Keith Schembri & others to spend weekend in prison ahead of bail hearing

Mar 26 2021

Former Chief of Staff for the Office of the Prime Minister Keith Schembri is set to spend the weekend at Corradino Correctional Facility after his bail request was denied and scheduled for 29th March.

Schembri, along with others, was arrested and charged on Saturday 20th March and denied bail due to potential tampering of evidence or fears of fleeing the country.

Today’s court appearance for a compilation of evidence revealed a deep entanglement of offshore accounts for alleged profit off passport kickbacks and purchasing of printing equipment for Allied Newspapers.

Today’s appearance also revealed that Schembri had set up a Pilatus Bank account only weeks before the passport kickbacks scheme.

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Longer days ahead with clocks to go forward on Sunday

Mar 26 2021

You know summer is coming when that faithful day arrives and clocks are scheduled to go forward and that day is Sunday.

On Sunday 28th March, clocks must go forward at 2:00am on the dot which will give us another hour of daylight, signalling the impending arrival of the summer season.

While the weather has yet to evolve into its summer state, with temperatures remaining at a steady level until the anticipated increase in a few weeks time.

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St. Julian’s band club granted new hall for musical learning from Voluntary Organisations Contingency Fund

Mar 26 2021

During a visit to the St. Julian’s Band Club’s hall for musical learning, which is expected to be finished by the end of the year, Parliamentary Secretary for Sports, Recreation and Voluntary Organisations Clifton Grima highlighted that this project became a reality thanks to the €10,000 grant from the Voluntary Organisations Contingency Fund.

Posted by Clifton Grima on Friday, 26 March 2021

Grima went on to thank the St. Julian’s Band Club and its members for the tireless voluntary work being done for over 90 years.

He went on to highlight how the fund will provide better-structured acoustic technology as part of an investment worth around €33,000.

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Four new speed cameras to be installed along Coast Road in coming days

Mar 26 2021

The Local Enforcement System Agency (LESA) has announced that four new speed cameras are to be installed along both sides of the Naxxar Coast Road.

Increasing reports of traffic incidents, grievous injuries and even deaths had raised concerns and the installation of the cameras may contribute to a decrease in such incidents, with Transport Malta already approving the installation.

Recommendations for also made from a Magisterial Inquiry as well as various Maltese drivers and many will surely welcome the increased prioritisation of traffic safety going forward.

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