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JAMES
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PAGE 7
Portelli now uses
employees as 'applicants'
for new constructions
Joseph Portelli company PRA uses name of
Tarlochan Singh for demolition of Birżeb-buġa
restaurant Al Fresco – he was one of 20 non-EU
nationals registered at an office address belonging to
business partner Mark Agius
JOSEPH Portelli has employed the
name of an employee of his con-
struction firm PRA Construction,
to submit an application to demol-
ish the popular Al Fresco restau-
rant in Birżebbuġa, to make way
for two villas.
Alex Agius Saliba
will not contest next
general election
Labour MEP Alex
Agius Saliba talks
to MaltaToday in
his first sit-down
interview after being
elected deputy leader
party affairs
ALEX Agius Saliba will not be con-
testing the next general election
despite being elected Labour Party
deputy leader for party affairs, the
MEP has told MaltaToday.
"I have made it clear, especially
now, that in no way will my name
be on the ballot paper for the next
general election," he said in an in-
terview published today.
PAGE 7
Alex Agius Saliba
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