timesofmalta.com newsletter - 10 Aug 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016 [Times of Malta] [Vanity, Profanity & Worship] National - [Stricken oil rig was being towed to Malta] An oil rig which broke a tow and ran aground in the UK was bound for Malta when the incident happened. The Transocean Winner was bound for Malta from Norway when it broke free from its tug and ran aground at the Western Isles in heavy weather on... - [Malta newspapers review] The following are the top stories in the Maltese newspapers today. Times of Malta reports that Air Malta talks with Alitalia on a business plan are expected to be concluded this month. It also reports that financial consultants who helped Konrad... - [Two hurt in home gas leak explosion] Two persons were injured early this morning in a gas leak explosion at their home in Mqabba. The police said the incident happened at about 4.15am in a home in Triq it-Troll. The injured, a 77-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman, were assisted by... - [Air Malta-Alitalia business plan expected before the end of August] Talks between Air Malta and Alitalia on a business plan are expected to close before the end of this month, a spokesman for the Maltese airline said. The confirmation came in a reply to questions on the ongoing dispute with pilots, who over the... - [MS sufferers being made to wait for treatment as medication is not available] People with the often-debilitating disease multiple sclerosis are being made to wait for a specific treatment prescribed by their doctor because the medication is not currently available, the Times of Malta has learnt. A 41-year-old woman who has... World news - [Journalists' bus comes under fire in Rio] Journalists covering the Olympics in Rio had a close call last night when their bus came under fire. Two shots were fired, shattering the bus's windows. There were no serious injuries. Olympic volunteer Kaan Korkmaz was on the media bus and said... - [Suspected member of IS detained in Germany] A German special police unit has detained an alleged member of the Islamic State group in the south-western town of Mutterstadt. The German news agency dpa reports that the 24-year-old asylum seeker, whose identity was not given, was detained... - [Major forest fire on Portugal's Madeira Islands burns homes] A major forest fire on Portugal's Madeira Islands has destroyed at least six homes and forced the evacuation of more than 400 people, officials said. Cooler overnight temperatures briefly helped Portuguese firefighters battle other wildfires that... - [14 dead after Saudi-led airstrikes hit food factory in Yemen] Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition have bombed a food factory in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, killing 14 civilians working on an overnight shift. Five women were among those killed in what effectively was the resumption of heavy bombardment by... - [Putin tells Erdogan he hopes Ankara can restore order after failed coup] Russian President Vladimir Putin told his visiting Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan he hoped Ankara could fully restore order after a failed military coup last month, saying today that Moscow always opposed unconstitutional actions. Erdogan's... Opinion - [Find solution to Air Malta saga] Air Malta was born to be politicised by successive governments and no matter how much my claim may be rebutted, facts prove otherwise. - [Last human right] I am full of admiration for Joe Magro, an ALS sufferer, and Louise Vella, who suffers from motor neurone disease. Their courageous pleas... - [‘Third age’ of Britons] At my Church of England junior school, more than half a century ago, I sat in a classroom between a Jew and a Roman Catholic (children of... - [Playing loose with values] Former US presidential candidate and world renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson once said that: “The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. - [Off-roading: the new menace] In the last two decades, public interest in physical recreation pursuits has increased and diversified tremendously, with the Ramblers’... Letters - [Sporting openings] Loughborough College has opened many doors for me both in terms of sports and academically. Studying to obtain my degree has not been easy. - [Constant abuse] Some months ago, I had written about the reserved parking bay allocated to blue badge holders. This is situated just in front of the... - [Competent architects] I refer to the editorial ‘A warped sense of autonomy’ (August 4), whereby I am described as “the man to go to when a planning application... - [Water discharge] Can the authorities take note of two factories discharging water, day and night, onto Mdina Road, in Marsa? (It is the road from next to... - [Playing with fire] Having read two articles on the topic in the issue of August 2, I am glad I live as far away from Marsaxlokk Bay as is possible without... Sport - [William Chetcuti banks on mental strength to break his jinx today] William Chetcuti has been one of our most outstanding sportsmen since the turn of the new millennium. The double trap shooter has enjoyed... - [Winger Pedro agrees new terms with Tarxien] Joao Pedro will be donning the colours of Tarxien Rainbows again this season after agreeing to extend his stay with the Premier League... - [Inter job not easy – De Boer] New Inter coach Frank de Boer knows that he has a big job on his hands after the former Ajax Amsterdam manager replaced Roberto Mancini... - [City pay Everton £47m to land Stones] Manchester City signed John Stones from Everton for £47.5 million yesterday, making the England international the world’s second most... - [Rank outsiders target top-three berth in Serie A] The chief objective for teams like Fiorentina, Inter, Lazio and Milan in the 2016-17 Serie A will most definitely be a top-three finish... Business News - [Collective management of music copyright] The collective management of copyright entails the granting of authorisation to collecting societies by the copyright holders to... - [Power outage at Delta causes flight cancellations, delays] Delta Air Lines Inc cancelled hundreds of flights and delayed many others on Monday after an outage hit its computer systems, grounding... - [Customers are paying too much for banking services – UK watchdog] Britain’s competition watchdog has published its final recommendations for boosting competition in high street banking, its measures not... - [BP seeking buyers for its China joint venture stake] British oil major BP is seeking buyers for its 50 per cent stake in a Chinese petrochemicals joint venture, its single largest investment... - [Pound stumbles on easing prospects as stocks gain globally] An index of global stocks climbed to its highest level in nearly a year yesterday while the British pound tumbled on the prospect of... Social - [Announcements] AGIUS. On August 6, at Roseville Retirement Home, Attard, JOSEPH E. of Attard, aged 95. He leaves to mourn his loss his beloved wife... - [Italian food and wine festival this weekend] The first edition of The Extraordinary Italian Taste will take place this weekend at Qui-si-Sana in Sliema. Kicking off this Friday, this... - [Music festival at The Funky Monkey] The Funky Monkey on Manoel Island, Gżira, is hosting a music fest this Friday starting at 8.30pm. Brodu will perform some of the tracks... - [Sagaelu exhibition at Electro Lobster Project] Aaron Sagaelu is exhibiting a new series of paintings at the Electro Lobster Project, St Julian’s, until August 18. For this collection,... - [Spectacular fireworks show at Mqabba] Fireworks Spectacular, the St Mary Fireworks Factory’s renowned show, is once again being held on the eve of the feast of the Assumption... Blogs - [More than our skyline] Even as we wail (and rightly so) about the latest government mess up that will have Malta's skyline look like some dystopian nightmare,... - [Timmy Gambin and moral despicability] A couple of weeks ago we got news that the Dutch were the tallest people on Earth. Averaging 183cm (that’s 6ft for Imperial measure... - [Mintoff Mintoff] The easiest way to write about former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff is to play the usual game between the messianic and demonic. To... - [Those who lord it over us] It is now official: Malta is ruled by a few of mega-millionaire families; and current public policy dictates that everything is done so... - [Because they know it all] When we were students at Tal-Qroqq, we used to pull our friends in the Architecture & Civil Engineering Faculty’s legs that they thought... 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