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Malta needs 4.7m tourists to fill up current and planned hotels / Malta News Briefing – Thursday 22 September 2022

Updated 1800 The Times of Malta reveals that the Curia has drawn up a 'contingency plan' to receive within its schools the staff and students of St Albert the Great…

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Singapore-based crypto lender Hodlnaut suspends withdrawals

Hodlnaut, a Singapore-based crypto currency lender and borrower, has suspended withdrawals, swaps and deposits, the company said on Monday, the latest sign of stress in the cryptocurrency industry. The crypto lender also said it would…

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Archbishop offers mediation over headmaster’s dismissal as MUT protests / Malta News Briefing – Thursday 28 July 2022

Updated 1730 - Afternoon Portal Review Times of Malta quotes MIA CEO Alan Borg who said today that Malta's airport connectivity is currently the lowest compared to other countries in…

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Cancer patients receiving radiotherapy to be sent to Rome / Malta News Briefing- Tuesday 26 July 2022

Updated 1745 - Newsportal Update The Times of Malta reports that cancer patients receiving radiotherapy in Malta will be sent abroad to continue their treatment, after a technical fault in…

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Malta: Eyewitness saw hunter shoot flamingos with shotgun, court hears

An eyewitness who saw the killing of four flamingos in Qawra testified in court that he saw hunter Miguel Zammit pointing his shotgun in the air shortly after the flamingos…

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Malta: Josette Schembri Vella has case to answer for money laundering, court rules

Josette Schembri Vella is one step closer to being tried for money laundering, with a court ruling on Tuesday that she has a case to answer for that crime. The…

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Malta: Compilation of evidence against Keith Schembri’s wife postponed to next month

The compilation of evidence in the money laundering case against Josette Schembri Vella, former OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri’s wife, stalled this morning after one of the prosecuting inspectors…

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Malta: Court orders phone-tapping reference expunged from evidence in Degiorgio trial

The Criminal Court of Appeal has partially upheld a request to expunge references made to phone-tapping by Police Superintendent Keith Arnaud when he testified before the Court of Magistrates in…

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Malta: Three Romanians remanded in custody after being charged with pickpocketing charges on buses

The Police have managed to break another organised crime ring of foreign nationals who were carrying out pickpocketing in Malta. The Police arrested three Romanians in connection with this case:…

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Malta: School receptionist accused of sexually harassing security staff

A school receptionist has been arraigned on charges of sexually harassing three members of security staff stationed on school premises. Joseph Borg, 61, of Marsaskala, was shaking in the dock as…

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Malta: Keith Schembri phone under magisterial inquiry is not the ‘missing’ device

Data from Keith Schembri's mobile phone is still subject to an ongoing magisterial inquiry that is secret and confidential in terms of law, the police commissioner said in court on…

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Malta: Mandatory hotel quarantine for returning Maltese residents challenged in court

A judicial protest has been filed against the Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci over what was described as her ‘unilateral’ decision to impose hotel quarantine on arrivals from 'dark red' countries and…

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Malta: Iklin shooting victim allegedly defrauded shooter of €7,000

The man suspected of having shot a man in his right shoulder on Thursday confronted the victim over a personal matter that has been dragging on after he allegedly defrauded…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

Times of Malta says that the present prosecutions in court for a wide array of charges, including money laundering, bribery and fraud, are a clear admission of failures by the…

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Malta: Twenty Facebook users plead guilty to hate speech

Twenty people admitted to hate speech charges in court on Friday after they posted inflammatory comments on Facebook. The commenters were arraigned before Magistrate Ian Farrugia on Friday to answer…

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Malta: ‘No money was ever passed’ – John Dalli vows to fight bribery prosecutions

Former European Commissioner John Dalli has vowed to fight against new criminal proceedings he’s set to face over the 2012 bribery allegations first reported by OLAF. “The new prosecutions are…

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Malta: Giovanna Debono husband acquittal confirmed on appeal

Former Gozo minister, Giovanna Debono’s husband, has had his acquittal from all charges linking him to a 'works-for-votes' scandal, confirmed on appeal. In a 93-page judgement delivered by Madam Justice…

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Malta: Pilatus Bank and official charged; inquiry recommends nine face action

