Bribery and genocide: the same?
I am pleased to note that the Government has announced new measures to fight corruption. A Bill before the House proposes “to remove the applicability of prescription to the offence of corruption”...
View ArticlePharmacies open tomorrow
Chemimart Ltd, 20/21, Republic Street, Valletta; National Pharmacy, 17, St Mary Street, Ħamrun; St Venera Pharmacy, 532, St Joseph High Road, Santa Venera; The Local Dispensary, Canon K. Pirotta...
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Boston goes into virtual lockdown
Black Hawk helicopters and heavily armed police descended on a Boston suburb yesterday in a massive search for an ethnic Chechen suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, hours after his brother was...
View ArticleNew Police Commissioner, new agenda
Peter Paul Zammit, a legal procurator who had formerly served in the Police Force for 25 years, has taken over as Police Commissioner from John Rizzo, who will continue to serve as head of the Civil...
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Iceman Raikkonen fastest in Bahrain desert heat
Formula One ‘Iceman’ Kimi Raikkonen lapped fastest for Lotus in the Bahrain desert heat yesterday after Ferrari had set the early practice pace. The Finn, 2007 world champion for Ferrari and chasing...
View ArticleLosing skills
Would it not be both pointless and rather silly to deprive patients of the skills of an experienced ophthalmic surgeon (April 17) simply because he chose to enter politics and was selected for office?...
View ArticleBuild now, pay later
Developers landed with hefty planning fees may be given the opportunity to spread payment over two instalments, Planning Parliamentary Secretary Michael Farrugia said yesterday. The proposal, which Dr...
View ArticleThose doctors in the House
From the election result, you have to assume that the inner circles of both parties knew what was coming. A number like 35 K, in Maltese terms, is so massive it would be like the captain of the...
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CIANTAR ST JOHN. On April 18, at St Vincent de Paul Residence, ANDREW of Tarxien, aged 81, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of Holy Church and surrounded by his family. He leaves to...
View ArticleNadal subdues Dimitrov to set up Tsonga clash
Eight-times champion Rafael Nadal was taken to the brink by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov before completing a 6-2 2-6 6-4 victory yesterday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals. Nadal, who made an...
View ArticleFitch agency downgrades UK’s AAA debt rating
Ratings agency Fitch has strip-ped the UK of its AAA rating due to its “weaker economic and fiscal outlook”. The agency placed the UK on an AA+ rating, following Moody’s downgrade of UK debt in...
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Maduro sworn in, Venezuela will review disputed vote
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela’s President on Friday at a ceremony attended by leaders from Iran to Brazil after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out...
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‘A fiscal union is the only way forward for the EU’
The EU needs to have a proper fiscal union to emerge from the current economic situation, according to Joseph Daul – the president of the EPP – the largest political group in the European Parliament....
View ArticleTop professionals to attend eBusiness Seminar next month
Some top professionals in e-commerce, internet marketing and ebusiness have been lined up for the Malta eBusiness Seminar on May 2. The event, organised by CSB Group and the Malta Institute of...
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Giorgio Napolitano elected for second term as Italy’s President
The Italian Parliament yesterday re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano to serve a second term in an attempt to resolve the political stalemate following February’s inconclusive election. Napolitano...
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PL allows candidate accused of fraud to contest MEP by-elections
The Labour Party has decided to allow former One journalist Claudette Abela Baldacchino to contest this week’s casual elections for two vacated MEP seats despite pending charges of defrauding the...
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Car dealership sets up lending institution
Ray Auto Dealer Group of Żebbuġ, which encompasses two of the island’s major car dealerships, has established its own financing institution to provide customers with loans for cars in its efforts to...
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect caught after manhunt
A 19-year-old suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother was captured by police after a day-long manhunt that closed down the city and turned a working-class suburb...
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Petrol station owner incensed at decision
The owner of a Xewkija petrol station is incensed after the Environment and Planning Tribunal rejected his application for a car wash on site, despite granting 40 similar initiatives. Joe Xuereb of...
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Youngsters’ ignorance of sex health ‘dumbfounding’
Authorities have an obligation to ensure adolescents are armed to their teeth with information on sexual health, but whatever is being done is “clearly not working”, according to GU Clinic head Philip...
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