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Talk to us | 2131 2020 | bov.com All loans are subject to normal bank lending criteria, credit approval by the Bank and a credit agreement. Further terms and conditions are available from www.bov.com. Issued by Bank of Valletta p.l.c., 58, Triq San Żakkarija, Il-Belt Valletta VLT 1130. Bank of Valletta p.l.c. is a public limited company regulated by the MFSA and is licensed to carry out the business of banking in terms of the Banking Act (Cap. 371 of the Laws of Malta). KEEP YOUR BUSINESS STRONG FINANCING FOR BUSINESS BOV MDB COVID-19 ASSIST WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 WEDNESDAY • 27 MAY 2020 • ISSUE 689 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY EDITORIAL • PAGE 11 PAGE 5 Non-voters outnumber PN voters among university graduates Authorities claim most migrants on Captain Morgan ships, came from countries 'considered safe' KURT SANSONE MORE migrants were transferred to the Captain Morgan vessels outside Maltese territorial waters yesterday after the army was involved in another rescue operation. This brings the total of migrants on board the three tourist vessels to more than 350, according to a spokesperson for the Home Affairs Ministry. The Armed Forces of Malta was involved in the rescue of 90 migrants on Monday night and these were transferred to one of the Captain Morgan ships early on Tuesday. Women and children who were among those rescued were brought ashore. Asked for a breakdown of nationalities of people on board the Captain Morgan vessels, the spokes- person said "the majority" are from countries "considered safe". PAGES 6-7 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 Floriana football celebrations 'worrying' for health authorities MATTHEW AGIUS PERMISSION to sail to Libya was never requested from the Sanctions Monitoring Board by the charterers operating RHIBs that were used to ferry mercenaries from the war-torn North African country to Malta. Lawyers for Maltese businessman James Fenech, who is accused of breaching EU sanctions on Libya, told a court this morn- ing that Fenech's company Sovereign Char- terers had simply chartered boats to evacu- ate a group of oil workers from Libya. Fenech appeared in the dock before Mag- istrate Donatella Frendo Dimech, accused together with four Maltese men – Michael Cauchi, Konrad Agius, Charles Bugeja and Bertrand Agius – of supplying men and equipment to a United Arab Emirates com- pany now suspected of acting as a front to assist mercenaries in a helicopter gunship operation for General Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan Nation- al Army. Boats that ferried Libya mercenaries to Malta lacked permit from sanctions board James Fenech