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...
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Stories from The Times
Malta 'off foreign investors radar'
Malta got the dubious honour of being dubbed one of the "best kept secrets" around at a conference on foreign direct investment in which...
Domestic violence charge
Two men appeared in court yesterday, one charged with injuring his wife when he punched and kicked her during an argument at home and the other...
Good Samaritan extends helping hand to half-paralysed man
A 58-year-old man wants the Housing Authority to give his late father-in-law's flat to Emanuel Cini, a half-paralysed HIV-positive patient who is...
Kerosene truck owners challenge ADT's refusal to accept conversion bid
The owners of a kerosene truck are complaining that the transport authority is refusing to accept their application to convert their vehicle into...
SmartCity Malta 'on track'
SmartCity Malta had been involved in an intensive one-to-one international marketing campaign over the past nine months, CEO Claudio Grech said...
Maltese film beats foreign entries to win top award
A Maltese production team has won an award for best overall picture in an international short film festival aired on TVM.
The Bigger Picture team...
Two accused of importing drugs
A Dominican woman and a Ghanaian man were yesterday charged with importing almost two kilos of heroin and 3,000 ecstasy pills.
The two, who...
Two dogs poisoned, put in a sack and dumped still alive in a skip
Two dogs were poisoned, thrown still alive in a suffocating sack and dumped in a skip in Marsalforn yesterday as the cases of animal cruelty...
Fuzzy joins the gentlemen and steals the show
Acting seems to come natural to dog-actor Fuzzy who has debuted in a Shakespearean comedy standing out as the sole male member in an all-female...
Splendida brings good tidings
MSC Cruises' latest flagship, the Splendida, made its maiden voyage to Malta yesterday, signalling the company's commitment to bring 170,000...
'Deficit will come in line in 2013'
Malta's deficit will only fall below the three per cent mark in 2013, three years after an EU deadline, according to the International Monetary...
ICT graduate dies in motorcycle crash
Daniel Aquilina, who died in a motorcycle accident late on Tuesday, always looked at life in a positive way and was constantly smiling, his former...
Election expenses - Maltese MEPs to vow they stuck to the law
Malta's five elected MEPs will be declaring under oath they did not exceed the maximum €18,000 allowed by law during the past electoral...
Child Abuse Hotline stopped
The Child Abuse Hotline is no longer operational because of lack of funds. Commissioner for Children Carmen Zammit confirms in her annual report...
Prevention is better than a fall
A silly little accident, like a slip, can have devastating effects on the life of an independent elderly person.
Simple, day-to-day chores, like...
Children's medicine recalled
A common children's cough medicine, the Rhinathiol (carbocisteine) two per cent sugar free, has been recalled because of a "possible...
Swimmer in critical condition
A 57-year-old woman is in critical condition after finding herself in difficulty while swimming in St Paul's Bay, yesterday morning.
The accident...
Stolen van traced within minutes
A van was found barely 10 minutes after its distraught owner informed the police it was stolen.
Sources said the white Hyundai Hiace was stolen...
Swine flu update: Another two patients
Seven more people infected with the swine flu have recovered while another two have contracted the virus.
In its latest update, the Parliamentary...
Hunters lambast 'delaying tactics'
The Federation for Hunting and Conservation has accused the government of using Ornis committee meetings as a smokescreen and employing delaying...
Perched for the view
Two sailors climb a mast on the Royal Clipper, a five-masted, 42-sail cruiser inspired by the legendary tall ship, Preussen. The crewmen were...
Let's go round
A playground was inaugurated this week at Angela House, a children's home in Guardamangia run by the Ursuline Sisters. It was inaugurated by...
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