Sunday, November 22, 2009
News
Sharp rise in arraignments for animal cruelty
Eighteen persons have so far this year been taken to court and accused of animal cruelty, compared to just eight for the whole of last year,...
EU seeks injunction to stop hunting of protected birds in Italy
The European Commission has called on the European Court of Justice to issue an injunction against Italy to prevent the hunting of protected bird...
Muscat demands responsibility for power outage
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said today that while investigations into last week's power outage should continue, somebody should shoulder...
MIA expects winter traffic to be at 2009 levels
Malta International Airport had forecast a small increase in airport traffic in the last quarter of this year but expects winter passenger numbers...
Enemalta right to involve other authorities in power cut investigation - Gonzi
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this morning that Enemalta had done well to involve other authorities in the investigation of last week's power...
Updated: Libya rescues migrants
Libyan rescue services have rescued around 80 illegal immigrants who were in distress on the high seas, just 60 miles from Lampedusa.
Italian...
Ex PL secretary warns party against losing its soul
History professor and former Labour general secretary Dominic Fenech has warned his party against losing its soul by "pussyfooting" to pander to...
Microlight plane crash lands in Qrendi
A Maltese-registered micro-light aircraft made a crash landing in a field near Qrendi church this morning.
Informed sources said the incident...
Gold stolen in Zabbar parish church burglary
A quantity of gold items was stolen in a burglary from Zabbar parish church overnight.
The items, many of them old, had decorated the statue of...
Middlesea says the worst is over
Malta's largest insurance provider has assured clients their policies are fully secured, even though the group's investment in an Italian firm has...
Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times reports that the departure of John Dalli from the...
200 migrants arrive in Sicily
Some 200 migrants have been landed in Sicily after having been rescued from a boat 75Km off Capo Passero - the southernmost point of Sicily.
The...
Malta places eighth in Junior Eurovision contest
Malta placed eighth in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev last night.
Its representatives, Francesca and Mikaela, gave a spirited...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Stories from The Times
Health and tertiary education - Reforms can save millions
Millions of euros could be saved if healthcare and tertiary education are reformed, European Union experts have concluded.
Technical economic...
Students to get exam results
The strike banning the publication of university and Junior College exam results was suspended yesterday, so students should expect results to be...
Illegal immigrants rescued by tugboat
Twenty-six illegal immigrants were rescued last night by the tugboat Akwadem 2 about 26 miles south of Malta after the boat they were on capsized,...
Abducted Maltese man released
Oil worker George Scerri, kidnapped in Nigeria over a month ago, was released early yesterday morning and Foreign Minister Tonio Borg insisted the...
Microlight aircraft make first landings on Gozo airstrip
The first of three microlight aircraft touched down on the airstrip in Gozo yesterday morning.
The aircraft was piloted by Alfred Pace, a member...
Sea of revellers swells the Granaries for MTV concert
The Floriana Granaries yesterday pulsated to the music and movement of the Isle of MTV Malta Special as some of the biggest international acts of...
Appointments to state entities' boards - Government still looking for right system - Gonzi
The government is planning to start implementing its electoral pledge of ensuring more transparency in appointments to state entities next year...
Malta absent again in Brussels debates with national parliaments
Malta was again absent from various meetings held this week at the European Parliament meant to enhance debate and cooperation between the EU...
Sant relaunches attack on Pullicino Orlando
Former Labour and opposition leader Alfred Sant last night renewed his attack on Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando over the Mistra disco case warning the...
Go plants trees to offset CO2 effects
Go has teamed up with Nature Trust (Malta) committing itself to plant 3,000 trees in various conservation areas to help in offsetting the effect...
Former PN activist charged with blackmailing MP
A self-proclaimed Nationalist Party activist who had defected before the last general election was yesterday charged with blackmailing Nationalist...
AD lambasts government over long hospital waiting lists
Alternattiva Demokratika said it is pointless to boast of a universal and public health service if patients have to wait months if not years to...
Industrial action by bio-medical engineering staff at Mater Dei
The bio-medical engineering staff at Mater Dei Hospital are not making use of any means of communication, including e-mails, intranet, mobiles,...
Bullying in state schools
A total 186 cases of bullying were reported in public schools last year, Education Minister Dolores Cristina said.
Answering a parliamentary...
New Dragonara concession
The government will be launching a process for the award of a concession for the Dragonara Casino since the existing one expires at the end of...
Paradise Bay stabbing
Victim describes himself in Hi5 as having nocturnal sadistic tendencies
A court heard yesterday that the victim of a stabbing incident in...
Breathalyzer tests for boat drivers
A committee will be set up later this year to draft amendments to the law including minimum fines for sea-related offences, the Minister for...
PM testifies in libel suit
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday told a magistrate he felt insulted with an article on the Labour Party website late last year alleging...
Jewellery thief jailed
A 33-year-old man was yesterday jailed for 14 months after he pleaded guilty to stealing jewellery from a house in Gżira belonging to an...
Interest on national debt
A total of €179.1 million were paid as interest on the national debt last year, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said yesterday.
Replying to a...
Gary Neville considers Malta his second home
Manchester United and England football star Gary Neville yesterday described Malta as his second home, saying the country was "close to the...
Maltese are 23 per cent poorer than average EU citizen
On average an EU citizen would be 23 per cent wealthier than a Maltese citizen, according to a set of new statistics published in Brussels...
Prisoners at CCF
Eight of the 413 prisoners at the Corradino Correctional Facility are sentenced for life, Justice Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said...
Public service employees
The public service employed 29,260 as at last April 1,10 employees less than the number that at the beginning of the year, the Prime Minister said...
Water surcharge now affecting also middle-class families
Labour MP Michael Farrugia said it was easy for the government to cover rising water production costs by increasing the surcharge, but it was the...
Tourism industry making constant progress - de Marco
During the first three months of the year, occupancy levels in hotels increased by three percent as did average room rates and gross operating...
ADT in for complete overhaul
The Malta Transport Authority (ADT) needs a complete overhaul, Transport Minister Austin Gatt told Parliament yesterday. Moving the authority's...
Hyundai expert here for service clinic week
Seong-Ha Jeon, assistant manager of the Hyundai Motor Company Service team, is in Malta for the annual Hyundai Service Clinic Week which ends...
First-class ballet dancer for summer school
Moscow Ballet State Theatre prima ballerina Elisabeth Nebesnaya will return to Malta to take part in the Third International Summer School in...
Blessing might have an uncle in Malta
Blessing, the one-year-old orphan rescued from a sinking boat earlier this month, is thought to have an uncle living in Malta.
A woman who...
Bank plants 300 trees in various localities
Bank of Valletta has planted another 300 trees in six different localities, having committed itself to planting 50 in every locality since it...
Malta-Sicily Kayak Challenge - Follow The Crossing on website!
The Malta-Sicily Kayak Challenge, which sets off from Marsalforn tomorrow morning at 3 is expected to be a slow crossing, possibly taking some 16...
Social workers find themselves in need of support
A huge workload and inadequate access to psychological support is leading to worrying burnout among social workers, the Maltese Association of...
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