Editorial Stand up Malta Newsreport by Saviour Balzan Limpets and urchins at Maghtab! Anna Schmidt
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Copies of confidential court documents pilfered from the courts have landed in the hands of the media. The evidence was collected by the secret service, SS, in their investigation of Mr Ronnie Agius, who is allegedly involved in mass contraband. [READ MORE] An operation carried out by divers from Messina’s Carabinieri investigating the wreck of the sunken Maltese fishing vessel, the Yiohan, in which just under 300 illegal immigrants had drowned, concluded on Friday.The search, which had commenced two weeks ago, was successful in locating and extensively filming the wreck, which had sunk on 26 December 1996 – bringing 283 hopeful yet illegal immigrants along with it to a watery grave. [READ MORE]
Anthony Borg Barthet On prosecuting, presidential pardons and political trials As Attorney General he has publicly criticised the jury system, advised on some of the most controversial Presidential Pardons awarded and today he gives his thoughts on the great divorce debate.
A sport in which self discipline is the key Omar Azzopardi has become something of an unsung hero in Malta after winning the Cadets’ under 18’s Kata Traditional Karate European Championship. Karate is, admittedly, not given much media coverage here, but it does have something of a niche following, as Franco Azzopardi, President of the Traditional Karate Federation of Malta, tells RAY ABDILLA
When a man steals… Andrew Sultana is shocked by a recent court decision which landed Mohammend Sebaa six months in jail. He asks why he is enjoying state hospitality instead of just being deported
Keeping the beaches safe A day out at the beach should be fun and relaxing, but there are hidden dangers both in and out of the sea, as St John’s Ambulance volunteer, Gemma Sirol, tells MIRIAM DUNN
Gov’t sleeps over expropriation of Bistra Catacombs Eleven years after the expropriation of the property where the Ta’ Bistra catacombs are situated, no fence has yet been erected and a substantial part of the catacombs are still on private land Food
price war Acquittals
blamed on jury system Alternattiva
publishes study on electromagnetic radiation Price
Club talks with foreign investors as Andrews Feeds show interest
Children
blocking emergency lines Remote
possibility for major earthquake - Peter Cordina, CPD The GWU is encouraged by the response it has received from the Maltese public for the petition against child labour and will shortly participate in a number of meetings with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions over the development of the campaign
Maltese-US immigrant roots uncovered KURT SANSONE discovers documents of all the Maltese who had immigrated to the United States at the turn of century
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