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A former restaurateur stands accused of stealing around €70,000 worth of goods from 21 construction sites and half-finished houses over the past months.  Joseph Polidano, a 49-year old Birżebbuġa resident who is currently unemployed, is alleged to have entered the vacant sites to steal tools, appliances and other household items over a three-month span beginning in November and continuing even on Christmas Day.   Police arrested him on Sunday night and found many of the items reported sto...

Monday 9.30am The President holds a video call with Mario Farrugia Borg, High Commissioner-designate of Malta to Australia. Tuesday 10am The President receives a courtesy call by Samantha Pace Gasan, Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability, at San Anton Place, Attard. Wednesday 10am The President receives a courtesy call by Prince Augusto Ruffo di Calabria, Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, at San Anton Palace....

Drastic action is needed to improve air quality after years of inaction, the ADPD political party said on Saturday. The party observed that the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) and the Ministry for the Environment are currently preparing an air quality plan in accordance with the EUs Ambient Air Quality Directive. The directive and the relevant Maltese regulations set limit values for a number of air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM10). ADPD Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo sa...

Burmarrad farmers join Graffitti in new front against Infrastructure Malta Road-widening projects again cutting into fertile agrictural land in rural villages 13 February 2021, 12:34pm by Matthew Vella Farmers, residents and activists in Burmarrad joined forces on the site of agricultural land and a nearby reservoir in danger of being lost due to proposed road works by Infrastructure Malta. Infrastructure Malta formally presented plans to build a roundabout right next to the site of a proposed...

Infrastructure Malta installs Marsa-Qormi footbridge Infrastructure agency installs two 40-tonne steel footbridges connecting the different residential areas of Marsa and the centre of Qormi 10 February 2021, 11:08am by Jonas Simbeye The 40-tonne arch steel footbridges will connect Dicembru Tlettax Road with the Marsa-Hamrun Bypass, in Santa Venera Infrastructure Malta has installed two 40-tonne arch steel footbridges which will connect Dicembru Tlettax Road with the Marsa-Hamrun Bypass, in Sa...

[WATCH] AFM members receive COVID vaccinations Workers within the disciplined forces are next on the priority list to receive the vaccine against COVID-19 9 February 2021, 10:47am by Nicole Meilak Members of the Armed Forces of Malta have begun receiving vaccinations against COVID-19. A medical team within the AFM has been tasked with administering the vaccine at the Luqa headquarters, while another centre will be set up within the Academy for Disciplined Forces at Ta Kandja in the coming days...

Members of the forces of law and order have started to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the government said. It said in a statement that the Armed Forces of Malta’s medical team are administering the jab from the armys general headquarters in Luqa. Another centre is to be added in the coming days at the Academy for Disciplinary Forces in Ta’ Kandja. Thousands of workers will be vaccinated during this phase, including the police, soldiers, officers at the Corradino Correctional Facilities, fi...

Elit’Avia Announces Successful Year Despite Challenges of Global Pandemic Share Article LUQA, Malta (PRWEB) February 09, 2021 Elit’Avia, a fully-integrated provider of business aircraft sales, leasing, charter, aircraft management and related services, today announced that with 6,615 flight hours, 2020 was the company’s second busiest year since foundation in 2006. Elit’Avia’s recent success may be attributed to the resi...

During his lengthy testimony, Borg recalled how his involvement in the property market had brought him in touch with Pio Camilleri, a member of a political clique who allegedly forced him to relinquish plots of land in exchange for permits against his will. His reluctance to part with property that was rightfully his had been met with bomb threats and even physical violence, Borg told the court, recounting one episode when Camilleri had allegedly stormed into his office, overturned his desk, an...

Nearly 5,000 objections have been filed against the proposed Burmarrad roundabout that threatens arable land and the destruction of a 500-year-old reservoir farmers in the area depend on. The growing number of objectors was welcomed by Moviment Graffitti, which described the roundabout as “unnecessary”, claiming it would ruin agricultural land and the historical reservoir, together with a watercourse that sustains farming in the wider area. Infrastructure Malta’s second phase of the Burma...