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Local News • 14 September 2003


Do banks earn interest while cheques deposited are waiting for clearance?

Julian Manduca
Several bank clients have contacted this newspaper to express their frustration at the length of time Maltese banks take to clear cheques deposited. Banks inform customers that they have to wait five days before using money deposited and account holders believe this is too long...


Labour fears lukewarm reception from ‘its’ voters for EP elections

Kurt Sansone
It is an open secret within Labour ranks that party officials fear a lukewarm reception by Labour voters for the European Parliament elections in June next year...


Manuel is back, or so it seems

Kurt Sansone
Manuel Cuschieri’s absence last week from a Labour Party fund-raising press conference gave credence to information available to MaltaToday that the-once Sant loyalist was at loggerheads with the Labour leader...


Maltese cartel controls medicinal imports and prices – importers claim

Julian Manduca
The government has allowed a virtual cartel to be created for the importation of pharmaceuticals from Europe, MaltaToday has learned.


Candidates moving in for Jimmy Magro’s piece of cake

Jimmy Magro’s declaration that he intended not to re-contest the post of Labour Party secretary general has created a flurry among possible contenders and strong rumours yesterday had it that former AD chairperson Wenzu Mintoff has set his eyes on the post.


Rebel MP’s former wife elopes with Labour

Matthew Vella
Marlene Pullicino, the former wife of Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, has confirmed with MaltaToday she was not ruling out the possibility of submitting her candidature for the Labour party in the coming future...


My position lends credibility to new EU policy – Alfred Sant

Kurt Sansone
An unwavering Alfred Sant said yesterday that his personal position as a former frontman for Labour’s partnership policy lends credibility to the new pro-EU policy the party is being asked to embrace by the national executive.

 

 






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