timesofmalta.com newsletter - 23 Apr 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Monday, 23 Apr 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Vanity, Profanity & Worship]( National - [New banner asks who is benefitting from Daphne's death]( New banners have been draped over the entrance to the Regional Road tunnels, asking who would benefit from the death of blogger of Daphne Caruana Galizia last October. A second sign accuses corrupt politicians and says that they should be in... - [Schembri and Mizzi remain silent on 17 Black ownership]( Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi have both failed to answer direct questions about who owns 17 Black, the “target client” of their Panama companies. Watch: Watch: $1.6m wired to Mizzi and Schembri's Panama 'target client' A leaked report by the... - [Landfill use four times EU average with only 8% recycled]( Malta has the worst record of all the EU member states in terms of municipal waste management, with just eight per cent being recycled or sent for composting, while the rest is disposed of at the Magħtab landfill. This damning indicator stems from... - [Last minute revisions to NGO law hidden from commissioner]( Kenneth Wain, who resigned as Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations on Friday, said that the Education Ministry had revised amendments to the Voluntary Organisations Act without consulting him. In his 2017 Annual Report, Prof. Wain had... - [Today's front pages: April 23, 2018]( The well-attended protest urging the government to re-think changes to the IVF law dominated the front page of the Times of Malta on Monday, which also featured the speech given by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Sunday during which he said that... World news - [Libyan coastguards recover bodies of 11 migrants - spokesman]( Libyan coastguards recovered the bodies of 11 migrants who died off Libya's western shore during an attempted crossing to Italy on Sunday, a spokesman said. More than 80 migrants survived the incident off the city of Sabratha, about 70 km west of... - [Michael Bloomberg to pay $4.5 check for US dues to Paris climate pact]( Former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday he will write a $4.5 million check to cover this year's US financial commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. President Donald Trump last year pulled the United States out of... - [Mourners pay respects to 'America's matriarch' Barbara Bush]( Four former presidents joined ambassadors, sports stars and hundreds of other mourners at the private funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush. They filled the nation's largest Episcopal church a day after more than 6,000 people paid their... - [Many Chinese casualties in N.Korea bus crash]( Chinese tourists have been involved in a major bus accident in North Korea that caused a large number of casualties, China's state media and the government said on Monday, without giving a precise break-up. Chinese visitors account for about 80... - [S.Korea halts border propaganda broadcasts]( South Korea halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border at North Korea on Monday ahead of their first summit in a decade, as US President Donald Trump cautioned the nuclear crisis on the peninsula was a long way from being... Opinion - [Ramping on the ferry - Josef Cutajar]( There are moments when I embark on time travel, listening with an ear as big as an elephant’s to old folk recalling events that still... - [Separation of siblings - Carmen Zammit]( As a child I was fascinated with caterpillars. I would collect them and carefully place them in a small patch in the garden, which my... - [The IVF, surrogacy debate - Michael Briguglio]( The ongoing news concerning the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia represents a huge taint on Malta’s governance. The way the government is... - [New approach to peace - Miroslav Lajčák]( When the United Nations was created, its founders envisioned a different kind of world. A world in which disputes were resolved in... - [The Prime Minister has been outed – he must be ousted - Kristina Chetcuti]( These last few years I got to know the Prime Minister’s army of cheerleaders. Every day, these social media cheerleaders receive a... Letters - [Saving a green enclave]( On the issue of Villino Giannin, Għaxaq, John Paris (‘FAA misleading the public’, April 12) believes that ‘throw enough mud, some will... - [Olga Galea Naudi research]( I am a student at the University of Malta reading for a Master of Arts in History of Art. Under the supervision of Charlene Vella, I am... - [Murder victim’s laptop]( The most important thing that emerged from the latest court hearing of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder case was the fact that the laptop... - [Educational reforms needed]( It has been suggested that schoolchildren in Years 9 to 11 be given a maximum of eight hours a week of homework. In Year 9, students... - [Abortion by stealth]( The hurried discussion on updating IVF legislation in our Parliament appears to many as an introduction of abortion by stealth. Before... Sport - [Lo Celso gives PSG opportunist 1-0 win at Bordeaux]( French champions Paris St Germain ground out a smash and grab 1-0 win at Girondins Bordeaux after midfielder Giovani Lo Celso struck... - [Napoli stun Juventus with late Koulibaly header]( Second-placed Napoli threw the Serie A title race open in dramatic style on Sunday when Kalidou Koulibaly scored with a towering header... - [O'Sullivan comes from behind to beat Maguire]( Ronnie O’Sullivan was staging a fightback on Sunday morning but still had work to do to avoid following Mark Selby out of the Betfred... - [City power past Swansea in search of records]( Champions Manchester City kept their Premier League title party rolling with a thumping 5-0 win over Swansea City on Sunday as Kevin De... - [Chelsea beat Saints to set up FA Cup final against Manchester United]( A flash of attacking brilliance from Olivier Giroud and an emphatic header from substitute Alvaro Morata earned Chelsea a 2-0 win over... Business News - [Shipping movements]( The following ships are expected in Malta: The Oued Ziz from Annaba, the CMA CGM Herodote from Aliaga to Bejaia, the Joanna from... - [Global regulators get toolkit to combat banking misconduct]( Making senior employees directly accountable for their actions is one of the options in a new ‘toolkit’ to combat the misconduct that has... - [HSBC to stop financing most new coal plants, oil sands and arctic drilling]( Europe’s largest bank HSBC said it would mostly stop funding new coal power plants, oil sands and arctic drilling, becoming the latest in... - [Some sobering statistics]( While we indulge in hubris at the country’s economic success and leadership in promoting minority rights, there are not-so-openly... - [Cisk renews sponsorship agreement with MRFU]( Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, long-standing partner of the Malta Rugby Football Union (MRFU), has announced the renewal of its sponsorship... Community - [Scouts and Guides march on]( The Scout Association of Malta and The Malta Girl Guides joined forces to organise this year’s Scouts and Guides parade in Valletta on... - [Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners on display at Citadel]( The winning photographs of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition organised by Heritage Malta’s National Museum of Natural... - [How Europeans view life in Japan]( The visual arts project European Eyes, led by artistic director Mikiko Kikuta, has toured over 30 European capitals of culture since... - [Beauty in all the ugliness]( How is the scale of contemporary development and construction affecting our lives, physically and intellectually? Moreover, how is public... - [Russian pianist in ‘poetic’ piano concerto]( Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin is today performing in Malta for the first time during the Malta International Music Festival. He will... Blogs - [Jason and the Whatnots]( You have to hand it to him, Jason Micallef sure knows how to stir up publicity for himself and V18. And surely that must be a good thing,... - [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... Copyright © 2018 Times of Malta Newslet