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THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2020 • ISSUE 54
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MASSIMO COSTA
A day after the International Monetary
Fund's economic forecast predicted a
2.8% contraction in Malta's economy
in 2020 due to the impact of COV-
ID-19, doubts have been cast over the
"overly optimistic" assessment.
e IMF said that Malta's economy
would shrink by 2.8%, representing
a negative shift of over 7 percentage
points from 2019, with the govern-
ment highlighting that this would
mean the country would suffer the
least impact in the entire EU.
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CORONAVIRUS
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BRACING OURSELVES FOR A LEANER, SMALLER AIR MALTA
7% overly optimistic: Chamber,
economists predict harsh 2020
Maghtab to host
state-of-the-art
waste management
facility to reduce
landfilling
COVID-19 ECONOMIC IMPACT ON MALTA
Philip von Brockdorff says a drop of 12% in 2020 – a 4.8% GDP
contraction is more realistic than the IMF's predicted 7& shift
Four charged with involuntary
homicide of Miriam Pace
MATTHEW AGIUS
FOUR people have pleaded not
guilty to the involuntary homi-
cide of Miriam Pace, who died
after her house collapsed.
e four - all of whom were on
police bail but were re-arrested
this morning - include the ar-
chitect and the contractor.
54-year-old Pace was buried
under the rubble of her home
after it collapsed in Triq Joseph
Abela Scolaro, on 2 March in
Hamrun.
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Six new cases,
including three
migrants at
Hal Far open
centre
Miriam Pace's house collpased at 2:30pm
