• Malta

    PN not excluding further action on FIAU reports

    The Opposition is not excluding taking further action “at a later stage” to ensure something is done on the contents of two leaked reports from the government anti-money laundering agency (FIAU), PN shadow justice minister Jason Azzopardi said yesterday. The FIAU reports, presented to the courts in May by Opposition leader ...

  • Malta

    Watch: Up to half an hour wasted on each bus trip as drivers break the law

    Malta Public Transport driver Tonio Borg says he wastes 20-30 minutes on each bus trip stuck in traffic – and that much of it could be easily prevented if people stuck to the law. Malta Public Transport CEO Konrad Pule explained that there are four main causes why drivers are getting ...

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    Trump hails 'tremendous meeting' with Putin

    US President Donald Trump has described his lengthy head-to-head encounter with Russian president Vladimir Putin as a "tremendous meeting". Mr Trump is meeting a long list of world leaders, including UK Prime Minister Theresa May and President Xi Jinping of China today as he wraps up his second trip abroad. His comments ...

  • Malta

    Added colour at President’s Kitchen Gardens

    The President’s Kitchen Garden has undergone a major refurbishment over the past few months, and now features a multi-sensory garden with play panels for children with special needs. The gardens boast new and improved gym equipment, some of which can also be used by wheelchair-user persons, an inclusive merry-go-round, additional swings ...

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    A&H: Pushing boundaries

    Many Maltese know Victor Calvagna for his work in cancer therapy, especially for children. Puttinu Cares, the charity that raises funds to support families of children with cancer, kicked off thanks to Dr Calvagna and his team.  We had met several times in relation to his work. A few weeks ...

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    Muscat questions principles of MPs who are against gay marriage but will vote in favour

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning said he could understand MPs who argued against the introduction of gay marriage, even if they did so because they were misinformed, but could not understand those who were against it but would vote in favour. “What kind of principles are these,” he asked, ...

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    TMID Editorial: IIP 3.0 - Design the next investment programme now

    In the run-up to the general election, Joseph Muscat launched the second wave of his IIP, the Individual Investment Programme, or as we all know it to be: the sale of Maltese citizenship with an easy entry into the European Union.The Nationalist Party, which attacked the programme throughout the legislature, ...

  • Malta

    Simon Busuttil and Joseph Muscat ‘totalitarian’ – Edwin Vassallo

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and PN Leader Simon Busuttil are totalitarian leaders by denying MPs a free vote of the Marriage Equality bill, PN MP Edwin Vassallo has told The Malta Independent.Vassallo, who was speaking in an interview which will be published on Sunday, said that Muscat and Busuttil “are not ...

  • Malta

    Minister says no permission needed to chop Mellieha Carob Tree, ENGO says otherwise

    Although Minister for the Environment Jose Herrera has said that permission to intervene and cut a carob tree in Triq il-Qortin, Mellieha, is not needed, eNGOs have stated that permission is always needed when intervening with protected trees.  “The tree in question is in an area of development and therefore ...

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    TMID Editorial: Identity Malta investigation - What about the big fish?

    Identity Malta this week went to the police and requested an investigation after it emerged that an employee had misappropriated some €25,000 at the passports unit. According to a DOI-issued statement, the employee had admitted to the crime and offered to hand the money back on condition that the police ...