timesofmalta.com newsletter - 14 Mar 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Wednesday, 14 Mar 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Progress Press]( National - [Feisty beggar jailed over €1]( A penniless man who punched a man after he refused to hand over €1 has landed a two-month jail term. Mustaf Biihi Abdi, a 33-year old Somali national, currently having no fixed residence in Malta, was arrested yesterday after the incident which... - [Decade-long Balzan flats planning battle set to culminate]( A decade-long planning battle stemming from a “mistake” by the Planning Authority will culminate on Thursday when an appeals tribunal holds its final hearing on a five-storey apartment block in a villa area of Balzan. Residents are appealing a... - [Castille job put Bedingfield's Parliamentary seat ‘at risk’]( Labour MP Glenn Bedingfield could have risked being unseated when he was engaged as parliamentary questions coordinator at the Prime Minister’s Office, the Times of Malta has learnt. Doubts on his position were raised when the newspaper sought the... - [Reinstated policeman to face criminal charges]( A police sergeant reinstated soon after Labour was returned to power in 2013 will be charged with the falsification of documents and security breaches at Malta International Airport, the Times of Malta is informed. A police spokesman confirmed... - [Today's front pages - March 14]( The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta quotes the Church’s Environment Commission saying that bizarre development decisions raised doubts about the running of the planning and environment watchdogs. In... World news - [France is 'feminist country' battling to put thought into action]( A cultural shift must accompany government policies aimed at ending gender discrimination in France, the country's minister for gender equality said. Plans by the French government are underway to tackle issues such as harassment and the gender... - [Decision day for Britain over Russian spy affair]( British Prime Minister Theresa May will address lawmakers Wednesday after Moscow rejected her deadline to explain how a Russian former double agent was poisoned on UK soil. Relations between the two countries have deteriorated rapidly in the 10... - [British scientist Stephen Hawking dead at age 76]( Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76, his family said Wednesday. Hawking, whose 1988 book "A Brief History of Time"... - [Russia denies role in UK nerve agent attack, rejects ultimatum]( Moscow has rejected a British ultimatum to explain why a Soviet-developed toxin was allegedly used to poison a former Russian spy on British soil. It said it will ignore the ultimatum until the UK hands over samples of the alleged nerve agent used... - [Trump sacks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson... and then his top aide]( Updated 5.45pm US President Donald Trump sacked his top diplomat Rex Tillerson and named current CIA chief Mike Pompeo to succeed him on Tuesday, ending a rocky tenure by the Texas oilman who had been sidelined on the world stage by the mercurial... Opinion - [… get out of the kitchen - Martin Bugelli]( It is very sad to see our traditional kitchen, and the delights it has to offer, slowly disappearing. The past 20 years have seen an... - [To arbitrate in Malta - Anton Micallef]( Arbitration has received some press recently as the Malta Arbitration Centre (MAC) turned 21. It is unfortunate that debate on the... - [Doomsday clock - Martin Scicluna]( Ever since I commanded a nuclear artillery battery in Germany at the height of the Cold War, knowing only too well the fatal consequences... - [Think of tomorrow - Frank Psaila]( The construction industry is on a high. The gaming and the financial services industry are doing well. But not one new economic sector... - [Muscat’s cryptocurrency fixation - Arnold Cassola]( The world continues describing Malta as a centre for the laundering of dirty money, with Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, OPM chief of... Letters - [Persecuted Christians]( Thousands of devotees take part in processions held in various localities when the statues of the Redeemer and Our Lady of Sorrows are... - [A caring team]( It does not happen very often that both husband and wife need to go through the major surgical interventions at the same time. This... - [History reviewed]( Rodolfo Ragonesi seems to conveniently overlook the butchery by Italians in Africa prior to WWII. The Italians had no great reputation as... - [Clean money]( Recently, the governor of the Central Bank of Latvia was arrested by the anti-corruption police suspected of soliciting bribes and a... - [Complementary education]( The impression I get is that schools are being run by crisis management when it comes to tackling problem pupils. I think few resources... Sport - [Superb Dzeko goal sends Roma into quarter-finals]( Roma beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2008 as a magnificent... - [Lacklustre United dumped out of Champions League]( Manchester United's Champions League dreams are over after being rocked by Sevilla, with substitute Wissam Ben Yedder's brace securing a... - [Hazard must win more trophies to emulate Iniesta – Conte]( Antonio Conte called on Eden Hazard to win "important trophies" to be considered in the same class as Barcelona's Andres Iniesta. Chelsea... - [Watch: Malta friendlies a chance to try out new players – Saintfiet]( Malta national team coach Tom Saintfiet handed a first-call up to young defender Jean Borg and Australia-based Mitchell Mallia in his... - [Silva service at Stoke sends City closer to title]( David Silva underlined his importance to Manchester City's impending title success with both goals on Monday in the 2-0 Premier League... Business News - [Dollar falls and shares flinch]( The dollar fell yesterday and share markets flinched as news broke that US President Donald Trump had ousted yet another of his top team,... - [China to merge regulators, create new ministries in biggest overhaul in years]( China is merging its banking and insurance regulators, giving new powers to policymaking bodies such as the central bank and creating new... - [OECD sees trade boosting global growth to seven-year high]( The global economy will see its strongest growth in seven years in 2018 thanks to a rebound in trade and investment, the OECD said... - [Britain to consider new tax mechanism for online sales]( The British government will consult on a new mechanism for collecting value-added-tax (VAT) for online sales to ensure that the tax paid... - [MSE share index at three-month low]( The MSE Equity Price Index extended yesterday’s drop of 1.2% by a further 0.11% to a fresh three-month low of 4,432.857 points on Tuesday. Blogs - [Charles Miceli, Karl Marx and Dorothy Day]( The stars have a habit of misaligning badly. I have no affinity with astrology and never attributed anything in my life to celestial... - [The more you desecrate, the weaker you are]( Nobody can deny that only a few hundred turn up for any event commemorating Daphne Caruana Galizia. It’s truer still - and crueller -... - [Politicians, wake up and smell the coffee]( In this little, heavily fragmented island of ours, there is a unifying force that ties together local politicos of all colours and hues:... - [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... 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