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Two men die after motorbike accident
The roads have taken two more lives on Saturday, after two Pakistani nationals, who were on a motorcycle, collided with a car in Mosta.
The two men, who were aged 41 and 33, were riding a Yamaha Crypton motorcycle on Triq iż-Żejfa at 6am when they were involved in a crash with a Smart Fortwo car driven by a 41-year-old Mellieħa man. (Times of Malta)
Security Services trailed Caruana Galizia before murder – Degiorgios
George and Alfred Degiorgio, thw two brothers jailed after admitting having assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, have announced their intention to implicate prominent political figures, high-ranking police officers, as well as the Malta Security Services, in the 2017 murder. They also intend to implicate them in other serious crimes, about which they also want to testify. The serious, and as yet unsubstantiated claims, were made in a document sent to the press, and signed by criminals George and Alfred Degiorgio, who are serving 40 years in jail for the murder of Caruana Galizia by car bomb. (Maltatoday)
76% of plastic bottles recovered
Between January and March this year, 76 per cent of beverage containers were recovered from the market. BCRS company, which is responsible for the beverage and glass containers, said that the results augur well because the target was that of recovering 70 per cent of container on the market. Since the introduction of the scheme last November, over 64 million containers have been collected since last April. (TVM)
Morning Briefing
PM chat with Magistrate not logged, IDPC finds
No document has been kept of the conversation or meeting which Prime Minister Robert Abela held with an unidentified female magistrate on the malfunctioning of the Maltese courts, the Commissioner for Information and Data Protection has concluded. The conclusion follows a call for an investigation by independent candidate Arnold Cassola, who requested the probe after a freedom of information (FOI) request he filed was refused.T he data protection commissioner noted that the documents requested are not in the possession of the Ministry, have never been in the possession of the Ministry and the Ministry doubts their existence. (Times of Malta)
NGOs to protest and call for environmental and planning reform
Eight organisations will hold a national protest demanding urgent environmental and planning reform. The protest will be held on Saturday 27 May, starting from the Triton Fountain at 10:30am. “We are living in a state of emergency which threatens our personal and environmental well-being due to the reckless rates of construction on our islands,” Moviment Graffitti, one of the organisers, said. The organisations launching the protest are: Moviment Graffitti, Friends of the Earth Malta, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Nature Trust Malta-FEE, Għawdix, BirdLife Malta and Ramblers’ Association. (Maltatoday)
TCN nurses work illegaly in Malta, fear speaking out on precarious work
Third Country National (TCN) nurses fear speaking out in relation to their precarious work conditions because a lot of them are illegal workers through no fault of their own according to Patricia Graham, leader of the ‘EU Nationals Advisory’ lobby group in Malta. The EU Nationals Advisory lobby group represents a class of residents seeking assistance with utility bills, tenancy issues, and obtaining documents due to Identity Malta’s long delays. Hired from India as carers, after their ‘carer’ contracts are terminated and they’re re-employed as nurses, there is no application made for their change of position with Identity Malta, effectively rendering them illegal. (The Malta Independent)
