Saturday, November 7, 2009
News
Thea in splendid performance with Gigi D'Alessio
Maltese singer Thea Garrett Falzon, 17, lived up to expectations with a brilliant performance with Gigi d'Alessio in Rome last night.
Another...
Seminar to discuss alternatives to bird trapping - BirdLife
One of the topics of an international seminar on bird trapping, to be held in Malta next week, will be alternatives to bird trapping, BirdLife...
FAA, AD opposes Balluta Square car park
Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) and Alternattiva Demokratika have, in separate statements, opposed proposals by St Julians council to build a...
PL calls for deadlines for tackling soot problem
The Labour parliamentary group has called on the Prime Minister to identify overseas laboratories which may analyse the soot appearing over the...
Housing Authority CEO becomes consultant
Dr Paul Debattista has been appointed consultant within the Ministry of Social Policy and has therefore given up his role as CEO of the...
GO says decline in revenue slowing
GO plc has reported a third quarter slowing down of a decline in group revenue and profitability, first reported in interim results in August. It...
UHM disputes with Health Department settled
The UHM has announced agreement with the Social Policy Ministry on long-running disputes involving Nursing Aides, Health Assistants, Care...
MCESD discusses merging tax bodies
Updated
A merger of all tax collecting institutions, with the aim of combating tax evasion more effectively, will be proposed during the Budget...
Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says a man has been jailed for 10 years for raping his niece,...
EU to fight for tuna protection at global talks
Fishing nations must cut the amount of Atlantic bluefin tuna they catch and protect porbeagle and thresher sharks, European fisheries commissioner...
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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