Sunday, November 22, 2009
News
Former 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...
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...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Stories from The Times
Parliament to move to Opera House - PM calls for national pride in City Gate project
The government is forging ahead with the idea of moving Parliament to the old Opera House in Valletta in a project that should see the theatre and...
Business holds out on rates
The government has not seen the last of employers on the issue of energy bills yet, as both the Federation of Industry and the chamber of SMEs...
Army to guard Fort St Elmo
Soldiers are to go on guard at Fort St Elmo to make sure squatters and vandals don't continue to have the run of the dilapidated...
CMTU threat to suspend MUT
The Confederation of Malta Trade Unions (CMTU) has threatened to suspend the affiliation of the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) from the...
Gatt denies lying to Parliament
Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt yesterday denied he had lied over the introduction of sewage tax by pointing out that in his reply to a...
Sant loses libel case against The Times
A court yesterday dismissed a libel action filed by former Labour leader Alfred Sant against The Times over a letter concerning an incident that...
EU grants Malta €5m to return illegal immigrants
The EU yesterday approved a grant of €5 million which will be used towards repatriation schemes for illegal immigrants over the next five...
Malta praised over progress against racism
Malta has made a leap forward in combating racism and discrimination, according to a new report published in Europe.
Analysing the progress made...
Maltese returning from Thailand
Eight of the nine Maltese stranded in Thailand following the occupation of the airport in Bangkok during anti-government protests are now on their...
Car passenger critically injured
A 24-year-old man from Naxxar was in critical condition following a traffic accident along Salina Road, limits of Naxxar, yesterday morning.
The...
Government admits its entities used illegal scrap yard
The government has admitted that some of its "entities" have granted contracts to an "illegal" scrap yard in Birżebbuġa...
Socialist leaders approve manifesto
European Socialist leaders have approved their electoral manifesto for the forthcoming European Parliament elections under the theme The People...
Police stops immigrants packed on pick-up
Some 20 immigrants crammed at the back of a pick-up van on the Mrieħel by-pass yesterday evening was enough reason for a police motorcyclist to...
Man slashed two in the neck in Paceville brawl, court hears
A "well mannered" 26-year-old man accused of double attempted murder sliced deep enough into a man's neck to sever his muscle during a...
UK, Malta dig in heels over EU gaming initiative
Britain and Malta teamed up yesterday in a bid to head off moves by EU president France to forge a bloc-wide policy for regulating the...
World Aids Day - 109 living with HIV and AIDS
Sexual diseases in Malta continued to spread in recent years with Chlamydia quadrupling since 2004 and rates of Aids and HIV leaping again from...
World Aids Day - Malta needs a good clinic for sexually transmitted diseases
Malta will continue to see an increase in the number of sexually transmitted infections unless it has a proper genito-urinary clinic, Irish expert...
No economic sustainability without a healthy environment
Adopting an environmentally sustainable way of life cannot be just a superficial "add-on" but requires fundamental change in how people behave and...
'Nine in 10 against abortion'
A survey has confirmed that Malta maintains a very strong pro-life culture, Gift of Life said yesterday.
Of 500 respondents interviewed by phone,...
Warmer, drier November
November was slightly warmer and drier than the norm, the Meteorological Office said yesterday in its monthly report.
There were also nine days...
16-man crew rescued from sinking ship
A cargo ship's 16-man crew was shaken but unharmed as they stepped off an AFM launch yesterday night after having been rescued from a life raft...
MUMN president dismisses call for resignation
Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses president Paul Pace has dismissed a call for his resignation by his predecessor even as a newly set-up...
When the moon hits your eyes like last night
Through the twilight yesterday, millions of people around the world could see a close three-way conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the crescent...
'Għadira road would cut through Foresta 2000'
BirdLife and Din l-Art Ħelwa insisted yesterday that contrary to claims by the Transport Minister, the proposed Għadira road will cut through...
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