Saturday, November 7, 2009
News
Thea in splendid performance with Gigi D'Alessio
Maltese singer Thea Garrett Falzon, 17, lived up to expectations with a brilliant performance with Gigi d'Alessio in Rome last night.
Another...
Seminar to discuss alternatives to bird trapping - BirdLife
One of the topics of an international seminar on bird trapping, to be held in Malta next week, will be alternatives to bird trapping, BirdLife...
FAA, AD opposes Balluta Square car park
Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) and Alternattiva Demokratika have, in separate statements, opposed proposals by St Julians council to build a...
PL calls for deadlines for tackling soot problem
The Labour parliamentary group has called on the Prime Minister to identify overseas laboratories which may analyse the soot appearing over the...
Housing Authority CEO becomes consultant
Dr Paul Debattista has been appointed consultant within the Ministry of Social Policy and has therefore given up his role as CEO of the...
GO says decline in revenue slowing
GO plc has reported a third quarter slowing down of a decline in group revenue and profitability, first reported in interim results in August. It...
UHM disputes with Health Department settled
The UHM has announced agreement with the Social Policy Ministry on long-running disputes involving Nursing Aides, Health Assistants, Care...
MCESD discusses merging tax bodies
Updated
A merger of all tax collecting institutions, with the aim of combating tax evasion more effectively, will be proposed during the Budget...
Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says a man has been jailed for 10 years for raping his niece,...
EU to fight for tuna protection at global talks
Fishing nations must cut the amount of Atlantic bluefin tuna they catch and protect porbeagle and thresher sharks, European fisheries commissioner...
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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