timesofmalta.com newsletter - 12 Jan 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Friday, 12 Jan 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Delicata]( National - [Police make major drugs, cash haul in Ħamrun raid]( The police arrested three men and seized a considerable amount of drugs and cash in a raid on a garage in Ħamrun on Thursday afternoon. Officers from various branches descended on the garage in St Vincent Street at about 4pm, blocking all... - [Remove politicians implicated in serious acts of corruption, European Parliament report says]( A European Parliament report on Malta has called on politicians perceived to be implicated in serious acts of corruption and money laundering linked to the Panama Papers and FIAU reports to be removed from public office and swiftly... - [Today's front pages: January 12, 2018]( An MEP committee report's conclusions about Malta dominate front pages today.  The Times of Malta reports on MEP delegation's findings, saying politicians under a cloud of suspicion 'must be removed and swiftly probed'. It also reports that three... - [Sadeen flaunts university plans despite no permits]( Computer-generated images of modern extensions and additional floors on historic buildings in Cospicua feature on the Sadeen Group’s Facebook page, though permits have still to been issued. The Jordanian construction group, which was allocated the... - [75 per cent of women sexually harassed at work]( Three-quarters of female respondents in a local survey have experienced sexual harassment at the workplace. The study also shows that three out of every 10 believe that victims of sexual harassment are partly to blame because of the way they dress... World news - [Watch: Trump denigrates 'shithole countries', sources say]( Harsh words for Haiti and African nations from Donald Trump, calling some of them quote "shithole countries." The comments were made in the White House on Thursday during talks over a new bipartisan immigration deal to protect so-called "Dreamer"... - [All jewels from Paris Ritz heist recovered - source]( French police have recovered all the jewels that a gang of thieves attempted to snatch from a store in the upscale Paris Ritz hotel, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday. Three axe-wielding thieves carried out the brazen robbery... - [Trump cancels UK visit, says will not unveil new US embassy]( US President Donald Trump canceled a visit to London scheduled for early this year, saying he was disappointed with the "Obama administration having sold" the US embassy in the British capital. "(The) reason I canceled my trip to London is that I... - [Facebook to emphasize friends, not news, in series of changes]( Facebook Inc on Thursday began to change the way it filters posts and videos on its centerpiece News Feed, the start of what chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said would be a series of changes in the design of the world's largest social... - [Twenty-one hours and counting: German coalition talks drag on]( German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) worked through the night on Thursday to resolve differences on taxes, migration and other issues blocking formation of a new "grand coalition" government. Negotiators had... Opinion - [Of lost and blinded Magi - Joseph Caruana]( Recently, the village of Għajnsielem hosted a re-enactment of the biblical story of the Three Wise Men as part of the annual Bethlehem... - [Gypsy of big business - Dennis Avorin]( The odds stack up against Malta’s iGaming sector, as written in an article by Joanna Plucinska for Politico late last year. Rising... - [The constitutional order - André DeBattista]( At face value, the desire to revisit and revise the Constitution seems to unite government, Opposition and civil society. While talk of... - [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... Letters - [Anything goes]( Former Labour Cabinet minister, Joe Debono Grech is expected to be arraigned after allegedly threatening a police officer some months... - [Life in the beginning]( The zygote is the first cell created by the fusion of sperm and ovum but it does not stop there. The same cell contains 46 chromosomes or... - [Bizarre rituals]( I welcome John White’s contribution (‘A grave burial problem’, January 9). We recently had to bury my uncle in the family grave. Prior to... - [An Australian first?]( My father, Loreto, issued election posters for Melbourne’s Brunswick city council elections in the 1970s in different languages – Greek,... - [Dennis, the Reiki master]( My name is Patricia (Pat, Paddy) Gibbins and I am looking for my friend, Dennis, a medium and Reiki master from Malta. Unfortunately, I... Sport - [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... - [Watch: NBA roundup: Clippers' Williams pours in 50]( Lou Williams scored a career-best 50 points and added seven assists to help the Los Angeles Clippers snap a 12-game, head-to-head losing... - [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... - [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... Business News - [ECB warning shot sends euro, bond yields higher]( The euro and bond market borrowing costs jumped yesterday, as the European Central Bank signalled its €2.5 trillion stimulus programme... - [Photocopier pioneer Xerox in talks for deal with Japan’s Fujifilm]( Xerox Corp., under pressure to find new growth sources amid shrinking demand for its printer and copier business, is in talks for a deal... - [Oil pulls back from highs as worries of overheating grow]( Oil prices pulled back from multi-year highs reached earlier in the day yesterday as warnings grew that a 13 per cent rally since early... - [M&S sales stumble]( Sales of Marks & Spencer clothes and food fell in the last quarter of 2017, denting the British retailer’s latest attempt at a corporate... - [South Korea plans to ban bitcoin trading, rattles market]( South Korea’s government said yesterday it plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, sending bitcoin prices plummeting and throwing the... 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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