These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals:
Police assistance was called for late yesterday evening just outside the Public Broadcasting Services building in Guardamangia, after an argument ensued in front of the building. Persons who were leaving at the end of a TVM programme were insulted by another person who had been waiting for them outside the building. TVM is informed the Police authorities will be instituting proceedings against the person concerned, a driving instructor. Source: TVM
Malta registered seven new cases of coronavirus overnight to reach a total of 195 since the start of the pandemic last month. Six of the new cases were local transmission and one was of a woman who contracted the disease while on a tour in Morocco. Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci said the number of local transmissions was now the prevalent mode of infection. Source: MaltaToday
A massive cache of data which was leaked online is understood to have originated from the Labour Party and shows the voting preferences of a majority of the population. The personal information on some 337,384 people includes names, addresses, ID card details, phone numbers and whether they are considered Labour or Nationalist voters. On Wednesday, the Data Protection Commissioner launched an investigation into the alleged breach by a Maltese IT company. Source: Times of Malta
A judge has dismissed an application by Yorgen Fenech to have his detention declared unlawful in the light of Legal Notices declaring the indefinite suspension of court hearings. Fenech is accused of complicity in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Source: The Malta Independent
Should we wear masks? Can medication normally taken for diagnosed illness mask the symptoms of Coronavirus? These are among the questions which Newsbook Q&A’s Sylvana Debono will be asking Dr Tanya Melillo, consultant in public health medicine on Thursday 2nd April at 4pm on Newsbook.com.mt. Source: Newsbook
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