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    The Planning Authority has failed - Michael Briguglio

    Sociologist and Sliema local councillor Michael Briguglio would not give the Planning Authority (PA) a passing grade, stressing that it has failed in concept as those sections which voice environmental and local concerns are not given a strong enough voice.“On paper various policies are there and others can be improved. ...

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    Is technology making us dumber or smarter? Yes

    The smartphone in your hand enables you to record a video, edit it and send it around the world. With your phone, you can navigate in cities, buy a car, track your vital signs and accomplish thousands of other tasks. And so?Each of those activities used to demand learning specific ...

  • Malta

    Farrugia wants PN leadership contest open to all members, fears it is hijacked by clique

    Partit Demokratiku Leader Marlene Farrugia believes that her party has the right to be involved in the Nationalist Party leadership race even though PD is a completely different entity.In comments to The Malta Independent, following a press conference on the launch of a PD campaign of rape victims support, Farrugia ...

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    OLAF helps Member States seize 140 million cigarettes, detain 32 smugglers

    The combined efforts of the European Anti-Fraud Office and Member States led to the seizure of 140 million so-called cheap whites in six countries and the subsequent arrest of 32 people, OLAF said in a statement today.“When smuggled cigarettes find their way into the black market, they cause losses to ...

  • Malta

    Clampdown on irregular foreign-plate-vehicles - Transport Malta

    Transport Malta clamped a number of irregular foreign plated vehicles during the weekend in the latest effort to minimise abuse, the entity said in a statement.A legal notice enacted a few weeks ago enabled Transport Malta to re-introduce clamping in Malta, a tool that will greatly help the Authority to ...

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    Brexit: Free movement of people to end in March 2019, UK PM’s spokesman says

    Free movement of EU citizens to Britain will end when the country leaves the EU in March 2019, Downing Street has said.The comments came after days of confusion and Cabinet splits over the crucial issue of immigration after Brexit, Sky News reports.The spokesman said that proposals for a new immigration ...

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    HSBC Bank Malta reports €26m profit in first half of 2017; retains 65% dividend payout ratio

    HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c. reported a profit before tax of €25.9m for the six months ended 30 June 2017, lower than the €41.3m profit before tax for the same period in 2016. This represents a decrease of €15.4m or 37% on the previous period.The reported results for the first six ...

  • Malta

    Be vigilant: MFSA warning on virtual currencies

    The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) has taken note of recent articles in the media referring to virtual currency ATMs and the installation of a first such ATM in Malta. The MFSA hereby informs the public that a virtual currency (also known as cryptocurrency) such as Bitcoin is an unregulated ...

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    Government debt expected to fall below 50 per cent by 2018 – Minister Scicluna

    Finance Minister Edward Scicluna described government expectations for public debt to fall below 50 per cent by 2018, providing subsequent governments with ample breathing room to implement policy.He was addressing a pre 2018 budget meeting with the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development. Scicluna focused on the need to ...

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    How would a Charlie Gard story unfold in Malta?

    The heart-wrenching story of Charlie Gard, the terminally ill British baby whose parents fought for the right to take him to the US for experimental, extraordinary treatment but whose request was denied by the courts, has raised many ethical issues.Charlie Gard passed away on Friday night, just one week shy ...