timesofmalta.com newsletter - 11 May 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Friday, 11 May 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Times of Malta]( National - [Malta-based European Asylum Support Agency in disarray]( Staff at the Malta-based European Asylum Support Office have complained about harassment and a “culture of irresponsibility”, even claiming they are subjected to “psychological violence”. The complaints on the state of the agency and the way it is... - [Gaming companies had threatened to leave Malta due to ‘mafia infiltration’]( Gaming companies threatened to leave Malta after Italian prosecutors “exposed” mafia infiltration of the industry, industry sources told the Investigative Reporting Project Italy. According to the sources, a number of companies told the Malta... - [Today's front pages - May 11, 2018]( Good morning. The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says industry sources told the Investigative Reporting Project in Italy that gaming companies threatened to leave Malta after Italian prosecutors... - [Watch - Double disappointment for Malta at the Eurovision]( Updated 11.13pm - There was double disappointment for Malta at the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday as the official entry – Christabelle – and Maltese singer Jessika, representing San Marino, both failed to qualify for... - [Car goes up in flames]( A Peugeot 307 car was destroyed in a blaze which spread quickly on Thursday evening. The incident happened at 8.45pm across the road from the Kinds showroom between Lija and Mosta. No one was injured. Fire-fighters put out the... World news - [Four children among seven found dead in 'devastating tragedy']( Seven people have been found dead with gunshot wounds at a property near the tourist town of Margaret River in Australia's southwest on Friday, police said. The bodies of three adults and four children and two guns were found at a property at the... - [Kenyan rose-farm dam bursts, "sea of water" kills 47]( Updated 8.59pm - A dam on a commercial flower farm in Kenya's Rift Valley burst after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a "sea of water" that careered down a hillside and smashed into two villages, killing at least 47 people. The walls of the... - [Trump says will meet North Korea's Kim on June 12 in Singapore]( US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore for a first ever summit between the leaders of the two countries. "The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself... - [Sudanese teen bride who killed husband during rape to be executed]( A 19-year-old girl in Sudan was sentenced to death by a court on Thursday for murdering her husband after he tried to rape her, said campaigners, calling on the president to pardon her as she was forced into a child marriage, and had acted in... - [Watch - World news highlights - May 10, 2018]( An unusual twist to foreign news on Thursday. An Australian scientist, 104, declared he would kill himself because his time had come (and later carried out his wish), while in Malaysia, a 92-year-old became prime minister, the world's oldest... Opinion - [Freezing not the only way - Tony Mifsud]( In his article Eight cells in the lab  (May 2) Mark Sant, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, a consultant at the Assisted Reproductive... - [Smiles on tiger faces - John Vassallo]( The plurals in the title are intentional. Everybody is euphoric about the recent meeting, smiles, talks and toasts at the Peace House on... - [Reckless and insane - Svetlana Schembri Wismayer]( An embryo is a new, unique individual produced when an egg from a woman is fertilised by a sperm from a man. An embryo is made up of... - [Strategy of the Church - Carmel Vella]( I was very sorry to read the contribution by Fr Mark Montebello (April 25). It was truly unbecoming. However, as I am accustomed to his... - [What Fr Peter really said - Ranier Fsadni]( Recently, in the middle of a debate about the proposed new IVF law, the government waved a shiny object at its critics. And it has... Letters - [Serious undertones]( I would like to draw the attention of the Commissioner for Children to the following text which is an unofficial summary of the... - [The bright side of Brexit]( Michael Owen painted a very dismal picture of life in the UK (April 21). Owen is in exalted company: Barack Obama warned of dire... - [Cycle lanes are for car drivers]( We keep hearing in the press about how this road or that road will have so many kilometres for car drivers and a few hundred metres of... - [Satan and exorcism]( Thanks to Pope Francis, Satan and exorcism are back in vogue. A write-up in the Times of Malta on May 22, 2013, referred to “Francis’s... - [Kudos]( Allow me to publicly express my praise and compliments to the female director, Katia Caruana, currently running the Justice Department... Sport - [United held at West Ham]( West Ham and Manchester United played out a dull goalless draw at the London Stadium - although the result was enough to see Jose... - [Juve thump Milan to lift Coppa Italia]( Juventus won the Coppa Italia for the fourth year running with a crushing 4-0 victory over Milan who suffered a second-half meltdown in... - [Huddersfield hold Chelsea to retain status]( Chelsea suffered a heavy blow in their late-season push for a Champions League spot when they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to... - [Watch: Former United manager Ferguson out of intensive care - club]( Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is out of intensive care after undergoing emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage, the... - [Malta coach includes U-21 players in provisional squad]( Newly-appointed Malta coach Ray Farrugia has named a provisional squad of 26 players for the national team’s training camp. The first... Business News - [Dollar, yields slide on soft US inflation]( The US dollar slid and US government debt yields fell yesterday as a modest rise in consumer prices in April damped expectations that... - [RBS reaches $4.9bn deal to settle US mortgage bond investigation]( Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to pay a smaller-than-expected $4.9 billion to resolve a US investigation into its sale of... - [BT to cut 13,000 jobs as it seeks to revive growth]( BT will cut 13,000 managerial and back-office jobs and move to a smaller London base in the latest attempt by the boss of Britain’s... - [BoE to wait out soft data as it eyes next rate rise]( The Bank of England held interest rates steady yesterday and said weak growth during a snowy start to 2018 was likely to be only... - [BOV share price drops to 3-year low]( The MSE Equity Price Index on Thursday extended its decline by a further 0.57% to a fresh 32-month low of 4,252.045 points, mostly driven... Community - [Tours of pharmacy museum in Rabat]( A series of one-hour tours of a pharmacy museum in Rabat are being held on May 17. The museum offers visitors the possibility to discover... - [Announcements - May 11, 2018]( GALEA. On May 9, at Mater Dei Hospital, MARY, née Cassar, widow of Edgar, residing in Sliema, aged 97, passed peacefully away comforted... - [Sta Venera road works]( Transport Malta will be resurfacing part of Cannon Road, Santa Venera, during successive nights starting on Thursday at 8pm. The road... - [Thousands of Maltese pupils helping Syrian children attend school]( Over 5,500 children in 24 schools in Malta and Gozo have been taking part in a fundraising campaign to help some of the most deprived... - [Rulina – logħba mhux rutina... rutina mhux taqbila]( Rulina is the wheel of fortune in a traditional game in a typical local fairs. It picks on the realm of traditional Maltese games as a... Blogs - [The Weakened Embryo Production Act]( One hundred professors and lecturers from 14 faculties of the University of Malta are the latest in a long list of experts that have... - [IVF: Will Joseph Muscat ignore the President as well?]( Will the government heed the appeal by the President about the IVF debate, after having ignored appeals made by many, including George... - [Oh my Malta, indeed]( I’ve been on sabbatical from my writing and on April 21 it will have been six months since I felt the urge to write. The events which... - [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... 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