Sunday, November 8, 2009

News

Zebbug Mayor to resign - Today, 18:33
Zebbug Mayor Brian Bonnici is to resign following PN media reports that he engaged council workers for works in his own home. PL deputy leader...

Finance minister denies 'favours' claim - Today, 17:27
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech this afternoon strongly denied claims made in the newspaper MaltaToday and repeated by Opposition leader Joseph...

Festival of Honey at Sta Venera - Today, 15:03
A Festival of Honey is being held for the second year at Romeo Romano Garden in Sta Venera, drawing hundreds of visitors. The activity is being...

New power tariffs would wipe out economic stimulus - Muscat - Today, 12:35
The Budget will be judged on how it tackles the cost-of-living, how it protects jobs and how it fights corruption, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat...

PM regrets comments by Mepa audit officer - Today, 12:01
The Prime Minister this morning expressed regret at comments made by the Mepa audit officer last week. Speaking in a radio interview, Dr Gonzi...

Budget will not be an easy one, but outlook is positive - Gonzi - Today, 11:39
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today that tomorrow's will not be an easy Budget. "It will not be an easy Budget, the past two Budgets have...

Malta marks Remembrance Sunday - Today, 10:06
The fallen of the world wars were remembered today in Remembrance Sunday commemorations in Valletta. The President and the Prime Minister led...

Press digest - Today, 07:13
The following are the top stories in the local and overseas press: The Sunday Times says obese people are costing the country €18 million a...

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Stories from The Sunday Times

No charges over attempts to buy rape girl's silence - Mark Micallef
No charges will be brought against the lawyers or any other intermediary involved in the attempts to buy the silence of the family of a...

Ex-political heavyweights mooted as next President - Herman Grech
Three former political heavyweights seem to be the frontrunners at this stage to succeed Eddie Fenech Adami as President after his five-year term...

Israel exceeding limits of self-defence - de Marco - Herman Grech
Israel is exceeding the limits of self-defence in response to an unwarranted attack by Hamas, according to President Emeritus Guido de Marco. The...

Cancer patients call for drug refund - Ariadne Massa
The three women taking the breast cancer drug Herceptin are calling on the government to refund part of the money they forked out for this...

Malta loses a great composer - Nestor Laiviera
Maestro Charles Camilleri, one of Malta's most significant and talented composers, died yesterday aged 77. Mro Camilleri, whose popularity...

Director makes the cut - Veronica Stivala
Ryan Gatt shares many affinities with Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar (of The Others fame). He is the same age as the director when he...

Talking about a new resolution - Ariadne Massa
The New Year ushers in a sense of renewal and the resolve to change our lives and situations for the better. The tradition of resolutions dates...

Silence endangers Church's existence - Gozo bishop
The Church would be "endangering its very existence" if it did not continue to get its message across, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech said...

Labour discusses rent reform
The Labour Party's parliamentary group yesterday met to discuss the party's position on the Bill to reform rent laws, which is being discussed in...

A bumpy ride in 2009?
Juggling between statistics, predictions and a few assumptions, The Sunday Times gazes through the crystal ball for 2009. This is the year of the...

Students to hold rally over collective agreement impasse - Claudia Calleja
Students are to hold a rally on Wednesday to voice their disapproval at the "unacceptable and unjust" situation caused by the impasse...

Charity concert to bid farewell to President
Elegant, sacred music will waft through St John's Co-Cathedral during a concert on January 16 to bid farewell to President Eddie Fenech Adami...

Police seek to clarify superintendent's Marsa comments
The police have sought to clarify comments by a superintendent about Marsa, saying that in his court submissions the officer had not said that the...

Autographed shirt of Kaká donated
An AC Milan kit autographed by the Brazilian football legend Kaká has been donated to the Community Chest Fund to generate funds for those...