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WEDNESDAY • 22 DECEMBER 2021 • ISSUE 769 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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Judge dismisses
case for the
dissolution of a
rural lease
PN backing L-Istrina,
despite some calls to
boycott President
386 new COVID-19 cases were
registered on Tuesday, figures
published by the Health Ministry
show.
No new deaths were registered
in the last 24-hours, with the
total number of deaths standing
at 471.
Active cases stand at 2,505
after 71 recoveries were regis-
tered.
There are currently 40 coro-
navirus patients being cared for
at Mater Dei Hospital, of which
five are in the ITU.
Until yesterday, 1,016,374 vac-
cine doses were administered,
of which 175,395 were booster
doses.
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COVID-19
surge sees
386 new
cases
Judge Wenzu Mintoff
Civil servants silent on role in
Caruana-Bogdanovic scandal
NICOLE MEILAK
SCANDAL-HIT Justyne Carua-
na's top civil servant has ignored
questions over his role in the
ethics breach involving the min-
ister.
Frank Fabri has failed to re-
spond to a series of questions,
including whether he should
resign after the Standards
Commissioner concluded that
he should not have signed a
contract awarded to Caruana's
close friend, Daniel Bogdano-
vic.
Education
Permanent
Secretary
Frank Fabri
ignores
questions after
damning ethics
report
Education minister
Justyne Caruana
breached ethics when
she awarded a contract
to her close friend.
Ministry officials tried to
cover up the mess