Saturday, July 4, 2009
News
Two more Swine Flu cases confirmed - woman hospitalised for observation
Updated10.02 p.m.
Two more cases of A H1NI swine flu were confirmed this evening, raising the number of confirmed cases to 18.
A Health...
Air Malta aircraft in Swine Flu scare
An Air Malta aircraft operating the London Gatwick - Catania route was delayed for 2 hours 50 minutes at Catania Airport yesterday while it was...
Large fish reported off Marsascala
The Police said this evening that they had been anonymously informed that two large fish had been reported off Zonqor Point, Marsascala.
It urged...
The police turn on the style
The police turned on the style this morning for celebrations marking the 195th anniversary of the founding of the corps.
The Police Precision...
31,200 tons of bulky waste deposited at amenity sites
A civil amenity site was inaugurated today at Tal-Kus, near Xewkija in Gozo.
The site is the fifth and last such facility to be opened in Malta...
Police question 29 on drugs
The Drug Squad over the past week questioned 29 people over drugs, the Police said today.
The first four were questioned after the police...
The presidency - much more than symbolism
Former President and Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami said today that he disagreed with the view which some people could have that the...
Swine Flu? - Call a doctor, don't go to hospital, clinics
The Health Department this morning appealed to all those suspecting Swine Flu not to go to hospital emergency departments or clinics but to stay...
Malta and international press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Times says a baby is among the cases of Swine Flu reported yesterday,...
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Stories from The Sunday Times
Enemalta admits €16m of losses are avoidable
Enemalta has admitted for the first time that it is making avoidable losses of €16 million, though analysts believe the figure is actually...
Over €90 million in lira still in circulation
Over €90 million in Maltese currency remains in circulation, 11 months after Malta introduced the euro.
A total of €25.6 million...
St Elmo funding still possible
Fort St Elmo may yet benefit from a share of the €120 million made available to Malta under the EU Structural Funds Programme, since the...
Priest forced to run for his life
It is not immediately evident that Fr Vijay Kumar has lived through hell. Sitting around a dining table with his genial Maltese sponsors, he seems...
Driver seriously injured
A 19-year old man from Mġarr was seriously injured in a road accident in the village early yesterday morning.
The driver lost control of his...
Boy, 12, reported missing
A 12-year-old boy from St Paul's Bay has been reported missing. Otman Ouhmane, 12, has dark eyes and short hair.
Anybody with information is...
British diver's body found
The body of the British diver who went missing two weeks ago was yesterday located by the Civil Protection Department in the cafeteria of the...
MLP study says surcharge should go down to 61 per cent
The drastic reduction in international prices of refined oil since the end of October means that the water and electricity surcharge should fall...
How much is that car in the window?
A number of dealerships selling new cars are refusing to say over the phone how much their vehicles cost under the new car registration tax...
EU unlikely to penalise Malta for excessive deficit
Malta is likely to avoid EU disciplinary measures over its growing structural deficit as Brussels is considering this year's surge as a...
MEP raises tariff issue in Brussels
Labour MEP John Attard Montalto has urged the EU to probe whether the government is using its energy efficiency policies to raise prices and hide...
Midi pledges not to damage war wreck
The redevelopment of the Manoel Island yacht marina will not damage a World War II wreck, the Midi Consortium has pledged, amid concerns over its...
'He won't find me here'
A cloud of cigarette smoke hangs over Mary's* dyed blonde hair, encasing her in a protective screen that momentarily blurs her eyes.
The...
President visits Cyprus today
President Eddie Fenech Adami leaves for Cyprus today at the invitation of the Cypriot Archbishop Chrysostomos II and the Comunita' di...
Should cohabitation before marriage be encouraged?
Opposition spokesman for youth Owen Bonnici yesterday asked if the time had come to consider encouraging young couples to live together for some...
Agency for young people
An agency is being set up to ensure government policy takes young people into consideration, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth and Sport Clyde...
18 new cases of diabetes in children
"I think diabetes is outrunning us"
New cases of diabetes in children this year have already reached 18, up from around five in...
Recognition for green schools
The award-winning ceremony for schools that was part of Dinja Waħda last year will be held at the Attard parish auditorium on November 24.
Dinja...
Five seminarians to be instituted as acolytes
Archbishop Paul Cremona will institute five seminarians as acolytes during a ceremony at St Sebastian parish church, Qormi, on Friday.
As...
Drugs seized during roadblock
A 17-year-old man from Sta Lucia was detained by the army after drugs were discovered during a roadblock in Qormi on Friday night.
The man was a...
Rescue training camp in Malta
Eight members of the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, accompanied by Assistant Chief Fire Officer Bill...
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