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A €274 million contract to build and operate residential blocks and a kitchen at a home for the elderly has been slammed by the auditor general, who found the entire deal could be deemed invalid.
Published on Wednesday afternoon, the NAO report highlighted a series of serious shortcomings, missing documentation and oversight failures concerning the mega-contract awarded to the JCL and MHC Consortium by the St Vincent de Paul Residence.
The consortium is made up of James Caterers Ltd and a subsidiary of the DB Group.
The NAO found that the state-run home, family ministry and department of contracts acted in breach of legislative provisions and broke public procurement regulations in the deal, which it said could potentially be deemed invalid.
Ġorġ tal-Mużew, a folk singer known for his uplifting improvised poems, has died aged 94.
Referred to by many as l-Għannej tal-Mulej, he spent decades entertaining hospital patients and visitors, inmates and bus passengers.
In 2018, Ġorġ tal-Mużew, whose full name is Ġorġ Agius, was given a lifetime award for his voluntary work.
On Monday, Parliamentary Secretary Anthony Agius Decelis paid tribute to the man and his wise words.
Agius poems have featured in an academic seminar at the University of Malta as part of the Department of Maltese s events on local oral traditions.
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