Sunday, November 22, 2009
News
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...
Friday, December 19, 2008
Stories from The Times
Immigration - EU grants €112 million to Malta
The EU yesterday granted Malta €112 million from the budget for the next five years to be in a better position to face the immigration...
Maltese truck driver dies in French road accident
A man from Żabbar, Noel Magro, died tragically when the trailer truck he was driving was involved in a road accident near Lens, in northern...
Forecasts for 2009 - Utility rates fuel pessimism
For most Maltese people the New Year will be a bad one and this sentiment is mainly the result of the revised water and electricity bills.
It is...
Grab a bargain in aid of the environment
Artists have slashed the prices of their works to lure buyers into spending their money in support of the Save Ramla l-Ħamra campaign.
As the...
Malta signs double taxation agreement with Switzerland
Malta and Switzerland yesterday signed a double taxation agreement during an official visit by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey.
The...
No payment, no taxes, medicine importers tell government
It is invoices yet to be settled by the government and not cheques that medicine importers are attaching to their VAT returns.
Reginald Fava, who...
Working Time Directive - Wages too low to cap overtime, unions insist
The two main trade unions believe that Maltese workers are not ready to have their overtime capped because wages here are still too low.
Their...
Pink hits 50, fresher than ever
The term "latchkey kids" may date back to the 1800s when children, who were responsible for their own care, wore their house key on a...
Labour spokesman raps 'indiscriminate' plastic bag tax
Taxes should differentiate between different types of plastic bags, the Labour Party's spokesman on the environment, Leo Brincat insisted,...
Voices was presented with the Frank Salt Investments Award for Arts.
Voices win award for excellence
The Voices choir is made up of 200 members, mainly young people from all walks of life who give up most of their...
Go's underwater cable fault affects broadband
Go's internet services were interrupted last night after the fibre-optic submarine cable connected to Sicily developed a fault affecting thousands...
Mepa postpones Mosta 'bungalows' decision
A decision on a permit for a series of reservoirs-turned-"bungalows" in Mosta has been postponed again after the planning authority...
Consumer Affairs Council formed again with new chairman
Marcel Pizzuto has been appointed chairman of the Consumer Affairs Council, which has been formed again.
The main function of the council is...
Man cheated firms by pretending to win contract
A man was found guilty of defrauding two companies of €15,000 by telling them he had won a government contract to supply water...
Suspended jail term for gambling addict
An Italian fraudster was yesterday given a suspended jail term after admitting to defrauding a businessman.
The man, 35-year-old Domenico...
Army sergeant demands immediate promotion
An army sergeant filed a second official letter demanding his immediate promotion to Staff Sergeant after claiming that he was left out of a maths...
AD posts Għadira project study online
Alternattiva Demokratika has published an official government report on the Għadira project which explores the environmental impact of three...
Two unions claim recognition at Maltapost
Maltapost has called a meeting with the General Workers' Union and the Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin for next Friday after both of them claimed to...
Gżira kiosk is legal
The report Owners Insist They Have Valid Licence For Removed Kiosk, which appeared on December 6, carried the wrong picture. The kiosk that...
Marriage Act anomaly 'settled'
The Private Member's Bill presented by Labour MP Josè Herrera to revise what he considers to be an anomaly in the Marriage Act is...
Documentary wins Sicilian award
Sinews, a documentary by Maltese film-maker Clifford Borg-Marks has won a Paladino D'Oro for the best foreign film at the Palermo International...
Efforts to attract airlines for new low-cost routes
Attracting airlines to service the low-cost routes on offer has proven to be an uphill struggle given the prevailing scenario, Malta Tourism...
Student bodies criticise teaching staff unions' directives
The University Students' Council yesterday criticised the impasse in talks between the government and trade unions on a collective agreement for...
Those were the days... in monochrome prints
Over 200 images of the Grand Harbour and Cottonera areas in the period circa 1870 to the 1930s, feature in the second volume in the series Richard...
The scent of sweat is in the house
Fancy a perfume called Sweat this Christmas? And endorsed by none other than... wait for it... DJ Steve Caesar?
You may be hesitant to choose his...
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