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CDAU clinics that specialise in treatment and therapy for young children with autism, Down syndrome and speech difficulties are in dire need of refurbishment, N

The Nationalist Party says the Labour government is not credible on its Low Carbon Development Strategy

Earlier this month, Christian Peregin made the shock move from media to politics, leaving the successful news website he founded to join a political party behind in the polls. He speaks to Jacob Borg about his plans.  You’re the PN’s new strategist. What does this role entail exactly? My contract is tied to the electoral campaign. I hope to be helping to communicate the vision of the next government. Presumably you must have certain targets. What’s the plan, are you looking to just help...

The Nationalist Party has accused PBS of censorship after the national news service failed to carry a statement by Opposition leader Bernard Grech calling on th

Nationalist Party files protest with Broadcasting Authority after PBS does not air Bernard Grech’s call for Minister Carmelo Abela’s resignation during evening bulletin

Minister Carmelo Abela on Wednesday ignored questions over whether he had offered to resign, following claims linking him to a failed HSBC Bank heist 11 years ago. Abela also said he was seeking advice concerning a letter sent to the EU justice commissioner by brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, in which the two murder suspects implicated the minister in the botched 2010 robbery.  Times of Maltareported earlier on Wednesday that the Degiorgio brothers had written to commissioner Didier Reynd...

He again denied any involvement, insisting the claims are untrue. In their letter, the brothers, who are charged with committing Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, alleged that Abela was crucial to providing information and equipment to help criminals carry out the daring hold-up on HSBC headquarters in 2010. At the time, Abela was a manager with access to equipment that produced the access cards. Abela has denied the accusations, insisting he never knew the people making the claims. This is th...

News Infrastructure Malta awards over €1m to contractor linked to building collapse that claimed Miriam Pace’s life… after her death 5 hours ago The companies owned by Ludwig Dimech, the contractor linked to the building collapse that claimed the life of Miriam Pace, 54, on 2 March 2020, has been awarded over €1 million in direct orders and contracts, according to documents tabled in parliament. In response to a parliamentary question by Opposition MP David Thake who requested a list o...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia has told parliament that he cannot force ministers to provide details about the people employed by the government on a position of trust basis.  Opposition MPs David Thake and Jason Azzopardi have been asking ministers over the past weeks to list each individual occupying a position of trust, how much they earn each year, and when their contract expires.  Position of trust positions are often seen as a way to give unjustified promotions to friends and supporters, bypass...

The Nationalist Party has protested to the Broadcasting Authority that the Opposition leaders wife was not invited to a programme featuring Mothers Day, in which the wife of the prime minister was a guest. The programme, Serataron, was transmitted on Friday. Party general secretary Francis Zammit Dimech said that the constitution (regarding fair broadcasting) had been breached even on an issue on which there should be no political divide. He said the PN is demanding a remedy. Party spokesman Da...