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Pietà dispute
Record
spike in
Legionnaires'
disease
Pietà showdown
for heritage bodies
challenging PA
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NATIONALIST MP Alex Borg
has ruled out a leadership bid,
but does not exclude the pos-
sibility of contesting in the fu-
ture if a vacancy arises.
Borg, who is a rising star in
the PN, told MaltaToday his
focus now is to help the par-
ty win the next election with
Bernard Grech becoming
prime minister.
"what happens in the fu-
ture we will see; I can never
exclude anything, but
my primary goal right
now is to see the PN
win the election," he said
in an interview being
published today.
Following Opposi-
tion leader Bernard
Grech's dismal
showing in the
last Malta-
Today survey, which saw him
get a trust rating of 20% when
compared to Prime Minister
Robert Abela's 46.5%, rum-
blings of internal discontent
grew exponentially.
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Burmarrad
transition
Burmarrad's
transformation
from hamlet to
commercial centre
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Alex Borg quashes talk of PN leadership bid
Maksar gang trial
MALTA recorded its high-
est-ever annual number of
Legionnaires' disease cases in
2024, official statistics show.
The water-borne disease is
a potentially fatal bacterial in-
fection often linked to poorly
maintained air-conditioning
and plumbing systems.
The annual report of the In-
fectious Disease Prevention
and Control Unit (IDCU)'s
shows that 30 cases were re-
ported last year, up from 13
in 2023. Of these, 22 involved
Maltese nationals.
Vince Muscat, known as il-Kohhu, seen here accompanied by two prison guards in Naxxar on Saturday during a site visit as part of the ongoing trial in the
murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia and Carmel Chricop. Jurors were shown the garage where the bomb that killed Caruana Galizia was kept. Muscat is the
star witness in the trial by jury of Adrian Agius, Robert Agius, George Degiorgio and Jamie Vella. (Photo: Juliana Zammit/MaltaToday) See pages 2 & 3.
