timesofmalta.com newsletter - 10 Feb 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Saturday, 10 Feb 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Architects and Knights]( National - [Driver killed, passenger critical after tree crushes vehicle in Mrieħel]( Updated 8.45am A driver was killed and a passenger is in critical condition after their vehicle appears to have been crushed by a fallen tree in Mrieħel early Saturday morning, police said. Details of the incident are still sketchy though... - [Warnings as Malta is hit by torrential rain, strong winds]( Updated 7.40am with police warnings A man was killed, roads were flooded and damage reported as the Maltese islands were hit by torrential rain and strong winds on Saturday morning. The dry patch which dominated the month of January was wiped out... - [Today's front pages]( These are the main stories featured in Saturday's newspapers: Times of Malta reports that the doctors’ union council has voted in favour of further and possibly harsher industrial action next week should negotiations with the government fail. It... - [Doctors get green light to step up industrial action]( The doctors’ union council has voted in favour of further and possibly harsher industrial action next week should negotiations with the government fail, the Times of Malta has learnt. The Medical Association of Malta council unanimously approved a... - [Photos of the week - ending 8th February 2018]( [/attach] World news - [Trump wishes disgraced aide well after domestic abuse allegations]( President Donald Trump on Friday praised White House aide Rob Porter, who resigned this week after allegations that he abused two former wives, and stressed that Porter has maintained his innocence. "He says he's innocent, and I think you have to... - [Israeli jets targetted by Syria]( Syrian anti-aircraft fire shot down an Israeli jet on Saturday, the military said, after Israel intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria and struck an Iranian target there. Footage from northern Israel showed what appeared to be white... - [Turkey resumes air strikes on Syrian Kurdish enclave]( Turkey has resumed air strikes in Syria's Kurdish enclave of Afrin after a brief lull, killing and wounding several people. The attacks on border areas and the main town in the region have been among the worst since the Turkish army and... - [Amazon aims to move into US shipping industry]( Amazon's next move may be to shake up the shipping industry in the US. The online retailer is reportedly planning a new service called "Shipping With Amazon" that will allow it to pick up packages from businesses and deliver them to consumers. The... - [Woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilised]( An Oklahoma woman convicted of using a counterfeit cheque has received a reduced sentence after getting medically sterilised at the suggestion of a judge. The Oklahoman reports that US district judge Stephen Friot showed leniency to 34-year-old... Opinion - [Daylight robbery of the people - Arnold Cassola]( People in the know in financial affairs maintain that there are two aspects to public private partnership (PPP) agreements. One is the... - [Question time: The voice of the child]( Mirana Agius Silvio, LEAD participant Being an educator by profession as well as a mother of two, the well-being of children has always... - [My darkest secrets - Steve Pace]( Daphne up, Daphne down, Daphne left and right… Everywhere and everyday we read something related to Daphne Caruana Galizia’s mythical... - [The malevolent agenda - Klaus Vella Bardon]( The fact that Edwin Vassallo chose to vote against the Domestic Violence Bill should have been a wake-up call for our MPs. Nationalist... - [Unwanted corollary outcome - Roberto Debono]( Regulations to protect indigenous trees have an undesired effect: that private people will plant less indigenous trees. While the... Letters - [Need for collateral]( Further to Emanuel Fenech’s letter titled ‘Lack of policies’ (February 3), I find it pretty amusing that the sale of passports alone is... - [Ultimate price]( A film I watched recently on one of the Italian TV stations is a carbon copy of the present situation in Malta. The film focuses on the... - [Anarchy rules]( Given what appears to be the almost total absence of police officers on the main streets of Sliema, it is hardly surprising there is such... - [Still relevant]( “Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.” These are the words of former US president Ronald Reagan... - [European capital]( I refer to Mario Dingli’s contribution wherein he refers to Rai news claiming that “Palermo has been declared European Capital of Culture... Sport - [Juve defeat Fiorentina]( Juventus ground out a 2-0 win at Fiorentina on Friday after the hosts had a penalty revoked in another contentious incident involving the... - [Saints, Mosta share spoils]( ST ANDREWS 0 MOSTA 0 St Andrews and Mosta had to settle for a draw in an unusual match played under a continuous downpour which rendered... - [Premier League - talking points]( The North London derby headlines the weekend's Premier League fixtures, which also see Virgil van Dijk return to Southampton and Riyad... - [England vs Wales - talking points]( England and Wales collide in a seismic NatWest 6 Nations clash at Twickenham on Saturday that will put the winner in pole position for... - [Watch: Conte calls for collective responsibility over Chelsea slump]( Antonio Conte insists he wants to remain as Chelsea manager and feels there must be collective responsibility for recent poor... Business News - [Twitter surprises with revenue turnaround, shares surge]( Twitter Inc on Thursday delivered its first quarterly profit and an unexpected return to revenue growth helped by expansion outside the... - [Savaged stocks head for worst week since 2011]( Reeling world stock markets took another blow yesterday when Chinese shares sank four per cent, as concern about rising borrowing costs... - [Index relatively flat over mixed trading]( The MSE Equity Total Return Index registered contrasting performances during the week, as it closed 0.021 per cent lower at 8,597.116... - [Malta promoted in one of the biggest gaming exhibitions in the world]( The GamingMalta Foundation together with the Malta Gaming Authority and other key stakeholders took part in one of the biggest gaming... - [Stocks fall 1% in United States]( Stocks in world markets remained on shaky ground yesterday, with major US stock indexes falling more than one per cent, as US bond yields... Blogs - [The Musumeci syndrome]( Among Malta’s many problems insularity ranks high. Even if it can be a boon sometimes, on the whole our smallness causes problems: the... - [A virgin or a whore and nothing in between]( In Greek mythology, Prometheus, a demi-god, creator of men, steals fire from the skies and brings it to earth. Zeus, angered by his... - [The rot is everywhere]( They say that everyone who lived through the assassination of John F Kennedy remembers exactly where they were the minute they were told... - [Enabling gender violence?]( It’s official. This country’s political system has not only lost the plot but also the entire script to sanity. So prurient is our MPs'... - [Women are not expected to stay quiet]( My first reaction when it was first suggested to me that I should write a blog on Times of Malta was, where do I start? What shall the... 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