Kurt Sansone

Malta

Journalist at Malta Today

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MIDI ready to discuss returning Manoel Island to government in partial victory for NGOs

2 weeks ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

MIDI plc said on Sunday night it is “committed to find a solution for Manoel Island to revert to government”, marking a dramatic shift in position. The statement came almost a month after MIDI CEO Mark Portelli told MaltaToday that giving up Manoel Island is “not a discussion” the company can have, and hours after Prime Minister Robert Abela pledged to do all he can to return Manoel Island to public ownership.
Rosianne Cutajar calls out magistrate who refused Robert Aquilina arrest warrant

3 weeks ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar has called out Magistrate Kevan Azzopardi for not issuing an arrest warrant in the domestic abuse case involving Robert Aquilina. Cutajar said that with the risk assessment carried out on the victim indicating a high level of danger, the magistrate should have acceded to the police request for an arrest warrant. “If it wasn’t Robert Aquilina and it was someone else, would he have been arrested? Yes.
BirdLife Malta condemns Popeye Village light show that disturbed protected seabird

3 weeks ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

BirdLife Malta has condemned the light and sound show held at Popeye Village over the weekend that disturbed the natural habitat of a protected seabird. The bird conservation group joined the Malta Ranger Unit (MRU)in condemning the commercial event that was held within a Natura 2000 site. During the event, the cliffsides were bathed in coloured lighting that was accompanied by loud music.
Freedom Flotilla in renewed attempt to break Israel's Gaza blockade

3 weeks ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

A group of pro-Palestinian activists set sail from Catania on board the Madleen on Sunday in a renewed effort to break Israel’s blockade and reach Gaza. The group includes climate activist Greta Thunberg, French MEP aims Rima Hassan and Game Of Thrones star Liam Cunningham. “We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying,” Thunberg said, bursting into tears during her speech before departure. “Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity.
Darren Carabott calls for ‘courageous’ decision on Manoel Island

3 weeks ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Darren Carabott has become the latest Nationalist MP to support a renegotiation of the Manoel Island project so that it is returned to the public as a park. “The environment, open spaces, aesthetics and greenery are a need in today’s world and not a luxury. And if it is a need for the Maltese people, then everything can be done in the public interest,” Carabott wrote in a Facebook post.
PN fails to submit accounts, donation report yet again

4 weeks ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Political parties are obliged to file their statement of accounts and donation reports with the Electoral Commission every year. These documents are then published on the commission’s website after vetting. Neither the PN’s donation report, nor its statement of accounts are available for 2024. Indeed, the last time the PN published its donation report was in 2021 and the last statement of accounts goes back to 2020. The party has been in breach of the law ever since.
Mater Dei Hospital produced 11,000 tonnes of clinical waste

1 month ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Mater Dei Hospital produced approximately 11,000 tonnes of clinical waste last year, figures tabled in parliament show. As expected, clinical waste was by far the largest waste stream to come out of the general hospital that produced a total of just over 13,000 tonnes of waste. The statistics were tabled by Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela in reply to a parliamentary question by Nationalist MP Ian Vassallo Hagi.
LIVE | Maksar gang trial: Former minister Chris Cardona gives brief testimony

1 month ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Kurt Sansone / Jaelle Borg 1 min read 🔴 LIVE The trial by jury of four men accused of involvement in the murders of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 and lawyer Carmel Chircop in 2015 continues on Thursday. Brothers Robert and Adrian Agius, known as Tal-Maksar, Jamie Vella, and George Degiorgio, known as Iċ-Ċiniż, stand charged with complicity in the two killings.
Robert Abela mulls cabinet changes as Byron Camilleri wants out of home affairs

1 month ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

The prime minister is mulling over a series of changes within his cabinet, prompted by Byron Camilleri’s insistence to relinquish the Home Affairs Ministry, MaltaToday has learnt. Camilleri is understood to have been requesting a change in portfolio ever since the theft of cannabis from an Armed Forces of Malta compound. An inquiry exonerated Camilleri from any responsibility but the case caused major embarrassment to the government.
Malta to ratify high seas treaty at upcoming UN ocean conference in Nice

1 month ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Malta has confirmed it will be among the countries ratifying the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty—also known as the High Seas Treaty—next month. The ratification will happen at the third UN Ocean Conference that is taking place in Nice, France. The High Seas Treaty addresses a long-standing gap in ocean protection by providing a legal framework for conserving and sustainably using marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.