28

Oct

Two Covid-19 deaths reported today – Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 28 October 2020 (UPDATE)

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta says MFSA chief Joe Cuschieri went on Las Vegas trip with Yorgen Fenech. MaltaToday reports that the update to Malta's sexual…

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27

Oct

Health authorities report 55th Covid-death / Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 27 October 2020

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta reports that a third attempt to award a tender for a €115 million ferry service between Malta and Gozo was killed…

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26

Oct

Further restrictions announced – Malta-24 News Briefing – Monday 26 October 2020

Upadte 1930 As of next Thursday 29th October, all bars and local band clubs will remain closed. Furthermore, as of the same date, only 6 people can convene in public…

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25

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 25 October 2020 – Updated

Update 1700h A 75-year-old man was confirmed as the 52nd person to die of Covid-19 on Sunday. The Ministry of Health said that the man had tested positive for Covid-19…

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24

Oct

Deaths from Covid-19 in Malta reach 50 – Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 24 October 2020 UPDATE

Update 1244 - Malta added another 115 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, detected from one of the highest number of swabs taken so far - 3144. Some…

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23

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 23 October 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that a Eurobarometer survey that says Maltese people feel migration is still the main problem facing the EU, despite the…

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22

Oct

Two other Covid-deaths reported, tally raises to 49 – Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 22 October 2020

Updated 1705- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that EU citizenship cannot be traded as a commodity, according to the majority of MEPs looking to end golden passport schemes.…

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21

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 21 October 2020

Update 2000 - Malta updates travel restrictions The Minister responsible for Public Health notifies that it revised the list which fall under the Mandatory Tests for Certain Travelers Regulations, 2020.…

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20

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 20 October 2020

Update 1745- News Portal Briefing Illum reports that Health Minister Chris Fearne said a Covid-19 vaccine should be administered to the entire country six months after it is issued. Times…

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19

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Monday 19 October 2020

Updated 1941 - Government announces budget for 2021 Minister of Finance Edward Scicluna is announcing the budget for 2021. Among the widely-anticipated measures, Government said that a new round of…

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18

Oct

142 new Coronavirus Cases – Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 18 October 2020

Update 1235 Malta registered 142 new Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. This brings the total of active cases to 1347. Over the past 124 hours there were 2404…

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17

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 17 October 2020

Update 1418 - Two co-options for Labour Party Parliamentary Group MEP Miriam Dalli and OPM chief of staff Clyde Caruana will be joining the government’s parliamentary group filling two recently-vacated…

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16

Oct

Mandatory use of masks announced – Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 16 October 2020 (Updated)

Update -1922 - : Live Press Conference by Prime Minister New restrictive measures and further announcement were the main novelties announced by Malta's government during a Press Conference on Friday.…

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15

Oct

Covid-19 active cases exceed 1,000 – Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 15 October 2020

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers are requesting the court, presiding over journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder compilation, to ensure that electronic data…

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14

Oct

45th Covid-death reported – Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 14 October 2020

Updated 1745- News Portal Update Times of Malta reports that a man has admitted to the brutal murder of Shannon Mak. MaltaToday reports that the Chamber of Commerce is calling…

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13

Oct

93 new Covid-19 cases take tally to 881 – Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 13 October 2020

Updated 1722- Covid-19 Update Times of Malta reports that Malta has no plans to make changes to its two-week quarantine rules unless advised otherwise by the World Health Organisation and the…

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12

Oct

Teachers, doctors want more Covid-19 restrictions, 43rd death reported – Malta-24 News Briefing – Monday 12 October 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta reports that enforcement of COVID-19 containment measures must increase, Prime Minister Robert Abela has told restaurants and hotel lobbyists. Newsbook…

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11

Oct

67 year old man is the 42nd CoVid-19 victim – Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 11 October 2020

Update 1630h Another CoVid-19 victim A 67-year-year-old man has become the 42nd victim of COVID-19 in Malta, and one of the youngest. He passed away on Sunday at Mater Dei…

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10

Oct

Malta’s President in precautionary isolation – Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 10th October 2020

Update 1900 - The Office of the President said that a member of The Palace’s staff has tested positive for COVID-19 during a routine swab test.  In this light, the…

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09

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 9th October 2020

Update 1745 - News Portal Briefing update TVM reports that the General Workers’ Union has presented its pre-budget proposals to Prime Minister Robert Abela. Times of Malta reports the government…

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08

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 8th October 2020

Updated 1732- News Portal updated Times of Malta says that panic parents are rushing from work to take their children out of school after hearing speculation about COVID-19 outbreaks, a…

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07

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 7th October 2020

Update 2030 - One dies at the workplace A worker was killed and another was seriously injured in separate accidents when sheets of metal fell on them on Wednesday. The…

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06

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 6th October 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing The Times reports that former prime minister Joseph Muscat plans to work as an “economic consultant" now that he has formally left politics, according…

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04

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 4th October 2020

Updated 0951 - Bartolo to make way for Bernard Grech Nationalist MP Ivan J Bartolo has confirmed that he will vacate his seat to enable Bernard Grech to become a…

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03

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 3rd October 2020 – UPDATED

Updated 1254 - Covid Update Health authorities reported 65 positive cases for COVID-19 between Friday and Saturday, while another 43 recovered. After a week of decreases, this means that active…

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02

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 2nd October 2020

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefings The Times of Malta says that the former prime minister's chief of staff, Keith Schembri, and directors of his various companies have taken legal action…

