migration and security, with a particular focus on the war in Ukraine.
Thu,06 Oct 2022 17:58:08 +0200 Jason Azzopardi retracts claims that Owen Bonnici is a ‘criminal and a liar’
Owen Bonnici has dropped libel proceedings against former PN MP Jason Azzopardi after the latter withdrew claims that the former justice minister was a criminal and a liar
Thu,06 Oct 2022 16:41:19 +0200 €1 million in damages over Labour Party ‘coercion’ to hand over Birżebbuġa building
Birżebbuġa property owners were presented with ‘all or nothing’ deal by former lands minister Joe Brincat in 1979
Thu,06 Oct 2022 16:20:31 +0200 40 victims scammed out of nearly €500,000 by cleaner's fake housing scheme, court told
The scheme saw the accused selling victims government-owned properties that had been repossessed by banks at a reduced price
Thu,06 Oct 2022 15:56:49 +0200 [WATCH] BirdLife to expand in Gozo after 170 illegalities identified in autumn hunting season
CEO Mark Sultana says government's consultative body Ornis voted to renew the bird-trapping research scheme
Thu,06 Oct 2022 15:56:44 +0200 Patrick Spiteri: two years’ jail for fraud of double Oscar winner Bricusse
Lawyer who conned investors gets two years’ jail in £150,000 fraud complaint by the late Leslie Bricusse
Thu,06 Oct 2022 14:53:21 +0200 Caruana Galizia lawyer says Degiorgio brothers creating 'self-inflicted' problems to postpone trial
Two men charged with murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia have argued their legal aid lawyers do not have enough time to prepare their defence for the upcoming trial
Thu,06 Oct 2022 14:04:13 +0200 Abortion legislation amendments to be tabled in the House in the coming days
Health Minister Chris Fearne says he wants to ensure no part of Malta’s legislation should prevent medical professionals from saving lives
Thu,06 Oct 2022 13:35:52 +0200 PA defers decision on Excelsior 77-room extension
PA chairman says that there is need for “further consultation” on application which was heading for approval before being reported to UNESCO by a Maltese NGO
Thu,06 Oct 2022 13:03:05 +0200 New utility billing system to save household consumers up to €8 per year
Energy Minister Miriam Dalli announces changes to 2009 legal notice regulating how utility bills are calculated • Consumers will no longer lose unutilised units on lower bands • PN insists on compensation
Thu,06 Oct 2022 12:58:10 +0200 Malta urged to engage with civil society in media reforms
The Council of European Commissioner for Human Rights published an exchange of letters between her and Prime Minister Robert Abela
Thu,06 Oct 2022 11:28:42 +0200 [WATCH] COVID Omicron and influenza vaccines to be administered on annual basis
Annual voluntary vaccines for both Influenza and COVID Omicron vaccine will be made available
Thu,06 Oct 2022 10:06:39 +0200 'We told you so': PN hits out at Clyde Caruana over 'failed economic plan'
Jerome Caruana Cilia calls out Finance Minister Clyde Caruana for only realising now that the economic plan of the past 10 years cannot continue
Thu,06 Oct 2022 09:10:42 +0200 Two children hospitalised after Mqabba car accident
A car accident in Mqabba on Wednesday afternoon leaves a boy seriously injured and a girl suffering from slight injuries
Thu,06 Oct 2022 08:22:43 +0200 The impact of the shrinking household on the environment | Rachael Scicluna
Rachael Scicluna | The phenomenon of one-person households and alternative living arrangements are now becoming urgent matters in policy terms due to their environmental consequences
Thu,06 Oct 2022 08:18:49 +0200 It would take more than just a ‘new pronoun’ for Maltese to become gender-neutral
Everything, from tables, to chairs, to trees, to clouds, to body-parts, is effectively ‘genderless’ in the English language. In Maltese? Not so much
Wed,05 Oct 2022 19:36:33 +0200 Giglio: Angelo Gafà must shoulder responsibility for police force’s administrative shortcomings
PN Home Affairs spokesperson Joe Giglio says Opposition insists on the full publication of the inquiry into Iosif Galea arrest warrant saga