Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Updated: Fisherman convicted in drugs trial - jailed for 18 years
Andrea Zammit, 58, of Rabat, was today convicted by a jury of conspiring to import drugs, trafficking and being in possession of drugs. The 7-2...
Gozo government farm to become research centre
The Ministry for Gozo and the University of Malta are drawing up a plan to transform the government farm at Xewkija into a research and...
Woman gets compensation for services to family
A woman was today awarded more than €270,000 in compensation for services rendered to her family and elderly parents.
Maria Lourdes Brincat...
No irregularities found in 2006 revision of development boundaries
After three years of thorough investigations, the European Commission has not found fault with the way building development zones were extended by...
Tourism on the road to recovery but sector still very fragile - MHRA president
Last year was very bad for tourism but positive signs started to emerge in the later months, according to the BOV/MHRA hotel survey for the fourth...
Proposed bluefin tuna trade ban rejected
The UN body overseeing commerce in endangered wildlife today rejected a proposal to outlaw international trade in eastern Atlantic and...
AFM investigating Maltese soldiers' clash with civilians in Greece
The Armed Forces of Malta has launched an intensive investigation to ascertain the facts surrounding Maltese soldiers in Mitilini on the Greek...
South African company to open plastics factory in Malta
The South African plastics company, Green Compounding Co Ltd, is setting up a factory in Malta, Malta Enterprise executive chairman Alan Camilleri...
Austrian group to manage Dragonara casino
The government is to hold talks with a consortium led by the giant Austrian gaming company Novomatic with a view to granting it a 10-year...
The Med must not be an EU backwater, Borg insists
Foreign Minister Tonio Borg has urged Spain to put the Mediterranean at the top of the agenda of the European Union because of the impact which...
Man struck with mobile phone
An Italian plasterer was accused in court today of having struck a man, Anthony Grech, on his left ear, causing him serious injury.
The incident...
Exotique's contract with Thea Garrett still stands - Grace Borg
Former Maltasong chairman Grace Borg said today that she did not wish to hinder Malta Song for Europe winner Thea Garrett as her career developed,...
Failure to upgrade road blamed for fatalities
A call for an official inquiry into why the ADT failed to carry out a project which could have prevented three fatalities in a traffic accident in...
Garden to replace Qui-Si-Sana car park
Mepa this morning approved plans for the building of a garden to replace one of the car parks at Qui-Si-Sana. The plans were proposed by the...
Van driver shoots at protected birds - BirdLife
A van driver in Mgarr stopped his vehicle and shot at a flock of protected birds of prey through his car window, the latest in a series of illegal...
New patrol boats commissioned
Four new inshore patrol boats formally entered service with the Armed Forces of Malta during a commissioning ceremony at Haywharf this...
Court confiscates €43,000
A court this morning ordered the confiscation of €43,000 belonging to two men from Cameroon after they were found trying to carry large...
Mepa approves Dwejra project changes
The Mepa Board this morning approved changes to plans for the building of an interpretation centre at Dwejra, in Gozo overlooking the 'inland...
Government urged to stop 'criminalisation of art'
A group which represents 90 authors, artists and other people involved in culture, has written to the Minister of Justice and the Parliamentary...
Lower meat production registered
Meat production in the last three months of 2009 decreased by 7.3 per cent to 3,639 tonnes, the National Statistics Office said.
It said that...
Handyman service continues to grow
Close to 1,300 elderly people last year used the handyman service offered by the Department for the Elderly and Community Care.
The department...
Café Jubilee to open outlet at Shanghai World Expo
Café Jubilee will open its second overseas presence during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo with an outlet located within the Malta Pavilion....
Traffic should not be re-routed away from central Sliema - Midi
Midi p.l.c. has expressed its disagreement with proposals to re-route traffic away from central Sliema towards Tigné Point.
In a...
PricewaterhouseCoopers to launch academy in Malta
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the largest accounting and audit firm in Malta, yesterday announced the launch of “PwC Academy”, a training...
EP committee approves Casa report on invoicing
A report by MEP David Casa on VAT rules on invoicing received a resounding vote of approval by members of the EP’s Economic and Monetary...
HSBC committed to further investment in Malta – group chairman
HSBC Group is committed to continued investment in Malta, chairman Stephen Green tells The Times Business in an interview today.
The chairman of...
St Patrick's Day: Make merry and...drink!
