Saturday, July 4, 2009

News

Two more Swine Flu cases confirmed - woman hospitalised for observation - Yesterday, 12:13
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 - Yesterday, 22:35
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 - Yesterday, 22:37
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 - Yesterday, 13:32 - Kurt Bugeja Coster
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 - Yesterday, 19:18
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 - Yesterday, 12:49
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 - Yesterday, 11:29
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 - Yesterday, 11:09
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 - Yesterday, 07:30
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, 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...