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...
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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