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...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Stories from The Times
Nadur Carnival - Police go back on decision to vet songs
Music spontaneity will, after all, be allowed during the Nadur carnival celebrations as police are no longer insisting that performing rock bands...
'No new faces' in Cabinet
There are unlikely to be any new faces in the Cabinet following John Dalli's departure, sources close to the government have told The Times.
The...
Labour's new executive secretary - Appointment 'underlines women's role in society'
President George Abela's daughter-in-law, Lydia Abela, has been appointed secretary of the Labour Party's national executive, a role created by...
Accused denies being an accomplice in Valentine's Day murder
A man accused of being an accomplice in the Valentine's Day murder of a woman six years ago has denied involvement, saying he had turned down a...
An 'unworkable, impractical' proposal
The suggestion to have care orders issued for unborn children whose mothers are drug abusers has elicited a number of divergent reactions.
A...
Strong approval expected for EU Commission
The second European Commission headed by José Manuel Barroso is today expected to be officially endorsed by the European Parliament in a...
Parents urged to make internet safer for children
The Malta Communications Authority has issued a set of guidelines for proper internet usage, particularly to protect children from coming across...
Bird bath
Whoever said pigeons are dirty creatures never met this little bather. The bird takes a dip in a small puddle that gathered on the steps of St...
Gun salute tomorrow
A full gun salute to mark St Paul's Day will be fired from Valletta's Saluting Battery at the Upper Barrakka Gardens tomorrow.
In 2004,...
Beauty unveiled
Some of the scaffolding covering one side of Auberge de Castille, the 16th century office of the Prime Minister, in Merchants Street, Valletta has...
Suspended jail term in illegal abattoir case
A man who admitted to slaughtering animals in an illegal abattoir and selling the meat was given a six-month jail term suspended for two...
Year of the Tiger marked in the city
A man snapping solid metal bars over his head to the calming melody of traditional Chinese music are not everyday sights and sounds in Valletta's...
Court dismisses appeal of middleman in judges' bribery
The Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by Anthony Grech Sant, one of the middlemen in the bribery of two former judges, from...
Elderly woman run over
A 74-year-old woman was in critical condition last night after she was run over by a car in Żabbar Road, Paola at about 5 p.m., yesterday, the...
French couple request bail
A French couple who are waiting for appeal proceedings to start following an extradition order have filed a request for bail.
Alan Schmitt and...
188 cases of excessive alcohol in hospital
In 2009 alone there were a total of 188 cases admitted to hospital due to excessive consumption of alcohol.
Answering a parliamentary question by...
€602m in Gozitan deposits
At the end of December 2009 there was a total of €602,181,644 in current, savings and time deposits in Gozo, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech...
Carnival floats to carry protest message
The usual merriment of carnival will be tinged with a hint of negativity this year as organisers ponder an uncertain future.
"We will be...
Convicted of injuring female passers-by
A 39-year-old man punched a woman in the face and injured another as they walked past a bar in Birżebbuġa.
Frank Zahra was handed a 12-month...
Man jailed for 12 thefts
A 26-year-old man was yesterday jailed for two years after he admitted to 12 counts of theft including that of a car.
The man, who was 17 at the...
Primary health reform under attack from Nationalist backbencher
Nationalist backbencher Jean Pierre Farrugia yesterday laid into the government's recent White Paper setting out the proposed reforms in the...
'PL to transform Gozo into main motor of the economy'
A new Labour government would give Gozo direction and transform it into the main motor of the Maltese economy through upmarket tourism, opposition...
Feature - Maria Tabone - 90 years young
Today Maria Tabone is 90 years young and, as a surprise, I would like to offer her this bouquet of words for the occasion. However, compressing 90...
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