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01

Oct

Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 1st October 2020

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing The Times reports Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti called on the government to appoint more judges to the bench as the effort being put in by…

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30

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 30th September 2020

Updated 1745- News Portals The Times reports that Malta’s COVID-19 mortality rate is now the highest in Europe, after shooting up past Spain to reach 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people. …

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29

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 29th September 2020 – Updated

Updated 1745- News Portal review The Times reports that The Seed, a €2 million production being produced by UK company Ingenious Group with local collaboration, is currently being shot at…

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28

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Monday 28th September 2020

Updated 1745- News Portal Review The Times says that nurses at the Intensive Therapy Unit and the Oncology Centre will be following union directives as from Wednesday after reporting burnout…

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27

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 27th September 2020 (Updated)

Update 1900 - News Portal Review TVM says the health authorities have announced that 21 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,326…

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26

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 26th September 2020

Updated 2002 - 92 year old is 31st victim from Covid-19 A 92-year-old woman is the 31st Covid-19 death, the Ministry of Health said last night. She was a resident…

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25

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 25th September 2020

Updated 0835 - Newspaper Review The Times reports that the Financial Services Authority has ordered two companies, BT International and BT Management, to desist from offering new services to clients. Both…

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24

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 24th September 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says 42 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta during the past 24 hours following 2,303 swab tests. 680 cases are presently active.…

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23

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 23rd September 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says 42 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,444 swab tests were carried out.…

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22

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 22nd September 2020

Updated 1951 - 24th Covid-19 death in Malta An 86-year-old man has died while suffering COVID-19, the Health Ministry announced this evening. He was diagnosed with the infection on September…

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21

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Monday 21st September 2020

Update 2000 - Madam Justice Edwina Grima, issued an order to freeze all assets held by Keith Schembri, Chief of Staff of former PM Joseph Muscat, Schembri’s wife and his…

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20

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 20th September 2020

Update 1600 - News Portal Review TVM says 32 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,196 swab tests were carried out.…

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19

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 19th September 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Reviews TVM says 65 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,922 swab tests were carried out.…

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18

Sep

Malta-24 – News Briefing Updated

Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says the health authorities have confirmed that 39 new cases of Coronavirus have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after…

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17

Sep

How two mass events ruined Malta’s image as ‘poster child of Europe’s Covid19 first wave success’ – Medical Expert Report

A paper published in the Journal of Community Health, by Professor Charmaine Gauci, the Superintendent for Public Health, doctors’ association head Martin Balzan, Mater Dei Hospital’s chief operating officer Steve Aguis, Sarah Cuschieri…

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17

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 17th September 2020

Updated 1720 - News Portal Review TVM says 35 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,536 swab tests were carried out.…

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16

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 16th September 2020

Updated 1630 - Newspaper Review Times of Malta reports that protesters have held a surprise anti-corruption demonstration in front of Castille, claiming government corruption is facilitated by ministers' failure to…

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15

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 15th September 2020

Update 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says 49 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta during the past 24 hours following 1,666 swab tests. 507 cases remain active. MaltaToday…

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15

Sep

UNESCO sounds the alarm on global surge in attacks against journalists covering protests

A new UNESCO report highlights a sharp increase in the global number of protests during which the police and security forces violated media freedom in the first half of 2020.…

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14

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Monday 14th September 2020

Updated 1700pm - Newspaper Review Times of Malta reports that a number of pensioners’ organisations are calling upon the authorities to initiate talks and to desist from further “drastic” cuts…

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13

Sep

Dar Tal-Providenza marks 55th anniversary of first donation

During a Thanksgiving Mass on the occasion of the 55th Anniversary of the founding of Dar tal-Providenza, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna decribed the Siġġiewi Home as a “monument of mercy”.…

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13

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 13th September 2020

UPDATED 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says in over six months since Covid-19 has surfaced in Malta, the past 24 hours have witnessed a record 78 new cases of…

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12

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 12th September 2020

Updated 1700 - Newspaper Review Times of Malta reports that Gozo could serve as the ideal testing ground of decarbonising technologies and the island could potentially be carbon-neutral before a…

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11

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 11th September 2020

Updated 1235 - Covid-19 Malta Malta has witnessed an increase in family clusters and cases at work places, Health Superintendent Prof Charmaine Gauci said today in her weekly briefing. 22…

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10

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 10th September August 2020

Updated 1610 - Newspaper Review Times of Malta says that at least 21 COVID-19 patients are part of a cluster of construction workers involved in the Marsa Junction project. Malta…

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09

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Wednesday 9th September August 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says 63 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,044 swab tests were carried out.…

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08

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 8th September August 2020

Updated 1700pm - Newspaper Review Times of Malta says that neighbours of an elderly woman who died after a pit bull attack on Monday had made multiple complaints to authorities about the…

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07

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Monday 7th September August 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says the Ministry of Health has confirmed 37 new cases of Covid-19 in Malta in the last 24 hours, after 1,640 swab tests…

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06

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Sunday 6th September August 2020

Updated 1745 - Newspaper Review Times of Malta reports that two migrants who tried to slip out of Malta by hiding inside a container destined for shipment to Italy have…

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05

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 5th September August 2020

Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM reports that the Health Ministry said today that 30 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Malta following 1,703 swab tests. 36 other persons…

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04

Sep

Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 4th September August 2020

Updated 1700 - Newspaper Review Malta Today says that the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccinations is not expected until mid-2021, a World Health Organisation spokeswoman has said. Times of Malta…

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