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Valletta arrests follow pickpocketing reportsFour people have been arrested in connection with suspected pickpocketing in Valletta, according to Home Affairs Minister Glenn Bedingfield, who said police moved from the first reports to the arrests within days.
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GWU presses Malta on foreign worker enforcementThe General Workers’ Union has raised concerns about the exploitation of foreign workers in Malta and called for stronger enforcement, according to The Malta Independent Online.
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Msida loses parking and asks to be heardMsida local council has accused Infrastructure Malta of failing to consult it over parking restrictions linked to the Msida Creek Project, saying about 164 spaces have been lost since the works began and residents are being left to discover changes after the fact.
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Fake detergent pitch ends in prisonA court jailed Tania Borg for three years and ordered €15,000 repaid to the victim.
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Pedestrian seriously injured after motorbike collision in MostaA man was seriously injured after being hit by a motorbike on Triq San Pawl Tal-Qliegħa in Mosta, police said.
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Two taken to hospital in Mosta crashPolice told Lovin Malta a pedestrian and a motorcyclist were injured in Triq San Pawl tal-Qliegħa.
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Bombi stop closes as Floriana works shut underpass tooWorks in Triq Nazzjonali have closed the Bombi 1 bus stop in Floriana and the nearby pedestrian underpass, forcing commuters who use that route to change buses at the Valletta terminus instead.
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Seven Held in Two Drug RaidsPolice said searches in Marsa and St Julian’s found suspected synthetic drugs, cash and vehicles.
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MFSA Flags Shortcomings in Insurance Costs and Customer ProtectionMaltaToday reports that the Malta Financial Services Authority has flagged shortcomings in insurance costs and customer protection.
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Nurses’ union wants employers to payMUMN says budget charges on third-country workers risk driving foreign nurses out of Malta.
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Gozo budget puts crossings firstThe 2027 allocation rises to €141 million, with ferry fares, roads and grid links at the centre.
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MCAST managers to get salary increases under new collective agreementMCAST managers are set to receive salary increases and improved working conditions under a new collective agreement signed between the college and the Malta Union of Teachers.
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Ombudsman intervention lifts ABA therapy refund banThe Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability has lifted its blanket refusal to refund Applied Behaviour Analysis therapy after an Ombudsman intervention found the policy inconsistent with the state’s own funding of the same kind of support elsewhere.
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Bad weather wipes out most of Gozo’s All Saints’ candle eventSeveral Gozitan villages cancelled their participation in Il-Mixegħla tal-Qaddisin on November 1 after hours of preparation, with bad weather largely shutting down one of the island’s more delicate annual religious traditions.
Malta15
Eight Years, and a Court Bound by a Lower CeilingFormer AFM soldier Lorin Scicluna was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of grievously injuring May Malimi and driving a vehicle without registration plates, in a case where the court said it could not go beyond nine years because of an error in the Attorney General’s indictment.
Malta16
Miami port holds the holiday stillAt least 15 Maltese passengers were left stranded after MSC Poesia was stopped in Miami.
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Architects stop BCA clearance applications over new rulesMalta’s Chamber of Architects has instructed periti to stop submitting clearance applications to the Building and Construction Agency, except in cases involving dangerous structures, in protest at regulatory changes it says could leave architects exposed to developers’ planning breaches.
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Enemalta puts €11m of Gozo grid work out to tenderEnemalta has issued two tenders with a combined value of almost €11 million for new cables in Gozo, opening the procurement stage of a network reinforcement project the company says is meant to make supply more robust and reliable.
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Street cannabis fines move to the spotThe government says tourists caught smoking cannabis in public will face an immediate €235 fine.
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AG office backs prosecutors, not answersAfter two murder-trial acquittals, the office said it would keep strengthening serious-case preparation.
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GWU presses Malta on foreign worker enforcementThe General Workers’ Union has raised concerns about the exploitation of foreign workers in Malta and called for stronger enforcement, according to The Malta Independent Online.
Malta03
Msida loses parking and asks to be heardMsida local council has accused Infrastructure Malta of failing to consult it over parking restrictions linked to the Msida Creek Project, saying about 164 spaces have been lost since the works began and residents are being left to discover changes after the fact.
Malta04
Fake detergent pitch ends in prisonA court jailed Tania Borg for three years and ordered €15,000 repaid to the victim.
Malta05
Pedestrian seriously injured after motorbike collision in MostaA man was seriously injured after being hit by a motorbike on Triq San Pawl Tal-Qliegħa in Mosta, police said.
Malta06
Two taken to hospital in Mosta crashPolice told Lovin Malta a pedestrian and a motorcyclist were injured in Triq San Pawl tal-Qliegħa.
Malta07
Bombi stop closes as Floriana works shut underpass tooWorks in Triq Nazzjonali have closed the Bombi 1 bus stop in Floriana and the nearby pedestrian underpass, forcing commuters who use that route to change buses at the Valletta terminus instead.
Malta08
Seven Held in Two Drug RaidsPolice said searches in Marsa and St Julian’s found suspected synthetic drugs, cash and vehicles.
Malta09
MFSA Flags Shortcomings in Insurance Costs and Customer ProtectionMaltaToday reports that the Malta Financial Services Authority has flagged shortcomings in insurance costs and customer protection.
Malta10
Nurses’ union wants employers to payMUMN says budget charges on third-country workers risk driving foreign nurses out of Malta.
Malta11
Gozo budget puts crossings firstThe 2027 allocation rises to €141 million, with ferry fares, roads and grid links at the centre.
Malta12
MCAST managers to get salary increases under new collective agreementMCAST managers are set to receive salary increases and improved working conditions under a new collective agreement signed between the college and the Malta Union of Teachers.
Malta13
Ombudsman intervention lifts ABA therapy refund banThe Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability has lifted its blanket refusal to refund Applied Behaviour Analysis therapy after an Ombudsman intervention found the policy inconsistent with the state’s own funding of the same kind of support elsewhere.
Malta14
Bad weather wipes out most of Gozo’s All Saints’ candle eventSeveral Gozitan villages cancelled their participation in Il-Mixegħla tal-Qaddisin on November 1 after hours of preparation, with bad weather largely shutting down one of the island’s more delicate annual religious traditions.
Malta15
Eight Years, and a Court Bound by a Lower CeilingFormer AFM soldier Lorin Scicluna was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of grievously injuring May Malimi and driving a vehicle without registration plates, in a case where the court said it could not go beyond nine years because of an error in the Attorney General’s indictment.
Malta16
Miami port holds the holiday stillAt least 15 Maltese passengers were left stranded after MSC Poesia was stopped in Miami.
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Architects stop BCA clearance applications over new rulesMalta’s Chamber of Architects has instructed periti to stop submitting clearance applications to the Building and Construction Agency, except in cases involving dangerous structures, in protest at regulatory changes it says could leave architects exposed to developers’ planning breaches.
Malta18
Enemalta puts €11m of Gozo grid work out to tenderEnemalta has issued two tenders with a combined value of almost €11 million for new cables in Gozo, opening the procurement stage of a network reinforcement project the company says is meant to make supply more robust and reliable.
Malta19
Street cannabis fines move to the spotThe government says tourists caught smoking cannabis in public will face an immediate €235 fine.
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AG office backs prosecutors, not answersAfter two murder-trial acquittals, the office said it would keep strengthening serious-case preparation.