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...
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Stories from The Sunday Times
Maltese MEPs to earn €84,000 per year
An MEP's job is set to become even more lucrative for Maltese during the next European Parliament legislature as their annual salaries rise by a...
'Make Presidential pardon details public'
The public should be told why Presidential pardons have been granted, Chief Justice Vincent De Gaetano tells The Sunday Times in an interview...
Bid to crack down on borehole drilling
The Resources Ministry will be presenting proposals to Cabinet in the coming days in a bid to crack down on the illegal and unsustainable level of...
One dead, two critical after St Julian's traffic accident
A man died and three others are in hospital, two of them critical, after a head-on collision involving two vehicles in St Julian's early yesterday...
Victim helped to reinstate convicted sergeant
The French woman at the centre of a police assault incident last year had defended the sergeant involved and urged the authorities not to dismiss...
Government's 2007 fuel bill was €3.75 million
The government spent €3.75 million on fuel last year, according to a report seen by The Sunday Times, though the figure was down from...
Charged with assaulting 70-year-old man
A 20-year-old man from Attard was yesterday remanded in custody after being charged with assaulting a 70-year-old man during the public transport...
Queen to confer life peerage upon Sir Igor
Malta-born Sir Igor Judge is to be conferred with a life peerage by the Queen following his appointment as Lord Chief Justice.
Sir Igor will be...
Charged with offences near immigrants' centre
A 55-year-old man from Ħal Far was yesterday remanded in custody after he was charged with a string of offences in the vicinity of the...
'People were dragging one another under the water'
On August 28, Europe's eyes were on the Mediterranean as eight illegal immigrants were rescued from a submerged dinghy - 70 others remain missing...
Platinum ticket to love
Blending a measure of faithfulness with a dose of trust into the bowl of love kept the relationship of Maria and Louis Gaglione fresh for 70...
186 illegal hunting reports in four days
There has been a significant increase in illegal hunting this year compared with 2007, according to Birdlife Malta, which has criticised the...
Maltese keeps club alive Down Under
Tony Azzopardi left Malta with nothing in his pockets around 40 years ago. Since then he has carved a name for himself and helped save the Maltese...
Housing too expensive -AD
Alternattiva Demokratika has urged the government to intervene amid concerns over unaffordable housing.
AD issued a statement in reaction to...
Air Malta's Valletta sales office closing down
Air Malta is to close Valletta sales office in Freedom Square, but its airport counterpart will double in size by November 1 offering a wider...
Extravaganza of culture, food... washing lines for Iljieli Melleħin
Mellieħa will come alive next weekend for Iljieli Melleħin, a three-day extravaganza of arts, entertainment, sports and good food.
An...
Journalism awards finalists announced
Thirty finalists will be vying for the press awards being organised by the Malta Institute of Journalists in November.
Several journalists and...
Writers on literary journey to meet locals
International writers aboard the sailing boat Adriatica are hoping to meet with the public as part of the 'Ports of the Mediterranean' project at...
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