Sunday, November 22, 2009
News
Updated: Light 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 items 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...
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Stories from The Times
Agreement on shipyards - Retirement schemes topped by €9 million
The government and the General Workers' Union (GWU) yesterday agreed on the shipyards' privatisation, basically topping the retirement...
Marsa oil is from 15-year-old leak
The "oil leak" referred to by the Marsa local council earlier this week originated from oil that had seeped into the ground following a...
Eden and Razzett consider merger
Eden Foundation and Razzett tal-Ħbiberija yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the potential of merging for the benefit...
Couple steal pouch at airport
Two Italians were conditionally discharged for six months and told off by Magistrate Jacqueline Padovani after they admitted to stealing a pouch...
Refuse collector spots inert hand grenade in scammel
Alarmed police officers evacuated the Birkirkara police station and military explosive experts were called in after a refuse collector approached...
Suspended jail term
A 20-year-old man was given a one-year jail term suspended for three years after pleading guilty to stealing various items from a Ħamrun...
Service fee set to boost Air Malta's online booking
In an evident move to boost online bookings, Air Malta will, as from October 1, introduce a service fee of €10 on each ticket issued to...
Family doctors willing to increase services
Private family doctors have asked for more empowerment to be able to give more services to patients while helping to cut waiting lists within the...
Mepa caseload stands at 4,921
The pending caseload of development applications stands at 4,921 after Mepa determined 336 and received 428 during August, the authority said...
Two women injured in head-on collision
Two women in their 50s were injured in a head-on collision on the outskirts of Naxxar yesterday afternoon.
The accident occurred in Triq...
GDP up 6.2 per cent in second quarter
Provisional estimates indicate that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of this year increased by 6.2 per cent at market...
Malta heritage conference draws great interest
Tim Darvill, professor of archaeo-logy at Bournemouth University, who has been described as one of Britain's leading prehistorians, will be in...
Gas operation to be run by two joint-venture companies
Enemalta will be transferring the management and operation of its LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) activities to Gasco Energy Ltd and Liquigas Malta...
16th-century statue of Our Lady restored
An old statue of the Madonna taċ-Ċintura has been restored after an intervention drawn out over 12 months.
The statue was restored by...
New collective agreement for One Productions
Labour Party leader Joe Muscat said yesterday that One Productions needed to face the challenges of maintaining the production of high quality TV...
Government rebuttal over consumer protection
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech yesterday rebutted accusations by Labour MP Silvio Parnis over the fact that the government has failed to appoint a...
Immigrants land at Mġarr, Gozo
A boatload of 30 migrants was handed over to immigration police at Haywharf in Pietàyesterday after being spotted off Gozo.
The boat was...
Social welfare head criticises energy drink adverts
The chief executive officer of the Foundation for Social Welfare Services, Joe Gerada, said it is regrettable that importers of beverages such as...
Builder in critical condition
A 47-year-old worker from Rabat is in a critical condition after a one-storey fall at a construction site in Naxxar early yesterday morning.
The...
Two arraigned after €20,000 theft from businessman's house
A 23-year-old man from Buġibba and an Egyptian resident yesterday were accused of stealing just under €20,000 from a Dubai businessman's...
HSBC throws its assets at sea to help the environment
Over 100 kilogrammes of waste were recovered from the seabed at Il-Fossa, also known as Jews Sally Port, in Valletta, by a group of 22 HSBC...
Mirror of the personality
Fabio Borg is holding his fourth solo exhibition at Gallery Last Touch in Mosta. The exhibition, which has been titled Evolving Moments, showcases...
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