timesofmalta.com newsletter - 7 Mar 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Wednesday, 7 Mar 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Progress Press]( National - [Four cars burnt in Ħamrun overnight fire]( An overnight fire saw four vehicles go up in flames on a residential road in Ħamrun, police confirmed on Wednesday morning. The fire started in a Daihatsu car at around 12.15am and quickly spread to a Ford Transit van parked nearby. From there,... - [Marlene Farrugia calls Clint Camilleri a 'Ä¡bejna']( A parliamentary discussion about extending the Buleben Industrial Estate into nearby agricultural land descending into a slanging match on Monday, with Partit Demokratiku MP Marlene Farrugia calling Labour MP Clint Camilleri a "Ä¡bejna". The odd... - [Wirt iż-Å»ejtun heartened by government's Buleben assurance]( A Å»ejtun activist group has welcomed government talk of reversing a decision to commit agricultural land to industrial development, saying the eventual reversal would save Buleben for future generations. In a statement, Wirt iż-Å»ejtun said it... - [Extra tuna ‘cages’ are empty, Environment Minister says]( Extra tuna “cages” at an offshore fish farm at Sikka l-Bajda are in fact empty rings and will not face any enforcement action, Environment Minister José Herrera has confirmed. The Azzopardi Fisheries farm has permits for 12 cages, but aerial... - [Today's front pages - Wednesday March 7, 2018]( Good morning. This is a brief summary of what is making front-page headlines in local newspapers this Wednesday, March 7 2018. The Times of Malta reports that a consortium's bid to develop the White Rocks site in Pembroke clashes with planning... World news - [Stocks fall as Trump's top economic adviser quits White House]( Gary Cohn, the top economic adviser to US President Donald Trump and a voice for Wall Street in the White House, said on Tuesday he would resign, a move that came after he lost a fight over Trump's plans for hefty steel and aluminium import... - [39 killed as Russian military plane crashes in Syria]( A Russian military cargo plane has crashed as it came in to land at an air base in Syria, killing all 39 people onboard, Russia's Defence Ministry said. The Russian military said an An-26, with 33 passengers and six crew members aboard, crashed... - [Japanese volcano erupts, grounding dozens of flights]( A volcano in southern Japan has erupted, shooting smoke and ash thousands of feet into the sky and grounding dozens of flights to and from a nearby airport. The Meteorological Agency said the Shinmoedake volcano erupted violently several times on... - [Mass death of marine animals after 'beast from the East']( Thousands of crabs, starfish, mussels and lobsters have washed up along the UK east coast following the big freeze and stormy weather, wildlife experts said. Tens of thousands of the marine animals are lying, ankle-deep in places, along the... - [EU tax haven blacklist set to shrink to just six jurisdictions]( European Union states are set to remove Bahrain, the Marshall Islands and Saint Lucia from an EU list of tax havens next week, leaving only six jurisdictions on the list, three months after it was set up, an EU document shows. The move is likely... Opinion - [Memorials and monuments - Martin Scicluna]( I remember vividly the reaction in Britain to the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. Much of the nation bought flowers and... - [Seven years on - Richard Galustian]( Though jubilant celebrations were expected on February 18, the seventh anniversary of the Libyan revolution, the events that did take... - [The Churchillian myth - Louis Cilia]( I refer to the two recent articles Dr Rodolfo Ragonesi on Churchill, ‘Betrayal at Dunkirk’ (February 24) and ‘Busting the Churchill myth’... - [Race to the top on standards - David Davis]( The special bond between Malta and Britain has grown deeper and stronger over the course of our remarkable, shared history. From the... - [Barbarians on the rampage - Albert Buttigieg]( Luke, the Evangelist, described our ancestors as barbarians after his traumatic shipwreck ordeal on our shores. In those days, nations... Letters - [Emulating Adam]( When Adam committed the sin (whatever it was), he tried to cover up when appearing before God. That was thousands, if not millions, of... - [Medication shortage]( Who is responsible to collate stocks of medication when supplies at pharmacies are diminishing? It cannot be a scientific evolution to... - [Malta and Churchill]( The recent contributions by Rodolfo Ragonesi busting the Winston Churchill myth raises pertinent reflections about the island’s... - [Opposition ‘gems’]( Adrian Delia’s Sunday morning’s sessions, when he is interviewed on Radio 101, are becoming a very good way of having a good laugh, so... - [Go south]( So Air Malta will now add Southend to its UK flight schedule. Why not Stansted and Luton, thereby covering the whole of the south of... Sport - [Liverpool stroll into last eight with goalless draw]( Liverpool eased into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a goalless draw against Porto on Tuesday, completing a routine... - [Ronaldo helps Real to PSG win and last eight spot]( Real Madrid cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals with Cristiano Ronaldo's second-half goal helping them to a 2-1 victory at... - [McLaren facing pre-season crisis after Barcelona struggles]( McLaren are facing up to another pre-season crisis after their car broke down three times on the opening day of this week's concluding... - [Watch: NBA roundup: Parker, Spurs send Grizzlies to 14th straight loss]( Tony Parker scored a season-high 23 points off the bench as the San Antonio reserves were the difference in a taut 100-98 Spurs' victory... - [Watch: Fiorentina, Cagliari retire no.13 shirt in Astori memory]( Business News - [Planned meeting between US and North Korea boosts recovery]( World share markets regained ground yesterday as news that the United States and North Korea could meet for talks came on top of hopes... - [Standby time is working time]( Standby time spent by an employee at home may be regarded as “working time”, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has... - [Diesel collapse gives carmakers carbon headache]( The accelerating demise of diesel, long used by carmakers to boost fuel-efficiency, is undermining their plans to meet looming European... - [APS supports upcoming discussion on entrepreneurial mentoring]( APS Bank is supporting an upcoming panel discussion on the challenges of entrepreneurial mentoring, being held by Ascend... - [GO 2017 results above expectations]( GO financial results for 2017show that the group has achieved strong results above its expectations. GO reported increases in group... Blogs - [To the cowards who cleared Daphne’s memorial...]( The decision to sweep the Great Siege monument from any speck of reference to Daphne Caruana Galizia is not surprising. In a country... - [Pot calling the kettle black]( It was amusing this morning to read the front page headline of Times of Malta 10 years ago to date. It was days before the 2008 general... - [The PN's radical obsession with abortion]( I haven't really written about the (non) debate that is abortion in Malta, mostly because it's such a personal topic and everyone has... - [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... 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