Traditional Irish St Patrick's Day celebrations are getting bigger in Malta.
Kristina Chetcuti joined in the fun in one of the pubs last night...
Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the EU is worried by Malta's call for limited territory...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Stories from The Times
Government forges ahead on shipyards
The government will today announce four "final" voluntary retirement schemes for shipyard employees after an unscheduled meeting...
Labour leader: No place for prima donnas
Labour leader Joseph Muscat yesterday called on everybody to roll up their sleeves and get ready to work hard - there would be no place for...
MEP elections will be Micallef's test
The June 2009 euro-parliamentary elections may be a world away for many but they are already being seen as Jason Micallef's crucial test within...
Karl Chircop in deep coma
Labour MP Karl Chircop is in a deep coma and his condition is still critical after he suffered a stroke on Sunday. The 42-year-old family doctor...
Maltese emigrants convention planned for 2010
Archbishop Paul Cremona's recent trip to Australia to visit Maltese emigrants and attend World Youth Day has resulted in the plan to organise a...
Driver gets suspended jail term for involuntary homicide
A truck driver found guilty of causing the death a motorcyclist was yesterday handed down a one-year jail term suspended for three...
Editor breached code of ethics
The Press Ethics Commission has found that the editor of the news portal Maltastar.com breached the journalistic principle of right of reply when...
Maltese musicians to perform at Zaragoza Expo
The String Ensemble of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing at the EXPO 2008 being held in Zaragoza, Spain at the invitation of the...
Brussels lays groundwork for next climate change conference
The European Commission set the ball rolling yesterday to plan its position for next year's world conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
In...
TVM still takes lion's share of audience
TVM has remained the top television channel in terms of audience share, according to the Broadcasting Authority's Continuous Audience Assessment...
Alleged thief pleads innocent
A 46-year-old man was yesterday remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to stealing a car stereo and causing less than €1,164.69 in...
Minister praises police 'sacrifice' during strike
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici yesterday met a delegation from the Malta Police Association (MPA), led by its...
Rescued infant back at crèche after 'aunt' admits she is not related
Blessing, the one-year-old migrant girl who was saved from a sinking boat two months ago, is back at the Ursuline Sisters Crèche in Sliema...
AD praises joint diplomatic initiative
Alternattiva Demokratika yesterday congratulated the government on its initiative to open embassies in Ramallah and Tel Aviv.
"The opening...
July warmer, less sunny
July's mean air temperature was a fraction warmer than the July norm recorded for the past 57 years, the Meteorological Office said yesterday. At...
Judge Bonello's opinions 'the lifeblood of human rights court'
A compilation of 53 opinions on European Court judgments by Judge Giovanni Bonello has been published in a book called When Judges Dissent -...
Britain's pet charity to fund Gozo SPCA's neutering programme
The Gozo SPCA has signed up as a Welfare Associate with The Blue Cross. The two organisations are now working together to set up a neutering...
Double taxation agreement with Greece
The Greek government last month officially informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it has fulfilled all legal requirements for the...
Hotel staff raise money for African children
About 60 Le Méridien St Julians associates and their families woke up early on a recent Sunday morning to walk, run, jog or cycle six...
Number of full-timers up by nearly 3,000
The full-time gainfully occupied population increased by 2,907 persons while unemployment fell by 865 in March compared to the same month last...
All the eights...
The eighth card in a series being issued by Maltapost on a date when the day, month and year coincide - 08.08.08 - will be issued by Maltapost's...
Valletta council worried about co-cathedral plans
Valletta local council said it is "very much concerned" that the proposed development at St John's Co-Cathedral may pose an unacceptable...
Free fresh fruit for SkolaSajf children
More than 500 Gozitan boys and girls aged between six and 11 who attend SkolaSajf were offered fresh fruit for free.
The initiative was part of a...
Boundary wall at Msida garden
The Msida local council said works related to the building of a boundary wall at the garden in front of the parish church have been commissioned...
High Commissioner speaks at London Rotary Club
Malta's High Commissioner in London, Michael Refalo, has carried on with his series of speaking engagements at UK Rotary Clubs.
As the Malta...
Revival in sight for Floriana's Ospizio
The new lease of life enjoyed by La Vittoria Bastion at the Ospizio in Floriana during the Malta Arts Festival last month should not be temporary...
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