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Minister Shares that COVID-19 Vaccinations at St. Vincent de Paul Home are ‘Ahead of Schedule’   The current coronavirus vaccination programme at St. Vincent de Paul home for the elderly is advancing ahead of schedule, as Minister for Active Ageing Michael Farrugia shared.     Farrugia explained that all residents of the facility who accepted vaccination – about 880 – had been administered the first dose and this Friday, they will be administered the second dose too.   He continued,...

Lockerbie bombing: Megrahis posthumous appeal rejected by Scottish judges Five Scottish judges have upheld the 2001 verdict against Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the only person convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people. Last weeks decision is the second time an appeal on Megrahis behalf has been rejected by the courts amid the continued suppression of contradictory evidence. In 2002, an initial appeal was thrown out. In 2009, Megr...

The son of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has lost an appeal against his late fathers conviction. The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21 1988, killed 270 people in Britains largest terrorist atrocity. Former Libyan intelligence officer Megrahi was found guilty in 2001 of mass murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years - the only person convicted of the attack. A third appeal against his conviction was heard in November at the ...

Advocate depute Ronald Clancy has given evidence to the third appeal against his conviction in Edinburgh.

A Swiss businessman wrote to the CIA shortly after the Lockerbie bombing, blaming Libya for the atrocity which led to the deaths of 270 people, the…

Menu   How a bomb got on Flight 103 Lockerbie trial told how bags were transferred to doomed plane at Heathrow Procedures for loading baggage at Heathrow airport came under scrutiny yesterday at the trial of the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing. Staff working at the airport on the night of the 1988 disaster told the court at Camp Zeist in Holland how bags were transferred on to the doomed flight. The hearing heard that construction work was going on at the time a...

German supermarket giant Lidl will be expanding its reach by taking over three locations occupied by Scotts supermarkets outlets. Lidl will be taking over the outlets in Sliema, Żabbar and Burmarrad, Scotts managing director Mario Said confirmed. A promise of sale agreement between Scotts, which runs seven outlets, and Lidl was valid until March, he said. “The date of completion does not depend on us as we are awaiting approval by the Office for Competition and the Planning Authority. We are...

Pietà is one of the historical peripheral towns of Valletta dating back to circa 1800. It boasts a rich heritage of unique scheduled buildings, with a few having beautiful baroque and neoclassical gardens. The Grade 1 scheduled property Villa Frere is perhaps the most well-known, as a result of the incredible work of Perit Edward Said and the team at Friends of Villa Frere. In addition, the locality also includes the beautiful but incredibly dilapidated Palazzo Windward and Villa Gwardamangia,...

21 things to look out for in 2021 Kurt Sansone’s list is the only one you may want to refer back to at the end of the year 7 January 2021, 7:58am by Kurt Sansone 1. A general election If Robert Abela’s wish to see the country return to business as usual by May does materialise and the poll numbers remain in his favour, the Prime Minister may just be tempted to call an election for June. It will be a short and intense election campaign – Abela’s first as Labour leader. Prime Minister Ro...

THE mystery of the Lockerbie disaster has never been solved but, according to a South African newspaper the “shocking truth is that Western intelligence agencies were complicit in the murders” of the 270 people who died. In an article reprinted on Professor Robert Black QC’s The Lockerbie Case blog, The Star claimed that many analysts believed that the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – whose family is appealing to clear his name – was framed and the Scottish Government was involved in ...