The now-shuttered Pilatus Bank and a top official were arraigned on money laundering charges on Thursday. Claude-Ann Sant Fournier, 41, appeared in court following police investigations and a magisterial inquiry. Source…

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Malta: 22-year-old arrested after being caught with 100 gr of cocaine in Pietà

A 22-year-old man, a Floriana resident, has been arrested in connection with trafficking of cocaine. The man was arrested yesterday after being stopped at Pietà and found in possession of…

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Malta: Released from custody after he was charged with stabbing another man in Birkirkara

30-year old Cranston Portelli from Ħal Qormi was released from custody after he was arraigned in Court charged with grievously wounding another man on Sunday in Birkirkara. He was also…

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Malta: Woman accused of murdering partner had complained of domestic violence

A woman accused of murdering her partner had repeatedly complained of domestic abuse and even threatened to commit suicide, the court compiling evidence has heard. 44-year-old Mayumi Santos Patacsil, from…

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Malta: Grenades, pistols and poison: Yorgen Fenech’s dark web purchases listed in court

Yorgen Fenech bought grenades, poison, machine guns, pistols and around 800 bullets more than one year after Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered, a court heard on Wednesday. The business mogul,…

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Malta: Seven children in state care while parents in jail

Seven children, five of whom are Maltese, are currently living in the care of the State while one of their parents serves time in jail, according to a spokesperson for…

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Malta: Sliema homicide victims owned at least €119,000 in jewellery, court told

Sliema homicide victims Christian Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski owned at least €119,000 in jewellery, most of which was found on the body of one of the men, a court was…

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Malta: Priest does not get teaching warrant back after he molested teenage girl

A Gozitan priest who was found guilty of molesting a 13-year-old girl had his request to be given back his teaching warrant turned down. Fr Jesmond Gauci, 49, from Xagħra,…

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Malta: Mosta ‘cat killer’ challenges seven-year detention inside mental health facility

Nicholas Grech, the man believed to be responsible for the Mosta cat killings but acquitted of all charges due to insanity, is challenging his seven-year detention inside the Mt Carmel mental…

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Malta: Two men stole food to feed themselves, court hears

Two men who targeted various outlets of a local chain store, stealing foodstuffs to feed themselves after running into serious financial problems, were remanded in custody pending judgment. Mario Campolo,…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

Times of Malta reacts to a court judgement that separated two mothers from their children. It says justice must have a human face. MaltaToday says that the code of ethics…

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Malta: Assistant police chief Ian Abdilla suspended

Assistant police commissioner Ian Abdilla, who has been widely criticised for inaction over the Panama Papers investigations, has been suspended by police commissioner Angelo Gafà. The former Economic Crimes Unit…

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Malta: Witness refuses to testify against Fenech in fear of self-incrimination

A witness refused to testify against Yorgen Fenech, fearing that she could incriminate herself in light of separate proceedings against her. The witness was called to testify on the secret…

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Malta: Father of seven admits to sending his children on a stealing spree

A 38-year-old father from Qormi was placed on probation for three years after admitting to sending four out of seven of his children to steal toys from a shop in…

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Malta: Ministers have no comment after public inquiry slams their ‘inaction’

Ministers were tight-lipped on Friday morning when asked for their reaction to the damning conclusions of a public inquiry into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Former Prime…

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Malta: Apology accepted: Caruana Galizia family want full accountability after inquiry report

The family of Daphne Caruana Galizia have accepted the Prime Minister's apology on the State's shortcomings for having fostered the environment that led to the journalist's assassination. During a press event, Daphne Caruana Galizia's son Paul said that…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

Times of Malta says that President George Vella must apologise on behalf of the state after a court said it should "shoulder responsibility" for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.…

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Malta: Caruana Galizia inquiry board proposes police unit to protect journalists

A board of inquiry appointed to investigate the circumstances leading to the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has called for the appointment of a police unit entrusted with protecting…

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Malta: Degiorgio brothers and Vince Muscat lose case over the way they were arrested

George and Alfred Degiorgio and Vince Muscat have lost their Constitutional case in which they complained about the way they had been arrested. They filed the case against the State…

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Malta: Thief held up grocer after having first offered him sex with his wife

A man who made off with a cash register from a grocery store held up the shopkeeper at gunpoint after having offered him sex with his wife as payment in…

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Malta: Man stabbed to death in Mellieħa

