25 years ago - The Times

Monday, May 2, 1994

Insurance market ‘in a state of uncertainty’

The insurance market in Malta is in a state of uncertainty because of rapid developments in the commercial and financial sectors of the economy, the Association of Insurance Brokers said.

The overused word ‘liberalisation’ seemed to be the favourite cliché in financial circles, but there appeared to be different opinions on the meaning and intention of the word.

A lobby within the market wished to define the term ‘liberalisation’ as meaning the removal of the 30 per cent reinsurance cession, the association said.

Former champion cyclist injured

A former Malta champion cyclist, 53-year-old John Magri, of Mosta, was seriously injured in a traffic accident yesterday.

He was hit by a car while cycling at Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq in the morning.

Magri, who represented Malta in international events, including the Mediterranean Games, suffered serious head injuries. The car, driven by John Barbara, of Ħamrun, was also involved in a collision with an oncoming car driven by Ingerborg Dougelt, of Germany.

Half a century ago - Times of Malta

Friday, May 2, 1969

Workers celebrate May Day

Speaking after Mass at the Independence Arena in Floriana in the afternoon, His Grace said that, despite the small size of these Islands, the Ecclesiastical Authorities in Rome have permitted the Church in Malta to form the Episcopal Conference which coordinates the work of churches both in Malta and Gozo.

The Episcopal Conference is composed of His Grace the Archbishop as president, and all the Bishops of Malta and Gozo, as members. At the Bishops’ Senate to be held in Rome in October this year, His Grace will consequently represent the Maltese dioceses.

Great send-off for Bighi Admiral

Surgeon Rear-Admiral D. P. Gurd and Mrs Gurd were given a great send-off yesterday evening when they left the Royal Navy Hospital in Bighi to return to England at the end of the Admiral’s appointment as Medical Officer-in-Charge.

The car in which he was riding with Mrs Gurd was pulled from the hospital’s main gate to the lift by Surgeon Captains and Surgeon Commanders. Nurses and other members of the hospital staff lined the route and cheered Admiral and Mrs Gurd as they passed by.