timesofmalta.com newsletter - 21 Apr 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Saturday, 21 Apr 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Architects and Knights]( National - [Watch: Evasive Justice Minister: "I just stick to party line" on new revelations]( Justice and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici would not comment on the latest reports that cast another shadow on Cabinet colleague Konrad Mizzi and the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Keith Schembri. Declining to express his views, Dr Bonnici... - [Watch: Busuttil, Casa seek new magisterial inquiry into Mizzi and Schembri]( Updated 3.45pm - Added video Revelations that $1.6 million was wired to a "target client" of Panama companies owned by Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi are a "clear example" of money laundering and corruption and must be investigated by the courts,... - [Calleja dedicates aria to Caruana Galizia, donates fee after controversial concert appearance]( World-renowned tenor Joseph Calleja dedicated an aria to slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and donated his fee to charity after his performance at a concert hosted by Henley & Partners sparked controversy. Mr Calleja was filmed approaching... - [Today's front pages]( These are the main stories featured in Saturday's newspapers. Times of Malta quotes Simon Busuttil and David Casa saying that “explosive and shocking” revelations about Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi and the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Keith... - [Air Malta adds a ninth aircraft to its fleet]( Air Malta has added a ninth aircraft to its fleet, as part of its plans to extend its route network and revive its ailing business. The leased Airbus A320 landed in Malta late on Thursday and is expected to begin running flights on Air Malta's... World news - [Democrats sue Russia, Trump campaign for alleged 2016 election conspiracy]( The Democratic Party sued the Russian government, US President Donald Trump's campaign and WikiLeaks on Friday, charging that they carried out a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 US presidential election. In its federal lawsuit in... - [North Korea says will stop nuclear tests, scrap test site]( North Korea will immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests and scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, the North's state media said on Saturday, ahead of planned summits with South Korea and the United... - [Italian state negotiated with the mafia, court finds in historic ruling]( An Italian court convicted former high-ranking state officials and mob bosses on Friday for holding secret negotiations in the early 1990s following a devastating wave of mafia murders and bombings. Speaking in a high-security "bunker" courtroom... - [Watch: News headlines from around the world (April 20)]( From James Comey's explosive comments to footage of an aircraft which slidded off the runway in Nepal, these are some of the main news highlights from around the world. - [Police evacuate central Berlin to defuse WW2 bomb, disrupting transport]( Police evacuated an area in the heart of Berlin on Friday that includes the central train station, the Economy Ministry and a major museum as bomb disposal experts prepared to defuse a World War Two bomb. German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said it... Opinion - [IVF – two simple principles - Jason Zammit]( Much is being said, and will be said, about the current IVF Bill being proposed. From the very outset of assisted fertilisation, two... - [Question time: Controlling waste]( Jose Herrera, Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change Waste management should take a holistic approach,... - [Intelligent diversification - Fredrick Azzopardi]( The power station developed in the early 1950s in the rock-cut tunnels beneath Jesuits Hill in Marsa forms part of one of Malta’s most... - [Privileged pensions - Arnold Cassola]( We are being inundated with scandals every single day of the week. The Daphne Project prevails. But not that scandals did not happen before. - [Pitfalls of broken pavement - Frank Salt]( Eight weeks ago, I broke my left arm in five places along the humerus bone. It was a very bad break and after a three-hour operation I... Letters - [Costly vegetables]( A recent article in this newspaper said thatvegetables were the most nutritious food man can eat. I completely agree. However, what... - [UK government collapse]( Some months back I predicted that the dreadful UK government would fall in April and lose the election I said would be held in May. The... - [Worrying silence]( The government’s proposal to introduce the freezing of embryos has caused a controversy, and justifiably so. The majority of the Maltese... - [Enforcement]( In a bid to curb abuse by road users, Transport Malta has, over the last years, invested in its enforcement section. In fact, the... - [Safe cycling]( In his letter ‘Proficient cyclists’ (April 12), Jean Karl Soler is quite wrong in saying that James Wightman and myself “did not... Sport - [Balzan and Valletta ready for title-winning effort]( The 2017-18 BOV Premier League title could be decided today when joint-leaders Valletta and Balzan face Gżira United and Hibernians in... - [Watch: NBA roundup: Embiid returns as Sixers top Heat]( Joel Embiid scored 23 points in his first career playoff game to lift the Philadelphia 76ers past the host Miami Heat 128-108 on... - [Malta fall to South Africa in Fed Cup playoff]( Team Malta lost to South Africa 2-1 in the Group III, Europe/Africa, Zone B, Promotional play-off final after qualifying from their group... - [Saints avoid drop, Rainbows in play-off]( TARXIEN 0 ST. ANDREWS 0 St. Andrews retained their Premier League status as they earned the point they needed in a goalless draw with... - [Mosta defeat Sliema to stay up]( SLIEMA WANDERERS 0 MOSTA           1 Trovade 45 Giovanni Trovade was Mosta’s saviour as his solitary goal beat Sliema... Business News - [Index returns to negative territory]( The MSE Equity Total Return Index returned to negative territory this week as it declined 0.6 per cent to wipe out last week’s gains. The... - [Stocks dip on oil, tech weakness]( World stocks dipped yesterday amid weakness in the energy sector and as worries about a global slowdown in smartphone demand dented the... - [US Treasury weighs emergency powers to curb Chinese investments – official]( The US Treasury is considering ways to restrict sensitive Chinese investments in the US by invoking an emergency powers law and bringing... - [Malta highlighted as key player at CBW Awards]( Malta’s incremental role in women empowerment was celebrated at the Commonwealth Businesswomen Awards in London, writes Lara Sierra. The... - [EU utilities retrench as cross-border deals flail]( European utility companies are retrenching in their home markets and looking to unwind debt-financed cross-border mergers deals as... Community - [Announcements - April 21, 2018]( GATT. On April 20, at Christus Sacerdos Home, Birkirkara, Fr MODESTUS OFM Cap, aged 83, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of... - [Gaulitanus events]( The Gaulitanus festival continues today with a concert titled Viola & Viola, featuring Decca artist Anna Serova and Italian violist... - [Film music at the Palace]( The Union Band Club of Luqa is today celebrating film music at San Anton Palace, Attard, in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund... - [Pharmacies open tomorrow]( Empire Pharmacy, 77, Old Theatre Street, Valletta (2123 8577);San Raffael Pharmacy, 247, Qormi Road, Marsa (2122 1188);Fatima Pharmacy,... - [Watch: Activists need help to get a beach over its broken glass hangover]( Shattered glass fragments can be seen everywhere across the rocky beach at Dragonara Point. For years, the beach has been used by youths... Blogs - [Daphne's laptop: Why the fuss?]( I am finding it very difficult to find a shred of logic behind the motivation of this sudden “Where is Daphne’s laptop” political... - [The music did not die]( A day after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia six months ago, Times of Malta titled its editorial “the day the music died.”... - [Lest we forget and we be damned]( Six months ago a journalist’s murder shook the world. The world and a few of us, a poor deranged few of us, are still in shock. But on... - [6 things I learnt from the cartoon saga]( A cartoon by Seb Tanti Burlo commenting about the Å»urrieq double-decker bus tragedy in a very brutal manner opened the floodgates of... - [Isn’t incest illegal?]( Malta's Finance Minister declared that the rate of corruption today is no higher than it was in the past. I have no clue how the... Copyright © 2018 Times of Malta Newsletter for Saturday, 21 Apr 2018 This newsletter