timesofmalta.com newsletter - 11 Jan 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Thursday, 11 Jan 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Times of Malta]( National - [Patients sent to Karin Grech as flu outbreak persists]( Patients are being moved to the Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital as Mater Dei Hospital continues to struggle to cope with a flu outbreak. The numbers admitted to hospital with the flu peaked last week, forcing Mater Dei, which continues to... - [€200m in VAT uncollected in 2015]( Some €200 million in VAT went uncollected in 2015, according to a new EU report. The VAT Gap – the difference between the amount expected to be raised through VAT and what was collected by the authorities – was outlined in the latest yearly VAT... - [Government ‘bypasses’ union and contacts pilots individually]( The government made a last-ditch attempt to encourage Air Malta cockpit crew to agree to a new five-year collective agreement by contacting pilots individually, bypassing their union, the Times of Malta was told. In a move many pilots deemed... - [Today's front pages]( The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says the doctors’ union urged the government to immediately withdraw its consent for the transfer to an American company of a 30-year, multi-million-euro concession for... - [New Kappara junction 'far from ready']( The €23 million Kappara junction project, which according to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Transport Minister Ian Borg and Transport Malta has been completed “on time and on budget” by the end of 2017, is far from ready. Readers complained that... World news - [Canada has no plans to pull diplomats from Cuba over mystery illnesses]( Canada has no plans to remove diplomats from Cuba after at least eight people connected to its embassy appeared to have contracted symptoms of a potential illness at the centre of a rift in US-Cuba relations, a senior government official said. The... - [Armed robbers steal jewellery 'worth millions' from Ritz Hotel in Paris]( Armed robbers have stolen jewellery reportedly worth millions of euros from the Ritz hotel in Paris. French police said that five thieves, some of them armed, entered the luxury hotel and stole goods worth "an important sum". The French TV station... - [California mudslides death toll rises as rescue crews search for survivors]( The death toll from mudslides that struck Southern California has climbed to 15 as rescue crews searched for people trapped, injured or dead in the onslaught that smashed homes and swept away cars. The torrential rainstorm that set off the... - [Ethiopia bans adoptions by foreigners]( Ethiopia is to ban foreign adoptions amid concerns about mistreatment of children overseas. The approval came after rare heated debate as some politicians worried that the East African nation does not have enough childcare centres to handle the... - [Tunisia arrests 237 in clashes with protests as Jewish school gets attacked]( Tunisian police arrested 237 people, including two Islamists, for attacking police stations and government buildings and for vandalism in anti-government protests, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, as a Jewish school was... Opinion - [Us and them - Colm Regan]( For some people the world is routinely divided into two groups – us and them. Sometimes it’s the big ‘us’ (Europeans, Christians,... - [Abortion, right and left - Ranier Fsadni]( As a rule it is bad manners for a regular columnist to criticise a guest opinion writer. It looks like picking an easy target. But there... - [Match-fixing is killing football - Robert Dingli]( Football, like other sports, has seen a drastic change in its development over the years. Today, one can safely say that football is... - [Enforcement and road safety - Adrian Galea]( Now that the festive season is over, it appears to have been another period of relative calm on our roads during which thankfully no... - [A New Year wish - Martin Scicluna]( Toxic tribalism is poisoning our public life, stifling constructive debate and spreading hateful stereotypes. In a society that has hate... Letters - [Respect has no gender]( We would like to express our disappointment and objection to the article written by Charles Caruana Carabez and titled ‘The foibles of... - [Glaring omission]( How poor of TVM’s 8pm news on Saturday not to recognise that among the late Ambassador Alfred Zarb’s most important contributions to... - [Break from duty]( I read that policemen have been caught with drugs in Paceville. Have a heart. I am sure they were having a deserved rest after a round of... - [Point taken]( The interesting and informative opinion piece by Fr Geoffrey Attard, entitled ‘The “Christian-right” is lost’ (January 5), made me... - [Payments to Vitals]( Reference is made to the article titled ‘Vitals payments doubled days before sale announced’ (January 9) regarding payments by the... Sport - [Chelsea spurn chances in League Cup stalemate with Arsenal]( Chelsea failed to make their home advantage count as they missed a string of chances to draw 0-0 with Arsenal in the first leg of their... - [Live: Football transfer news and rumours]( The winter transfer window is less than a week away and the timesofmalta.com SportsDesk is back with you to follow all the latest gossip... - [Villas-Boas crashes out of Dakar Rally]( Former Chelsea and Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has been forced to pull out of the Dakar Rally after suffering a back injury during a... - [Watch: NBA roundup: Heat top Raptors in final second]( Wayne Ellington scored the decisive basket with 0.3 seconds remaining to give the Miami Heat a dramatic 90-89 victory over the Toronto... - [Aguero strikes late to earn City win]( Manchester City needed a late Sergio Aguero winner to claim a 2-1 advantage from the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against... Business News - [US yields at 10-month high]( Major government bond yields hit multi-month highs and world stock indexes fell yesterday following a report that Chinese officials have... - [New directors at KPMG]( KPMG has appointed Thomas Galea and Adrian Mizzi as directors, with effect from October 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018 respectively. This... - [Shipping movements]( The following ships are expected in Malta: The CMA CGM Puget from Piraeus to Salerno, the Coni Lyon from Damietta to London Gateway (CMA... - [UK industry on track to boost economy in fourth quarter 2017]( British industrial output looks set to make a strong contribution to economic growth in the final months of 2017 but construction is... - [RF MGS Index in first annual decline since 2011]( In last week’s article, I explained that Maltese equity investors experienced a challenging year in 2017 as the MSE Equity Price Index... Social - [Palumbo gives substantial donation to L-Istrina]( President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca's eyes shone as she toured the workshops and docks of the Palumbo Malta Shipyard with CEO Antonio... - [Jean Borg Bartolo]( Grace Ann Cachia, Sliema, writes: Aunt Jean is now resting in the eternal comfort of her Maker – this being a fitting reward for her... - [60th school-leaving reunion]( Former students of St Louis Grammar School, Sliema, celebrated their 60th anniversary with a thanksgiving Mass at St Patrick’s church,... - [Lidl donates €15,000 to MCCF Foundation and sponsors ninth President’s Solidarity Fun Run]( Lidl Malta sponsored the ninth edition of the President’s Solidarity Fun Run with a donation of €15,000 in aid of the Malta Community... - [The President’s engagements]( 10am The President attends the opening ceremony of the 17th session of the general conference of the United Nations Industrial... Blogs - [Poor man, he works long hours]( I literally choked on my coffee when I read the Home Affairs Ministry’s defence of Mario Tonna, the assistant police commissioner forced... - [Unhappy New Year]( All endings are eventful and usually sad. A year passes - its weary old days over - and along comes a new one. We pour wine, clink... - [10 things we have to tackle in 2018]( It's been a year of triumphs and tragedy, successes and too many scandals, all sprinkled with a good layer of construction dust. So what... - [Appeasing interest groups at Majjistral Nature Park]( The Majjistral Nature Park near Manikata was established in 2007. After years of discussion, a decision was reached to allow hunting... - [I love my gilded cage]( There are a few facts of life we just can’t get away from. Labour won the last election in amazing style. Period. Maltese people in their... 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