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WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post PAGE 9 • Editorial WEDNESDAY • 21 MARCH 2018 • ISSUE 579 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY FOREIGN CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO LEARN MALTESE MATTHEW AGIUS A now former policeman wept bitterly in the dock as he was arraigned on charges of rape and harassment of a fellow officer. The accused's lawyer Alfred Abela entered a plea of not guilty to charges of rape, illegal arrest, sexual harassment and committing a crime he was duty bound to prevent. The man was charged with raping one female officer at the police station where they were both stationed and sexually assaulting another in a police car in the months leading up to March 8 this year. Malta was inhabited 700 years earlier than previously thought PAGE 7 PAGE 3 Police officer charged with raping female colleague 5 Direct FIMBank Direct is a secure digital banking platform with a variety of services catering for both personal and corporate banking customers. This platform is an integrated solution which is secure, versatile and easily accessible. Discover more by visiting www.fimbank.com/direct FIMBank p.l.c. is a licensed credit institution regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority and is listed on the Malta Stock Exchange. 2132 2102 helpdesk@fimbank.com www.fimbank.com Secure High Level Protection Technology Versatile Manage your Accounts & Effect Payments with Ease Accessible Access your account with no need for an Internet Key Multi-currency Multiple Options in Major Currencies The former police officer (in white shirt and head covered) on his arrival at the Law Courts in Valletta, yesterday YANNICK PACE FOREIGN students living in Malta will be obliged to learn Maltese as a foreign language, Education Min- ister Evarist Bartolo said yesterday evening. The minister was speaking in parliament where he was asked for a clarification on the government's plans to introduce an O'level in 'Maltese as a foreign language'. The proposal was announced last week and has divided opinion, with many feeling that the move risked demoting the Maltese lan- guage to a secondary language. Bartolo stressed however, that there had been many inaccuracies in the way the story was reported, and insisted that the course would be intended for people who were not born in Malta. "It's in the name," said Bartolo. "Maltese as a foreign language will be taught to people who were not born in Malta." • Foreign students to be taught Maltese at primary school level • Education Minister says it makes sense to oblige foreigners living in Malta to learn Maltese