Tuesday, February 9, 2010
News
Cabinet reshuffle: Cassar becomes Minister of Health, Enemalta, WSC moved to Finance Ministry
Parliamentary Secretary Joe Cassar has, as expected, been promoted minister and been given responsibility for health and care of the elderly in a...
John Dalli steps down
John Dalli has resigned as minister and as an MP.
He sent his letter of resignation from the Cabinet to the Prime Minister this evening while his...
Three children being held in prison
Three children who are less than 16 years old are currently being held at the Corradino prisons.
Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said...
€11.6 million in tax refunds to be issued shortly
€11.6 million in income tax refunds due to 6,711 taxpayers are due to be issued shortly, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said in...
Mtarfa council to transform garden into recreational park
The Mtarfa council is cleaning up l-Bosk tal-Imtarfa to transform it into a park for the benefit of all.
Work, which started today, includes the...
MHRA reports agreement with government to soften utility tariffs hike
Agreement has been reached in principle between the government and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association on ways to soften the impact of...
Man jailed for six years for conspiracy to murder
Updated:
Carmel Vella, 33, of San Ġwann was this afternoon jailed for six years after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Sentence was...
Survey charts extent of mental health problems in Malta
Fifteen per cent of the Maltese population will suffer some form of mental health problem at some point in their lifetime, a survey had...
New European Commission approved
The European Parliament this afternoon overwhelmingly approved the appointment of the 27-member European Commission.
The vote was taken at a...
Sailors complete naval gunnery course
The Maritime Squadron of the AFM has just completed a gunnery training course based around the 25/80 KBA cannon on their Offshore Patrol...
Wenzu Mintoff claims discrimination by Malta Enterprise
Wenzu Mintoff, the head of legal services at Malta Enterprise and editor of the Labour weekly KullHadd filed a judicial protest against Malta...
Restaurateurs urged to follow tourism trends
Restaurateurs were this morning urged to heed the changing trends of tourism and adjust their product and services accordingly.
Parliamentary...
17-year old accused of kicking policewoman
A17-year-old boy who cannot be named because he is a minor, was remanded in custody today after he pleaded not guilty to kicking a police woman in...
Escaped migrant makes it to Brussels
An illegal immigrant who was repatriated to Malta after he escaped and managed to make it to Brussels was this morning jailed for six months, the...
More appointments on PL national executive
Aaron Farrugia has been appointed chairman of the Labour Party's Ideat Foundation, the party said in a statement.
It said Joe Cordina was...
Industrial production drops
Industrial production in December decreased by 10.9 and 9.9 per cent when compared to November and the corresponding month of 2008,...
Jurors start their deliberations
Jurors in the trial of a man accused of conspiracy to murder by plotting to throw a woman off a cliff retired this morning to start their...
Grand Harbour Marina reports strong interest in bond issue
Grand Harbour Marina plc has reported that it received applications substantially in excess of the preferred portion of €6 million bonds...
No new faces expected in Cabinet reshuffle
Dolores Cristina will return to the Social Policy Ministry and Giovanna Debono will move to the Education Ministry as part of a reshuffle expected...
Ramblers' Association president steps down
Lino Bugeja, president of the Ramblers' Association, has stepped down. He will be turning 80 this week.
Mr Bugeja told the association's annual...
Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press today:
The Times leads with the appointment of Lydia Abela as secretary to...
Friday, July 10, 2009
Stories from The Times
Mepa reform - PM seeks 'magical balance'
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday launched his plans for Mepa reform, which includes a more direct role for the government in policy making...
Mepa reform - Bid to tame the Mepa beast
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday unveiled his plans to bring change to Malta's most reviled authority after his electoral promise 15 months...
Toddler contracts swine flu
A nine-month-old baby boy from Gozo is among five new swine flu cases, raising the total to 60.
The Health Department said two male teenagers,...
Immigration - France wants other countries to follow burden-sharing example
About 92 migrants left for France yesterday, embarking on a journey into a new future that has been secured by a responsibility-sharing initiative...
Lady Gaga's mask reveals Malta's face
Lady Gaga's publicity stunt in the form of yet another bizarre outfit at a press conference before her performance at the Isle of MTV on Wednesday...
Pros and cons of employee retention
The fact that unemployment in Malta did not skyrocket the way it did in other countries meant the island risked losing competitiveness in the...
Rescued dog put to sleep
A pure German Shepherd, that looked like a "walking skeleton", was yesterday found abandoned in a pebbly cave off Qala that is only...
Pietà tinsmith will be missed
Anyone who drove along the busy Pietà seafront will have noticed a cheerful elderly tinsmith perched inside a tiny room making weather...
Use of false IDs on the rise, police officer tells court
The use of false identity documents seems to be on the increase, a police inspector told a court yesterday as she charged a Nigerian immigrant...
Drop in number of ferry passengers
The number of passengers who made the Malta-Gozo crossing between April and June was slightly lower than in the same period last year even though...
Labour calls for lower VAT on tourism
The Labour Party yesterday criticised Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi for failing to cut VAT on tourism services while other countries had already...
Emissions alerts - ADT admits it ignored SMS reports
The Malta Transport Authority (ADT) yesterday admitted it had not tested any cars reported by SMS throughout 2008 saying it was working on a new...
Two arrested over drugs
Hours of surveillance by the police Drugs Squad paid off when officers made two separate arrests after seizing a considerable amount of cannabis...
Young man used counterfeit notes
A court yesterday conditionally discharged a young man for two years after he admitted to using two counterfeit €50 notes. Simon Camilleri,...
Safer swimming at Blue Lagoon
A temporary pontoon has been installed at the Blue Lagoon to ensure the safety of swimmers and embarking or disembarking passengers. As a result,...
'Malta should and could do better' in R&D
Malta may have stepped up its initiatives in research and development but it could do much more to have a thriving economy based on this sector,...
Detailed study on 'earliest extended prose in Maltese'
Among the many manuscripts handed over to the national library by Ignazio Saverio Mifsud is a volume of sermons and panegyrics in Maltese and...
Menqa plans - Marsa council laments lack of consultation
The Marsa local council should have been consulted on the plans for Menqa before the master plan, unveiled last week, was finalised, the mayor...
Aladdin in search of a cast
Masquerade have already decided that the main protagonist for their Christmas pantomime this year will be Aladdin but the performers have yet to...
Bored of house arrest, woman ends up in jail
A woman who got fed up of being under house arrest and went for a walk was yesterday jailed for two months.
Janica Mifsud, 25, of Sliema, pleaded...
Man sold expensive phones for a pittance
A man was handed down a suspended sentence yesterday after stealing three mobile phones worth hundreds of euros and selling two of them for a mere...
Deficit down in first quarter
The deficit in the first three months of this year was €49.8 million, down from €106 million in the same period last year, according to...
Music in art
Artist Jeni Caruana is exhibiting a collection of works featuring musicians and their instruments at Bridge Bar, Valletta in anticipation of the...
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