| Elderly man dies in Lija |
| The police reported that an 82-year-old man was found dead on Tuesday morning in Triq Merino in Lija after it seemed he fell off a ladder the previous evening. An autopsy is to be carried out.
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| 20 years on and still growing |
| I am very pleased to have visited Malta International Airport today. The work done by those who planned the airport in 1992 have made it possible for it to be able to cater for the advances Malta made. The high quality service we are witnessing today is not only an achievement for the airport, but [...] |
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| Increased trade in vegetables |
| The volume of fresh fruit and vegetables passing through official markets in the fourth quarter last year went up by 4.1 per cent, amounting to 8.9 million kilograms, when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2010, the NSO said on Tuesday. The wholesale value of fresh fruit and vegetables increased by 2.5 per cent to [...] |
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| Man arrested after heroin find |
| The police reported that a 41-year-old man was arrested after heroin and cannabis resin were found at his residence in Cospicua.
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| Air Malta flight returns due to damaged cockpit window |
| Air Malta s flight KM 328, from Malta to Frankfurt, returned to Malta this afternoon as a precautionary measure due to a damaged cockpit window. The flight was uneventful and the aircraft landed normally.
Following an aircraft change, flights KM 328/9 will be operated by another aircraft in order to minimise disruption and get passengers to their [...] |
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| Off-duty bus driver loses job |
| Arriva has reported that an off-duty bus driver who was involved in an incident with a passenger on a bus last Friday has been fired. The bus driver, who was in uniform, was returning home when he was involved in an incident with a passenger in Floriana.
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| Average seat load factor registers significant increase |
| Malta International Airport has reported that traffic for 2012 at Malta International Airport continued on the trend outlined in the last quarter of 2011, when the average seat load factor reached 65.2% a significant increase of 5.1 percentage points when compared to January 2011.
Passenger movements for the first month of the year reached 165,969; [...] |
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| Thirteen refugees leave for the US |
| Thirteen persons from Somalia and Eritrea, made up of 8 single adults and 2 couples one of which with a child, left today to start a new life in the United States, under the US Refugee Resettlement Program (USRRP).
This latest departure brings the total of beneficiaries of international protection who were resettled to the United [...] |
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| Four arrested, officer injured in drug raid |
| Three men, a 25-year-old man from Valletta, a 29-year-old and a 47-year-old both from Cospicua and a 29-year-old woman from Marsa were arrested after they were found in possession of heroin in a raid in Marsa on Sunday morning.
A Drugs Squad police officer was also injured during the raid; the policeman approached the driver of [...] |
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| Man found dead in Marsa stable |
| A man was found dead at a stable in Marsa, on Sunday morning. An autopsy is being held on Tuesday.
The police said they found the body of a 53 year old man on the stairs of the stable, in Triq it-Tigrija, Marsa, at around 10.15hrs CET.
An inquiry is being held.
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