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FREE! THINK Magazine WITH MALTATODAY Newspaper post YOUR FIRST READ AND CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT 2 SUNDAY • 23 SEPTEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 985 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Blacks barred from Marsa band club 24 women have been murdered by men since 1981 Women take to the streets of Valletta to raise awareness on the femicide problem in Malta PAGE 6 Analysis PAGE 13 SUNDAY • 23 SEPTEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 985 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday Air Malta on collision course with its pilots KARL AZZOPARDI A band club in Marsa is breaking the law by refusing entrance to black people under the guise of a members- only policy, MaltaToday can reveal. The discriminatory policy has been adopted by the Holy Trinity Band Club situated in Marsa's main square opposite the parish church and a few doors down from the po- lice station. Band club President Clinton Sam- mut has denied the existence of such a policy, insisting the premises were "open to all". Magazine MALTATODAY today 2 Adrian Buckle takes the Q&A ENVIRONMENT Not a no man's land INSIDE MaltaToday2 a policy, insisting the premises were PAGE 6 YANNICK PACE AIR Malta has once again found itself locked in talks with its pilots over their working conditions, de- spite both parties having agreed to a new collective agreement ear- lier this year. An agreement was signed in Jan- uary after months of tense nego- tiations between ALPA, the pilots' union, and the airline. The pilots were the last of the airline's work- ers to agree to a new deal after similar agreements were reached with other groups of employees. Tourism minister Konrad Mizzi maintained throughout that the new agreements needed to be signed by the start of the year in order for Air Malta to have the flexibility needed to increase its route network. Airline management sources who spoke to MaltaToday said the latest disagreements were rooted in various factors ranging from those related with the collective agreement, to tensions arising from the fact that the government last year set up a new airline to hold Air Malta's London landing slots, which pilots fear could be used against them in the future. slots, which pilots fear could be used against them PAGE 4 SUNDAY • malta SUNDAY • 23 SEPTEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 985 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today today • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY SUNDAY • €1.95 Violence on women Angele Deguara calls for cultural shift