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TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2022 • ISSUE 1192 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday fight for Joseph Portelli plans 14-storey hotel for top part of seaside village PAGE 9 Lonelier are those with no sense of belonging to their village PAGE 11 Loneliness Xlendi KARL AZZOPARDI A former regional enforcement officer at the Local Enforcement Agency (LESA), has been trans- ferred to the Transport Malta enforcement unit, despite facing a number of investigations con- nected to his previous role. The individual in question is facing disciplinary proceedings after having deleted a number of contraventions issued to pol- iticians, their aides, business people and former top LESA of- ficials from the agency's system. The deleted contraventions range from exceeding the speed limit, to parking on double yel- low lines. According to a Times of Mal- ta report published last De- cember, the senior employee would mark them "cancelled", "withdrawn" or "not guilty". PAGE 4 LESA officer who deleted contraventions gets TM transfer €1.95 LESA official who deleted contraventions gets transferred to Transport Malta enforcement unit while still facing internal probe, court proceedings over data protection breach, and even sexual harassment complaints Overworked, burnt out and harassed The study that paints a bleak picture of young, women doctors facing sexual harassment and burnout early into their medical career PAGE 2-3 Union of Teachers president Bonnici INTERVIEW MT2 'Red October' hunt Americans send jets after Russian nuke sub in Malta- Sicily channel MATTHEW VELLA A Russian attack submarine or cruise missile submarine is believed to be operating in the waters between Malta and Sic- ily, according to a naval intelli- gence publication. "It is unclear how long the submarine has been operating there," Naval News reported yesterday. "The most straightforward explanation is that it deployed there to replace the Slava class cruiser Marshal Ustinov which left the Mediterranean on Au- gust 24. While Ustinov is sail- ing provocatively between the United Kingdom and Ireland, the submarine may have slipped into the Med." PAGE 5 P8 Boeing jets circle near Malta to pick up traces of Russian submarine maltatoday | SUNDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2022 COMMENT What are we skinning? A dis- tressing yet low-key classic case of low-level corruption, which has seen three Trans- port Malta officials charged with helping learner drivers cheat on their exam, while al- so claiming they felt pressured to do so by an unnamed min- ister. Why are we skinning it? Honestly? It's a refreshingly old-school case that's making me teary for a simpler time. Come on, you're just being facetious now. Can you blame me, though? This kind of thing used to be grist for the media and water cooler mill back in the day. How do you mean? We would be content to pore over small- scale corruption, and it nev- er got boring. Post-Panama (post-Muscat, really), the stakes got so big that nothing phases us anymore. A bit like how the Marvel Cin- ematic Universe has grown too huge for us to be legiti- mately excited about what comes next? Exactly. Remem- ber the time when we got like one Spider-Man movie every three years and were happy as pie about it? Still, I'm not sure I entirely agree with your original as- sessment. Oh? I wouldn't say we were in- trigued by more localised cases of corruption before. If we just took them them anything the Maltese are good at, it's hollow self-congratula- tion. Speaking of which, have the ruling party or any of the in- stitutions in question taken this opportunity to engage in some much-needed in- trospection? Oh, yes. And by introspection, I mean that they've looked inside for two- to-four seconds and conclud- ed that 'nope, all is good here and we are perfect beyond compare'. Good. I'll be resuming my noontime nap now. Enjoy. I will either cry myself to sleep, or catch up with the latest instalment of the Marvel Cin- ematic Universe now that Dis- ney+ is available to us as well. With leaders like these, we can afford blissful numbness. It's how our loyalty to them is rewarded, my friend. Do say: "Learning that there are unambiguously unquali- fied drives rampaging through our streets is hardly encour- aging in the wake of a record year of road accidents and en- fatalities." 'Musketterija' for the patron saint EYEWITNESS PAGES 14 & 15 The Skinny Malta, shrunk down MICHAEL FALZON A maze of government- owned bodies PAGE 7 No 155 – Shut Up and Drive JOSANNE CASSAR What's God got to do with it? PAGE 6 EDITORIAL This is not 'business as usual' PAGE 2 SAVIOUR BALZAN Facing the stark truth PAGE 5 Lined up as a guard of honour on the roof of the St Julian's church, hunters fire a saint as the maltatoday Get the critical perspective on politics, culture and society Be the first to enjoy our print newspaper with a subscription When you need to decode what politicians are saying, when you want to understand why Malta's crazy construction industry is impacting upon your life, when you need to step out of the social media and understand the world from a different perspective, our journalists and columnists will provide you with expert reporting, analysis and commentary. Order now at maltatoday.uberflip.com

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