Sunday, November 22, 2009
News
Muscat demands responsibility for power outage
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said today that while investigations into last week's power outage should continue, somebody should shoulder...
MIA expects winter traffic to be at 2009 levels
Malta International Airport had forecast a small increase in airport traffic in the last quarter of this year but expects winter passenger numbers...
Enemalta right to involve other authorities in power cut investigation - Gonzi
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this morning that Enemalta had done well to involve other authorities in the investigation of last week's power...
Updated: Libya rescues migrants
Libyan rescue services have rescued around 80 illegal immigrants who were in distress on the high seas, just 60 miles from Lampedusa.
Italian...
Ex PL secretary warns party against losing its soul
History professor and former Labour general secretary Dominic Fenech has warned his party against losing its soul by "pussyfooting" to pander to...
Microlight 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 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...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Stories from The Times
Nurses to step up action
Nurses have resolved to take their fight with the government over understaffing to new heights, threatening to stop treating patients at Boffa...
Opposition trafficking in data leaked, stolen from government departments
Infrastructure, Transport and Communications Minister Austin Gatt yesterday accused the opposition of daily trafficking in data leaked and stolen...
New utility tariffs - Unions mum on proposals to government
Trade unions emerged optimistic from yesterday's meeting with the Prime Minister, held to discuss revisions to the controversial water and...
Transition from primary to secondary school - More inclusive system proposed
The streaming mechanism that pigeonholes schoolchildren according to their overall exam performance will gradually be replaced with a more...
'Consumers should not carry burden of inefficiencies'
The social partners firmly believe that Enemalta should get its act together and eliminate its avoidable inefficiencies, which run into millions...
Charged with conspiring to import cocaine
A 21-year-old Liberian who was arrested at the airport as he disembarked from a flight from Brussels on Monday pleaded not guilty to conspiring to...
Commitment to prevent child abuse
Protecting children against any form of abuse must be a responsibility shared by all adults, said the Commission for Children yesterday on the eve...
UK passengers lead drop in airport movements
Passenger movements at the Malta International Airport last month fell by 6.1 per cent when compared to the same period last year.
The airport...
Too many hands still unwashed at Mater Dei
Overall hand hygiene has barely improved with the migration to Mater Dei Hospital, despite better hand-washing facilities and the availability of...
English diver's family asked to identify body
The family of Paul Swain, the British diver whose corpse was recovered from the bowels of the scuttled ship Xlendi on Monday, is expected to fly...
VAT reminders to be mailed electronically in pilot project
General notifications on VAT tax collections will start being sent via e-mail and text messages to account holders in order to ensure they do not...
Court seen as a distraction from business of saving strays
Letting out a sigh of frustration, dog lover Rennie Scicluna yesterday told a magistrate "he just wanted to carry out his mission"...
Police probe Spanish boat over illegal fishing
A Spanish fishing boat was intercepted by the Armed Forces of Malta on Monday while allegedly fishing illegally. The fishing boat was sighted by a...
Maltese return to home sweet home
The majority of immigrants registered in Malta in 2006 were actually Maltese returning home, according to Eurostat figures.
The most recent...
Malta clear of Alitalia cancellations
Alitalia flights to and from Malta will not be affected by the Italian airline's decision to cancel 100 flights a day due to strikes by pilots and...
Personalities recruited to promote local Monopoly
President Emeritus Ċensu Tabone, businessman Chris Grech, local band Scream Daisy and television and radio personality Eileen Montesin have been...
President Emeritus receives Spanish medal of honour
President Emeritus Guido de Marco was yesterday bestowed with a medal of honour by the Spanish Diplomatic School.
Surrounded by eclectic antiques...
Orchestra buys high-quality harpsichord
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra is broadening its performance repertoire with the purchase of a harpsichord following an agreement with Bank of...
St Edward's extends kindergarten
St Edward's College has extended its kindergarten after enrolments grew by 1,200 per cent in 16 months.
During the official opening and blessing...
Government preparing Bill to combat racism
A Bill to counter racism and xenophobia would be presented to Parliament in the coming days, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici...
Prisons described as a 'licensed drug-dealing quarters'
Opposition home affairs spokesman Michael Falzon yesterday described the prisons at Corradino as "licensed drug-dealing quarters". He...
Central Bank lowers growth projections
The Central Bank is revising its economic growth projections.
Bank Governor Michael C. Bonello told the House Public Accounts Committee yesterday...
Two unions on board for TUC
The Malta Dockers Union said it was accepting the Malta Union of Teachers' invitation to hand in its proposals on the setting up of a Trade Union...
Immigration discussed in Sweden
The influx of irregular migration faced by Malta was raised during a meeting in Stockholm between Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and the...
Public transport sector restructuring - 'Government did not use EU funds' - Joe Mizzi
The government knew there was no chance of delivering what the people were asking for in the public transport sector, as it had already promised...
Last great ocean liner bids farewell to its 'second home'
It was a "sad but special" day for the world's most famous ship, its crew and those who have voyaged on it.
It was time to say goodbye...
Ex-chef recalls rigours of serving top-class food
Bidding farewell to the Queen Elizabeth 2 in Grand Harbour yesterday was a "sentimental" affair for Brian O'Connor.
Between 1994 and...
Extra, extra at The Tabloid
The Tabloid, the newly-opened restaurant at The Palace, in Sliema, promises to offer that something extra: a refreshing combination of...
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