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L-Istrina
returns triumphant in record charity bonanza
Labour MP’s ignore boycott directive
G’Mangia - Istrina hit new highs yesterday. Until going
to the print, the live programme on PBS had raised over Lm 700,000
The startling figure exceeds last year’s figure despite
a boycott ordered against the programme by Dr Alfred Sant, the Malta
Labour party leader. The programme hosted by popular host Peppi
Azzopardi hit at the hearts of Maltese ensuring success by the many
gifts which included a give-away car every hour. The programme had
one major highlight with the appearance of Labour MPs Karmenu Vella
and Profs Louis Buhagiar who opted to ignore Dr Sant’s directive
and visit the PBS live set. The figure collected dwarfed the Lm44,000
collected during a Super One so called charity marathon screened
on Friday which featured Alfred Sant reading a St Francis prayer.
Early on in the day, the administration at Super 1 made it a point
to contact all Super 1 employees to ensure that they would not participate
in Istrina. But the advice was apparently ignored by the acting
crew of Simpatici and Super 1 TV presenter Sandro Mangion.
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Curia urges
Church schools to take in immigrant children
Reactions to MaltaToday report confirm suspicions
By Matthew
Vella
Floriana – Raw nerve in the Curia’s initial reactions
to MaltaToday’s front-page report on immigrant children being
turned away by schools. In a press release by the Archbishop’s
Curia later this week, Education Services Director Br Saviour Gatt
FSC urged Church schools to help immigrant children and refugees.
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Cilia made
tidy packets from sporting events
MaltaToday’s investigations into Joe Cilia’s shady deals
have broken new ground as more reports emerge of the Labour MP’s
misdemeanours whilst Parliamentary Secretary for Youth and Sports
between 1996-1998. READ
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Commentary:
 Goodbye
2002. Hello 2003
Malta was one step closer to Europe in 2002. In a gruelling year
of negotiations Malta settled for special arrangements with the
European Union Commission. Ship repair, hunting, property and
fishing were given special treatment, yet at the end of the day,
the decision over European Union membership will hang over the
competition in the market and job opportunities. READ
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Charity,
but far from home
The root of all problems lies in the duopoly of Maltese politics,
the fact that everything is red and blue and that there is
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What a week!
There has never been a better time for Maltese literature.
Melanie Gretchen talks to Mark Vella, director of Minima
Publishing House |
News:
Teachers of Maltese continue to
cast doubt over demotion of A-level for Laws
Students: self-confident or confused?
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