Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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MHRA reports agreement with government to soften utility tariffs hike
Agreement has been reached in principle between the government and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association on ways to soften the impact of...
Man jailed for six years for conspiracy to murder
Updated:
Carmel Vella, 33, of San Ġwann was this afternoon jailed for six years after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Sentence was...
Survey charts extent of mental health problems in Malta
Fifteen per cent of the Maltese population will suffer some form of mental health problem at some point in their lifetime, a survey had...
European Parliament overwhelmingly approves new European Commission
The European Parliament this afternoon overwhelmingly approved the appointment of the 27-member European Commission.
The vote was taken at a...
Sailors complete naval gunnery course
The Maritime Squadron of the AFM has just completed a gunnery training course based around the 25/80 KBA cannon on their Offshore Patrol...
Wenzu Mintoff claims discrimination by Malta Enterprise
Wenzu Mintoff, the head of legal services at Malta Enterprise and editor of the Labour weekly KullHadd filed a judicial protest against Malta...
Restaurateurs urged to follow tourism trends
Restaurateurs were this morning urged to heed the changing trends of tourism and adjust their product and services accordingly.
Parliamentary...
17-year old accused of kicking policewoman
A17-year-old boy who cannot be named because he is a minor, was remanded in custody today after he pleaded not guilty to kicking a police woman in...
Escaped migrant makes it to Brussels
An illegal immigrant who was repatriated to Malta after he escaped and managed to make it to Brussels was this morning jailed for six months, the...
More appointments on PL national executive
Aaron Farrugia has been appointed chairman of the Labour Party's Ideat Foundation, the party said in a statement.
It said Joe Cordina was...
Industrial production drops
Industrial production in December decreased by 10.9 and 9.9 per cent when compared to November and the corresponding month of 2008,...
Jurors start their deliberations
Jurors in the trial of a man accused of conspiracy to murder by plotting to throw a woman off a cliff retired this morning to start their...
Grand Harbour Marina reports strong interest in bond issue
Grand Harbour Marina plc has reported that it received applications substantially in excess of the preferred portion of €6 million bonds...
No new faces expected in Cabinet reshuffle
Dolores Cristina will return to the Social Policy Ministry and Giovanna Debono will move to the Education Ministry as part of a reshuffle expected...
Ramblers' Association president steps down
Lino Bugeja, president of the Ramblers' Association, has stepped down. He will be turning 80 this week.
Mr Bugeja told the association's annual...
Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press today:
The Times leads with the appointment of Lydia Abela as secretary to...
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Stories from The Times
EU 100-day financial reform plan
EU leaders yesterday agreed on a set of measures to reform financial markets as the international crisis rattles the globe.
The reforms should be...
Social partners shun Labour protest
The social partners will not attend Labour's "national manifestation" against the new water and electricity rates tomorrow because they...
Students review sex in the city
Malta has its own version of Carrie Bradshaw's Manhattan. Introduced in last year's Notte Bianca, a specialised tour themed Sex And The City,...
Two reported missing
A man and a woman were separately reported missing to the police yesterday.
Carmel Bugeja, 40, of Siġġiewi, is five feet and seven inches tall,...
Trade gap continues to grow
The visible trade gap grew by €74.5 million to €159.6 million in September compared to the same month last year.
The National...
Action by legal class suspended
The Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin (UĦM) yesterday suspended all directives issued to the government legal class after receiving assurances that...
Unions object to removal of BOV worker-director
Two unions yesterday criticised the government's decision to remove the board director appointed by Bank of Valletta workers as from next...
€5m grant from the EU for immigrant services
Brussels yesterday approved a grant of €5 million to Malta to help the island improve its structures dealing with refugees and asylum...
Doctor punched at Paola health centre
Health centre doctors have threatened to down their stethoscopes if another one of them is abused by patients.
The warning comes after a...
GWU says Methode employees being pressured to work on their days off
Methode Electronics employees are being pressured into working a five-day week and getting paid for four, a General Workers' Union official said...
Record launch by Allied Publications at Book Fair
Allied Publications will be launching five books during the Book Fair taking place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, between...
Witness in drug deal trial charged with perjury
Gregory Eyre, the drug mule who last Monday radically changed his testimony in the trial of a drug supplier, was yesterday charged with...
Man, 21, jailed for stealing car mirror
A 21-year-old man was jailed for seven months for stealing a car mirror after a court took into account his list of scrapes with the law.
Stephen...
Allegations against Richard Muscat withdrawn
Joe Vella Bonnici, a former candidate for the post of secretary general of the Labour Party, withdrew allegations he made about "financial...
Suspended jail term
Two Sicilians yesterday received suspended jail terms after admitting to heroin possession in circumstances denoting it was not for their...
At one with nature
The Xemxija and Għadira nature reserves will be open to the public between today and the end of May.
The two ecologically-important salt marshes...
Ryanair denies it is still charging departure tax
Ryanair yesterday refuted claims it continued to charge the departure tax after November 1.
The airline was this week investigated by the Civil...
Abortion is crime against God's children - Archbishop Cremona
The Archbishop said the use of terms such as "termination of pregnancy" for abortion and "mercy-killing" for euthanasia were...
About time construction dust is controlled - MEP
It is "high time" that dust emissions from the construction industry are controlled and air quality improved, Nationalist MEP Simon...
EU lays more stress on energy-efficient appliances
Appliances and products powered by electricity will have to conform to eco requirements stipulated by an EU directive expected to come into force...
Maltese film-maker wins international award
Maltese film-maker Clifford Borg-Marks's feature-length documentary Sinews has won a Mention d'Honneur at the Sport Movies and TV International...
Gozitans receive awards
This year's Ġieħ Għawdex award was presented to Maria Attard, Joseph M. Attard Tabone and John Portelli.
Ms Attard, director of Dar Giuseppe...
Swatar today becomes St Ġorġ Preca parish
Today is a red day for the residents of Swatar as Archbishop Paul Cremona will declare the town a new parish dedicated to St Ġorġ Preca, the...
Squadron back to recall lives it defended
The Royal Air Force's 111(F) Squadron returned to Malta yesterday after an absence of 65 years.
Four of the squadron's Tornado F3 fighter planes...
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