A 44-year-old man was found dead after he was stabbed on Friday morning in Mellieħa. The police were called to assist at 00.45am by a woman on Friday. The 44-year-old…

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Malta: Architects guilty of causing death of Miriam Pace get community service

A court has declared two architects guilty of causing the death of Miriam Pace, who died in the rubble of her home, which collapsed following works on a construction site…

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Malta: Boy, 7, beaten and forced to have sex with prostitutes

An appeals court has confirmed an eight-year jail sentence for a man who subjected his seven-year old son to a life of sex, beatings, pornography, prostitution and drugs. Judgment was…

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Malta: Crypto wallet used to store loot from $700,000 fraud, court told

A 25-year-old company director has been denied bail this afternoon after being charged with fraudulently obtaining $700,000 from a car dealer and storing them in a “crypto wallet,” to which…

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Malta: Caruana Galizia public inquiry ‘will conclude its duties by 15 July’

The public inquiry into whether the State did enough to prevent the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has announced that it will be concluding its duties by 15 July.…

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Malta: Daphne killers knew of police raid down to the hour-Vince Muscat

Men accused of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had information about an impending police raid down to the hour when it was to take place, one of the journalist’s killers…

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Malta: Four new magistrates sworn in

This morning, four new Magistrates, who were appointed last week, took their oath of office in front of the President of Malta. Magistrates Noel Bartolo, Leonard Caruana, Lara Lanfranco and…

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Malta: Man who strangled a girl has 18 year sentence confirmed on appeal

A man who was sentenced to 18 years in prison after strangling a girl while committing robbery on her and her friend, had his sentence confirmed after three judges dismissed…

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Malta: Couple cleared of rape in trial lasting just one day

A Tunisian man and his Maltese girlfriend have been cleared of the aggravated rape of a Maltese woman after a trial lasting just one day. In a marathon sitting, ending…

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Malta: Money launderer spied on women with secret toilet cameras

Thousands of photos of women taken by secret cameras placed in a female toilet were found on the electronic devices of Albert Buttigieg, who is charged with money laundering. The…

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Malta: Man admits to harassing woman walking her dog in Birkirkara

A Syrian man, aged 22 has pleaded guilty to harassing a woman who was walking her dog in Birkirkara. Abdallah Ilewe appeared in front of Claire Stafrace Zammit, charged with…

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Malta: Progress Press initiates legal proceedings to recover $5 million

Progress Press, the printing of Allied Group has filed a judicial protest against disgraced former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and two of its former managing directors, in a…

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Malta: DJ who died tragically in a collision was blamed for the accident

A DJ who in 2016 died tragically in a traffic accident was blamed for the accident, while the Court acquitted the driver who was charged with his manslaughter. The accident,…

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Malta: Carmelo Abela recalls testimony in HSBC heist case: ‘Prosecution did not ask for me specifically’

Carmelo Abela has recalled testifying in the 2010 HSBC heist case, insisting though that the prosecution did not summon him personally but the bank. After claiming that he could not remember…

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Malta: PwC says it did not audit Progress Press grant application

Two representatives from PwC told the court that they only got to know that Progress Press had applied for a grant with Malta Enterprise during an audit of the company’s…

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Malta: Man arraigned in Court charged with money-laundering – claims he was saving money from his pension

Mario Brignone, 66, from Bormla was arraigned in Court, charged with money-laundering and of breaching the conditions imposed by the Court in which he had been granted bail for money-laundering…

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Malta: Malta Enterprise official tells court he saw no fraud in Progress Press funding

A Malta Enterprise official responsible for handling funding applications saw no fraud by Progress Press in an application that led to money laundering charges against the company, he told a…

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Malta: Repubblika withdraws constitutional case on judicial appointments

Civil society organization Repubblika renounced its legal case on judicial appointments following a recent pronouncement by the European Court of Justice. The NGO had asked the European Court of Justice…

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Malta: Young man tries to escape Police custody twice and drags them for 4 metres after being caught with drugs

A young man, aged 20, has been sentenced to a year in jail and fined €1,300 after he was found guilty of having drugs and resisting arrest. Speaking in front…

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Malta: Nationalist MP Karol Aquilina charged with dangerous driving

Nationalist MP Karol Aquilina has been arraigned in court and charged with dangerous driving and with getting into a Police escort, in a case that goes back to June two…

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