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, October 11, 2008
Stories from The Times
Greek PM calls for EU coast guard
Describing Frontex patrols as "inadequate" and hailing the EU's pact on immigration and asylum as a step in the right direction, Greek...
'Malta has a disproportionate immigrant population'
If the EU's immigrant population were proportionately divided according to the member states' surface area, Malta would only be allocated about...
Qormi office murder - Accused denied bail
The man accused of shooting dead his business partner in Qormi last month had his request for bail turned down yesterday on grounds that more...
Guilty of stealing judge's priceless works of art
A thief who was first acquitted of the burglary of priceless works of art from the home of Judge Giovanni Bonello in Valletta was yesterday jailed...
Employers say academics' demands are exorbitant
The Malta Employers' Association (MEA) yesterday joined the controversy over the revision of academics' financial package, saying that their...
Labour presents climate change Bill
Labour MP Leo Brincat yesterday presented a Private Member's Bill on climate change calling for a strategic plan that would demand annual progress...
Government gives no timelines for mental health law
The government yesterday again pledged it would place the reform of the outdated Mental Health Act high on the national agenda but stopped short...
Soaps and more on new channel
Melita will on Monday be launching a new channel called Melita More, devoted to the most popular TV series and available as part of the Melita...
Illegal workers
The number of people caught working illegally this year, up to the end of August, was 1,257, Social Policy Minister John Dalli said.
He was...
Cocaine mule nabbed at airport
A Nigerian, aged 33 years, is to be charged with cocaine trafficking today after drugs were allegedly found in his stomach as he arrived from...
Financial crisis 'immense opportunity' for real estate
Owners of vacant property should be given incentives to put their property on the market, not have their assets taxed, according to the real...
Police halt drilling of illegal borehole
The Malta Resources Authority and the police on Thursday stopped the illegal drilling of a borehole in the limits of Mosta.
Investigations...
Government pharmacists working to rule
Government pharmacists have been ordered to work to rule by the Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin.
The union said the directive will not be lifted until...
More melamine-tainted products seized
More foodstuffs suspected to be tainted with the toxic melamine chemical were seized yesterday.
The Department for Environmental Health issued a...
One Productions broadcast music without a licence
The Labour Party's multimedia company One Productions Ltd will have to pay damages to The Performing Right Society of London after having been...
Six companies benefit from unspent EU funds
The government will have €100 million to assist the agro-food industry over the next five years, Rural Affairs Minister George Pullicino...
Olive oil festival in Żejtun tonight
Żejtun will be celebrating the olive picking season today and tomorrow, starting with the Grandmaster's edict called bandu this evening at 7.30...
Hair and fashion in FM
The latest edition of FM features the winner of the Pantene Hair of the Year contest Ilona Attard, photographed by George Scintilla at the new...
Yard worker wins €56,000 in damages
The government has been ordered to pay over €56,000 in damages on behalf of the shipyards to an employee who had been permanently disabled in...
PM accused of contradiction
Opposition spokesman Marlene Pullicino has accused the Prime Minister of contradicting himself on utilities tariffs.
She recalled that Lawrence...
Man dies on Gozo dive
Notary Damian Schembri, 44, of Balzan, died after he found himself in difficulty during a dive at Dwejra in Gozo on Thursday morning, police...
Racehorse put down
A racehorse had to be put down after bolting at the old racetrack in Marsa and breaking the jockey's legs in the process. The horse crashed into a...
Half of the tuna caught last year was illegal
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) estimates that 51 per cent of all the blue fin tuna caught in the...
Brussels proposes new EU-wide consumer rules
Consumers should be more protected when shopping online or from the high street if new proposals just tabled by the European Commission are backed...
Keep cloned meat, we'll go for the original, the Maltese say
Maltese may be carnivores but when it comes to cloned meat 61 per cent would wrinkle their nose if served a genetic copy of their favourite dish...
Gagging order on GU clinic head 'lifted'
A demonstration today intended to protest the gagging of Genitourinary Clinic head Philip Carabot turned into an announcement that the gag had...
No Mitts employees involved in e-mail hacking, chairman says
Mitts, the government IT agency, assured former Labour leader Alfred Sant and MPs that to date none of its employees had hacked their e-mail...
Labour slams government for inaction on water management
The government is in a state of panic after realising it is not managing water in a sustainable manner, the Labour opposition spokesman for...
Trade gap widens
The visible trade gap in August increased by €8.3 million to €102.8 million over the same period last year, according to provisional...
Minors with a care order
In the past three years, 244 care orders were issued, Social Policy Minister John Dalli said yesterday.
Replying to parliamentary questions by...
Car registration tax
A total of €14.7 million were collected in registration tax of second hand cars imported up to September 26 this year. The registration tax...
Orchestra costs
The costs of the National Philharmonic Orchestra amount to €1.5 million a year, Education Minister Dolores Cristina told Labour MP Owen...
Volunteers will move mountains to fund clinics
It will be just as tough and requires just as much commitment as earlier climbs, while potential danger is ever present and the pitfalls countless...
Knights of Malta roll out the barrels
With the same tradition and passion shown since the 11th century, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta continues its wine-making tradition, this...
Wave gliding on powerboats
Powerboat racing is picking up momentum in Malta as an exhilarating sport in which boat drivers battle with the dynamic conditions of the sea at...
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