timesofmalta.com newsletter - 16 Jun 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 [Times of Malta] [Musical Instruments of the Maltese Islands] National - [It’s hot, but not yet a heatwave] Temperatures are expected to rise above the average maximum for this time of year, but it is not a heatwave.  According to the Met. Office, based on information from a 30-year data set, the average maximum temperature in June between 1981 and... - [Malta newspapers review] The following are the top headlines in Malta's newspapers today. Times of Malta reports that the Panama Papers have revealed how millions were sent to Malta. l-orizzont says a company in which PN president Anne Fenech is a partner received... - [Panama Papers show how Malta was used to filter millions by shell companies] Law firm Mossack Fonseca used Malta as one of its hubs through which clients could anonymously filter millions using shell companies, Panama Papers e-mails show. The firm had set up a branch in Malta shortly after the 2013 general election. While... - ['Stop raising children’s hopes’] Malta should do away with an advisory board that every six months raises the hopes of children in care but offers no permanent plan for their future, according to the director of the Church’s children homes. “We cannot continue with having... - [Agreement reached on electricity tariffs for rented properties] Maltese and EU nationals living in rented properties will no longer require their landlord’s permission to benefit from cheaper electricity rates after a long-running campaign ended in an agreement with the government on Monday. The agreement... World news - [Orlando killer appeared in oil spill documentary] A clip has surfaced from a documentary focused on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which showed Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen talking about the environmental disaster while working as a security guard. Mateen was... - [Main locations of missing EgyptAir plane identified] The main locations of wreckage from the EgyptAir jet that crashed in the eastern Mediterranean last month have been identified by a deep ocean search vessel, the Egyptian-led investigation committee said. The John Lethbridge, a search boat... - [Details: Boy's body found after alligator attack at Disney resort] Updated Thursday 6.40am - Police divers have recovered the dead body of a two-year-old boy who was grabbed by an alligator in front of his family during a vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The child was snatched by the alligator... - [Textbook liftoff for SpaceX satellite rocket] It was another successful launch for SpaceX. The company launched a pair of communications satellites into orbit on its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida today. SpaceX will attempt to land the first stage of the... - [Croatian deputy PM resigns, says government 'dysfunctional'] Croatian deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko has resigned, saying the government was dysfunctional and his party - the biggest in the ruling coalition - would seek a new parliamentary majority and cabinet. "Tomorrow we will hold a... Opinion - [Sliema parking and the unions] The Malta Union of Teachers and the General Workers’ Union have joined forces to oppose a time-controlled system of residents parking in... - [Be not afraid. It is I] Bishop Mario Grech attracted headlines recently when he told an audience of Gozitan priests that the confessional should not be a torture... - [English as a foreign language] I refer to the article ‘English as a foreign language’ (May 31) and endorse the arguments made by James Corby et al. from the Department... - [Social justice gone mad] Social justice is impervious to reason. It seems impossible to reconcile any argument a social justice warrior makes with anything... - [Nudging political change] Soon after David Cameron became Prime Minister six years ago, he assembled a large group of journalists for a speech on “national... Letters - [Court experts’ nomination] Reference is made to the article ‘Details on court experts “racket” proving elusive’ (June 14). In February, questions by this newspaper... - [Filthy cat village] My wife and I have been regular visitors to this beautiful island for over two decades. I would like to draw the attention of the... - [Unpalatable truth] I read with interest Ray Azzopardi’s letter titled ‘Another tragedy’ (June 7) and he is to be commended for his humane attitude and his... - [Fiscal receipts] It seems that evasion of tax by restaurant owners/operators is widespread, as bills in my possession show. Two state that “this is not a... - [Freedom from what?] While on a visit to my native Malta recently I was horrified to see a sign opposite the modern law courts in Valletta which read: Misraħ... Sport - [Riot police disperse England fans in Lille] French riot police charged and used tear gas to disperse rowdy English football fans in Lille late yesterday, though the northern city... - [France steal last-gasp victory over Albania] France 2Griezmann 89, Payet 90Albania 0France: Hugo Lloris, Adil Rami, Bacary Sagna, Patrice Evra, Laurent Koscielny, Blaise Matuidi,... - [Switzerland on the brink of last 16 after draw with Romania] Switzerland were on the brink of the European Championship last 16 yesterday after they salvaged a 1-1 draw against Romania in a lively... - [Slovakia make life difficult for Russia] Slovakia deepened Russia’s woes with classy first-half goals from Vladimir Weiss and Marek Hamsik in a tense 2-1 victory in Euro 2016... - [Anglo-Welsh rivalry to reach new peak on the pitch] A rivalry dating back 137 years will reach a new level of intensity in Lens this afternoon when England and Wales meet at a major... Business News - [Tunisie Telecom woos private shareholders] Tunisie Telecom wants GO’s 8,000 private shareholders to keep their shares, rather than to take up the €2.87 per share it has also... - [Making an offer that can’t be refused] Nizar Bouguila, the CEO of Tunisie Telecom (TT), told Vanessa Macdonald that it wants Maltese shareholders to stay on board, rather than... - [Arkadia doubling payback period for Suq tal-Belt] The shareholders of Arkadia Marketing Ltd, the fully-owned subsidiary of the Mizzi Organisation which won the Suq tal-Belt concession,... - [The genie in the bottle] ­­­Investors are chasing vanishing yields at a time when even German bunds have gone into negative territory for the first time. No... - [In defence of accountants] The accountancy and auditing professions have been in the public eye over the past few years, as scandals and bankruptcies raised... Social - [Announcements] MAURICE CAPTUR and THELMA CRAIG The marriage took place on June 16, 1956, at St Patrick’s church, Sliema. 60 years of love and memories –... - [Rome’s four papal basilicas] Eden Cinemas will this weekend be showing St Peter’s and The Papal Basilicas of Rome 3D, a new film production that delivers a tour shot... - [Charity drama show] Drama Queens, the amateur drama society for women, will next week be raising money for the Alive Charity Foundation with another show,... - [Virtual reality in art and design] Have you ever wondered why light shone on a drinking glass produces not only a shadow but also a curved region of bright light on the... - [Djembe drumming workshopsÂ] The Johann Strauss School of Music Malta, in collaboration with Valletta 2018 Foundation, is organising a series of djembe drumming... Blogs - [All the same] The refrain of the unthinking and self-deluding that "all politicians are the same" has always annoyed me, mainly because it demonstrates... - [Mind the gap] While the word independent connotes a state that is relative, the notion of an independent media cannot be relativistic. When we say... - [0.7 grams worth of dangerous criminal] The law is there to be respected, ignorantia legis neminem excusat etc etc. I just thought I’d get the boring legal stuff out of the way... - [Because I'm worth it] Many of us, who do not have to live the daily grind of making ends meet, whine about how so many people in Malta think the Government... - [The hatred of the other] A few days ago, Herman Grech reminded his Facebook friends that when it comes to the hatred of the other, amongst the Maltese there are... Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 This newsletter has been delivered to you because you have subscribed with [timesofmalta.com]. 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