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Learning from the Price Club saga


Newsreport
by Saviour Balzan

Stopping the inevitable

Peter Busuttil

I POLL
Ipoll Last Week

Should warships be allowed to pay courtesy visits in Maltese ports?

John Bonello
and
Victor Fiorini

Yellow Web Pages








Confirmed: Brain, heart and spine birth defects linked to landfills
An eminent study carried out in a number of European countries and published in The Lancet concludes that there is a higher risk of birth defects in babies whose mothers live close to landfill sites that handle hazardous chemical wastes.
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Brutal Maltese human traffickers on the loose

- victims found with blows to head, Maltese arrested identified
The unscrupulous Maltese immigrant smugglers, thought to be responsible for the deaths of two Iraqis and two North Africans this week were released from custody for lack of evidence. [READ MORE]

People

Vincent Moran
He was forced to resign as Labour party minister over a controversial story which appeared in the ‘Il-Gens’ newspaper. Today, Vincent Moran looks back on his political career and tells RAY ABDILLA that his regrets are few, if not none

Sport today

Sailing towards success the Maltese way
Sailing is quickly growing in popularity. Not only is it a sport where tactical awareness and skill are important, it could also be developed greatly to Malta’s benefit, since the island is surrounded by sea, as Alfie Manduca, sailing enthusiast and skipper of the Maltese Falcon, tells RAY ABDILLA.


Opinion

The transitory period
Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi talks of misleading questions and a warped presentation of the facts on the latest in European Union negotiations

MaltaToday campaign

Ensuring everyone can enjoy the sea
Inspector Alexander Miruzzi of the ALE tells MIRIAM DUNN how the police are trying to educate people in a bid to make our waters safe

Local news

Stanley Leisure to return to UK
Less than a year since Stanley Leisure set up its Internet betting arm in tax-friendly Malta, the company has announced that it will be repatriating its Malta operations back to the UK by the end of the year.


Bistra rots: as authorities look the other way
They are the most interesting catacombs complex outside the Rabat area – Mario Buhagiar
One week after MaltaToday brought to light the sorry state of the Tal-Bistra catacombs none of the authorities have reacted to the report, or more so taken action to preserve this unique archaeological gem.

A ‘permsec’s’ war with the ‘parlsecs’
Mr Edward Gauci Borda, a Permanent Secretary with the Ministry of Agriculture, last week accused Parliamentary Secretaries, George Pullicino and George Hyzler of trying to forget the ‘shady’ past, at the Aquaculture centre for reasons known to them alone

Libel case reaffirms divide between Sant and Mintoff
On Friday, MLP deputy leader Joe Brincat told the Court, that he never wrote that former Prime Minister, Dom Mintoff voted against the Malta Labour Party because of his interest in the Gharix.




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Editor: Saviour Balzan
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