Cocaine ‘stuffed in trophies’
The police found sachets of cocaine in trophies stored in a display cabinet at a flat owned by an alleged drug trafficker, a court heard yesterday. The accused, Glenn Bezzina, 30, of Valletta, was...
View ArticleWarder ‘told inmate to throw away drugs’
A prison warder told an inmate to throw away a sachet of drugs she had received before realising she had made a mistake and going on to file a report, a court heard yesterday. The incident involving...
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Case of missing man postponed
A man reported missing last November was yesterday due to have been charged with drug possession, after cannabis and ecstasy were allegedly found in his Bentley in September 2011, but the case was put...
View ArticleWhistleblower is awarded €5,000 for unfair dismissal
A care worker who was sacked after blowing the whistle on nurses who crushed non-prescribed drugs in the tea of demanding patients at Mount Carmel’s Forensic Unit has been awarded €5,000 after winning...
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Consensus over gay adoption welcomed
Gay rights activists welcomed the common position of the Labour and Nationalist parties after they both declared adoption should be based on the child’s best interest and not the sexual orientation of...
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Judge: remove two watchdog members
The judge facing an impeachment motion, Lino Farrugia Sacco, yesterday filed a constitutional case demanding that two members of the judiciary’s watchdog be removed as he could not be guaranteed a...
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S&P downgrade is first warning about Muscat - Gonzi
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this evening that Malta’s downgrading by credit agency Standard and Poor’s should be taken as a first warning that with Joseph Muscat as prime minister, Malta would...
View ArticleDies while pooping between moving train cars
A Bronx man died when he fell while defecating between moving subway cars in Manhattan, New York's Daily News reported. The train had just left the E. 125th St. station on the Lexington Ave. line...
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Tonio Fenech will not resign if Labour’s energy plan succeeds
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said this evening that he would not resign from Parliament if a Labour government fulfilled its energy plan. He was addressing a press conference organised by the...
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Chelsea miss Guardiola signature
Bayern Munich have won the race to sign up Pep Guardiola in a move which raised fresh questions over who will manage Chelsea next season. Guardiola will move to Germany in the summer and has signed a...
View ArticleEuropean car market at 17-year low
Demand for new cars in recession-bound Europe fell to a 17-year low in 2012, leaving mass market manufacturers little hope for this year as they try to cut costly excess factory capacity and...
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Helicopter hits crane killing two in London
A stunt pilot and one other person were killed yesterday after a helicopter collided with a high-rise crane in central London and plunged more than 700 feet to the busy streets below. Pete Barnes, who...
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France set for Mali ‘direct combat’
French troops pressed northwards in Mali yesterday, towards territory occupied for months by Islamist militants, military officials said, announcing the start of a land assault which will put soldiers...
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Milan’s Boateng invited to UN event in Geneva
Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has been invited to attend the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in March following his recent stand against racist...
View ArticleAllardyce wins defamation damages
West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce has accepted substantial damages from Steve Kean, his successor as Blackburn Rovers boss, for saying he was fired by the club in 2010 for being a crook. Kean, who...
View ArticleGers boss McCoist relaxed over Conference speculation
Ally McCoist will treat talk of Rangers joining the Blue Square Bet Premier League “with a pinch of salt”, as the Football League poured cold water on the idea of a move to English football. The...
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Valletta’s Denni handed three-match suspension
Valletta suffered a blow yesterday following the news that striker Denni Rocha dos Santos was handed a three-match ban by the Malta FA Disciplinary Commis-sioner. The Brazilian striker was shown a...
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Sneijder will take his time over deciding future
Inter midfielder Wesley Sneijder says he will not be rushed into making a decision on his future despite pressure from club president Massimo Moratti. On Monday Moratti urged Sneijder to decide on a...
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No Premier League players in the list
UEFA’s website announced their 2012 team of the year yesterday with, for the first time, no players from the English Premier League in the all-star line-up. UEFA said a record 5.3 million votes had...
View ArticleFootball results...
FA Cup: Third round replays – Arsenal vs Swansea City 1-0; Manchester United vs West Ham United 1-0. Fourth round (updated): Brighton vs Arsenal; Man. United vs Fulham. League One: Coventry City vs...
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