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SANSONE
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SUNDAY 7 JULY 2024 • ISSUE 1287 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
1,000 people in
Malta lost €20
million in banking
scams in two years
PAGE 4
Attard residents
oppose private
school on land
zoned for sport
PAGES 8 - 9
Caritas seeking
ban on synthetic
cannabis products
sold in stores
PAGES 14 - 15
Scammed! Rezoning Hallucinogens
maltatoday
Hospital emergency
crippled as patients
left waiting for hours
Rising star
€1.95
PN MP Alex Borg on PN MP Alex Borg on
how the party won how the party won
back Gozo in the back Gozo in the
local elections local elections
INTERVIEW
MT2
Muscat denies having
to do with Fearne
smear campaign: 'It's
deeply offensive'
JOSEPH Muscat has denied any
association with the smear cam-
paign against Chris Fearne fund-
ed by Steward Health Care, the
company that operated the now
defunct hospitals concession.
PAGES 6 - 7
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Joseph Muscat is scant about past
relationship as prime minister with
man whose company is implicated
in Steward smear campaign against
Chris Fearne
• COVID surge and social cases put pressure on Mater Dei Hospital
• Health Ministry seeks private sector help to ease emergency burden
• Educational campaign to direct patients to services closest to them
• Healthcare professionals, Opposition blame lack of investment,
population growth
