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		By: caflanga		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[caflanga]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/11/people-caught-with-small-quantities-of-illegal-drugs-for-personal-use-never-were-sent-to-prison/#comment-2754079&quot;&gt;Antoine Vella&lt;/a&gt;.

as if they&#039;re gonna reply.... they&#039;d say the pq cannot be answered because the job is too big for the taxpayer&#039;s money]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/11/people-caught-with-small-quantities-of-illegal-drugs-for-personal-use-never-were-sent-to-prison/#comment-2754079">Antoine Vella</a>.</p>
<p>as if they&#8217;re gonna reply&#8230;. they&#8217;d say the pq cannot be answered because the job is too big for the taxpayer&#8217;s money</p>
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		By: Matthew S		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew S]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The government has been handing out free syringes with no questions asked to drug users since some time in the early 1990s if I am not mistaken.

If the police want to arrest drug users, all they need to do is arrest the people hanging out in front of the detoxification centre, but they don&#039;t.

Drug users are generally well known to the police but unless they steal to fund their habit or break the law in other ways, they leave them alone.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The government has been handing out free syringes with no questions asked to drug users since some time in the early 1990s if I am not mistaken.</p>
<p>If the police want to arrest drug users, all they need to do is arrest the people hanging out in front of the detoxification centre, but they don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Drug users are generally well known to the police but unless they steal to fund their habit or break the law in other ways, they leave them alone.</p>
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		By: gaetano pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[gaetano pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can anyone suggest to the Minister  the proper application of that pure white sheet of white paper he is holding? At the way and rate things are going the nation will soon be needing balefuls of them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can anyone suggest to the Minister  the proper application of that pure white sheet of white paper he is holding? At the way and rate things are going the nation will soon be needing balefuls of them.</p>
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		By: pablo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pablo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning a press conference by some Minister to announce the discovery of the wheel. We will be told that this groundbreaking stuff.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tomorrow morning a press conference by some Minister to announce the discovery of the wheel. We will be told that this groundbreaking stuff.</p>
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		By: Antoine Vella		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Antoine Vella]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a simple way to burst this particular bubble.

Someone from the Opposition should ask a parliamentary question as to how many people, most particularly first-time offenders, were sent to prison in the last 10 years because they had drugs for personal use.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a simple way to burst this particular bubble.</p>
<p>Someone from the Opposition should ask a parliamentary question as to how many people, most particularly first-time offenders, were sent to prison in the last 10 years because they had drugs for personal use.</p>
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		By: Dave Alan Caruana		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Alan Caruana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;All it means is that it won’t go on your police record, but it rarely does for first-time offenders and teenagers anyway.&quot;

This is not the case .. many first time offenders get a suspended sentence which does go on your criminal record and is the equivalent of being sent to jail without the actual jail time.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;All it means is that it won’t go on your police record, but it rarely does for first-time offenders and teenagers anyway.&#8221;</p>
<p>This is not the case .. many first time offenders get a suspended sentence which does go on your criminal record and is the equivalent of being sent to jail without the actual jail time.</p>
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		By: Mila		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mila]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The interpretation of law on this island is worrying. 

Weren&#039;t all the illegal dwellings being supplied with electicity illegally if the necessary procedures, MEPA permit, meter, electrician&#039;s certificate etc. which were requirements for everyone in Malta, not adhered to by the squatters?

Why would the government legalize some theft and then pounce on other thieves?

Why has the government not sought and prosecuted also those who authorized the supply work to be carried out.  

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141124/local/enemalta-police-descend-on-boathouses-cut-off-power-supply-to-abusers.545497]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The interpretation of law on this island is worrying. </p>
<p>Weren&#8217;t all the illegal dwellings being supplied with electicity illegally if the necessary procedures, MEPA permit, meter, electrician&#8217;s certificate etc. which were requirements for everyone in Malta, not adhered to by the squatters?</p>
<p>Why would the government legalize some theft and then pounce on other thieves?</p>
<p>Why has the government not sought and prosecuted also those who authorized the supply work to be carried out.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141124/local/enemalta-police-descend-on-boathouses-cut-off-power-supply-to-abusers.545497" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141124/local/enemalta-police-descend-on-boathouses-cut-off-power-supply-to-abusers.545497</a></p>
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		By: Alexander Ball		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Ball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;All it means is that it won’t go on your police record&quot;

Damn, how else will you get a cushy job with the government?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;All it means is that it won’t go on your police record&#8221;</p>
<p>Damn, how else will you get a cushy job with the government?</p>
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		By: Kollox Kontra		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kollox Kontra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How times change. We have moved from a bicca arlogg, to a Glock used by Manuel Mallia&#039;s driver to shoot at civilians in a residential street. 

Qabza fil-kwalita.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How times change. We have moved from a bicca arlogg, to a Glock used by Manuel Mallia&#8217;s driver to shoot at civilians in a residential street. </p>
<p>Qabza fil-kwalita.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/11/24/il-ministru-george-vella-ma-jiddefendix-lill-ministru-manuel-mallia/

How does one get the PN to understand a motion of no confidence in Mallia is all it takes?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/11/24/il-ministru-george-vella-ma-jiddefendix-lill-ministru-manuel-mallia/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/11/24/il-ministru-george-vella-ma-jiddefendix-lill-ministru-manuel-mallia/</a></p>
<p>How does one get the PN to understand a motion of no confidence in Mallia is all it takes?</p>
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