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‘Summon me so I can answer every question you may have,’ Joseph Muscat tells Police Commissioner
Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has written to Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa and asked him to summon him so that he “can answer any question he may have and show all the facts.” In a Facebook post on Friday, Muscat – who believes he will be charged in connection with the recently concluded magisterial inquiry…
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Malta remains second worst in EU for press freedom – new report
Malta remains the second worst country in the European Union when it comes to press freedom, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index which is being published by Reporters Without Borders today. Malta registered a ranking of 73rd place globally, and the only EU country to register a worse ranking is Greece (88th) ranks…
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Organisations welcome changes to the Bill amending the Private Residential Leases Act
Three organisations positively noted that most of the concerns they raised regarding the Bill amending the Private Residential Leases Act have now been addressed following agreement in the Parliamentary Committee between the Government and the Opposition. In February, the organisations had sounded the alarm on several anti-tenant amendments within this Bill that would have exacerbated…
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Falzon refuses to say whether official named in benefits racket court case is still person of trust
Social Policy Minister Michael Falzon refused to confirm or deny whether Mark Calleja – who has been named in court as being allegedly involved in the social benefits fraud racket – remains one of his persons of trust. Asked by journalists about the allegations, which were made in court by one of the people accused…
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Court rejects request to summons Prime Minister to explain social benefits cheats’ pardon
Lawyers representing a number of people accused of fraudulently receiving social benefits have told a court today that their clients had not yet received any confirmation of the Presidential Pardon announced by the Prime Minister last week. In a verbal note dictated before the start of eight of the cases of alleged social benefits fraud,…
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Abela says it is up to voters to scrutinise judiciary
Prime Minister Robert Abela said Thursday that it is up to the voters to show what they think of the judiciary, adding that he will not report the magistrate that he has accused of deliberately timing the conclusion of an inquiry with the election campaign. Abela has frequently claimed that the conclusion of the Vitals…
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‘Government is too focused on seeing how it can try and intimidate the courts’ – Grech
PN Leader Bernard Grech told supporters on Wednesday that the government is too busy dealing with its own, internal problems and so cannot focus on the problems of the people. “Once again the problems of the Labour Party have become the problems of the people”, he said. “It is too focused on seeing how it…
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‘Do not fall for provocation’ Abela tells supporters during Workers’ Day mass meeting
Prime Minister Robert Abela told Labour Party supporters not to fall for provocation, and to keep the calm, while addressing a mass meeting in St George’s Square in Valletta, on the occasion of Workers’ Day. His comments came a day after it was revealed in court that the Vitals magisterial inquiry concluded at the end…
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Bernard Grech asks for police protection for Vitals inquiry magistrate
Opposition Leader Bernard Grech has written to the Police Commissioner asking for police protection to be provided “to the Magistrate who is being attacked not only by the Prime Minister and others in the Labour Party, but also Labour Party media.” He said the Labour media used a photo of her, and also said that…
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