timesofmalta.com newsletter - 21 Aug 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Sunday, 21 Aug 2016 [Times of Malta] [Vanity, Profanity & Worship] National - [Parents of boy with extremely rare condition hope to be of support to others] The father of Javier Micallef looked on as his son, once predicted to remain in vegetative state from birth, braved the cold water unaided at a beach in the UK, where he was flown for therapy. Swimming was a target that the family set two years... - [Malta newspapers review] The following is a quick look at the front page headlines of Malta's newspapers. The Sunday Times of Malta reveals an Alitalia plan for Air Malta which would see the Maltese airline drop non-profitable European routes and focus on the south... - [Air Malta to be pointed in new direction – south – under proposed plan] Air Malta would cease flying to nearly a third of its current European destinations and instead increase the frequency of its flights to North Africa and the Middle East, under a business plan drawn up by Alitalia. The proposed business plan is... - [Photos of the week - Times of Malta] Times of Malta presents a selection of its photographers' choice of their best photos over the past days. - [Malta fuel prices edge above EU average again] Fuel prices in Malta have again edged above the EU average over the past month, according to data just published by the European Commission. EU-wide, motorists pay on average €1.27 for a litre of petrol and €1.11 for diesel. Since the beginning of... World news - [Trump doubles his election spending] Donald Trump doubled his campaign expenses last month, yet was still spending at a far slower rate than Hillary Clinton. New finance documents show the Republican presidential nominee's campaign spent about 18.5 million dollars in July. By... - [Texas court halts execution] A court has halted the execution of a Texas man who was scheduled to die for a fatal 1996 robbery in which he was not the person who pulled the trigger. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 7-2 to put Jeffery Wood's execution on hold. Wood,... - [Watch: 30 dead, 94 injured in Turkey wedding blast] Text updated Sunday 6.32 am -  A bomb attack targeting an outdoor wedding party in south-eastern Turkey killed at least 30 people and wounded 94 others. Deputy prime minister Mehmet Simsek said the "barbaric" attack in the city of Gaziantep, near... - [Brother of Syrian boy pictured in Aleppo dies of his wounds] The older brother of the Syrian boy whose image, dazed and bloodied after an air strike, shocked people around the world, has died in Aleppo from wounds sustained in the same incident, a war monitor and a witness said. Ali Daqneesh, 10, was... - [Donald Trump is a parasite - Republican strategist] Donald Trump is like a parasite that has been injected into the Republican Party and his candidacy could damage the party's ability to win elections for the foreseeable future, a US pollster and Republican political strategist has said. Robert... Opinion - [How many hours do you sleep?] Tonight the Olympics will come to an end, but I cannot say that I’ll miss the games. It’s been too distant, too far off, too Zika-fuelled. - [Missing the trees for the wood] The call for a boycott of business interests owned by the Gasan and Tumas groups is one of the most foolish ideas I’ve come across in a... - [Safeguarding the dignity of inmates] There are moments when we can make a real difference in someone’s life. This was one of them. With the launch of the new Trans, Gender... - [All their votes are equal] Expecting the chairman of the new Environment and Resources Authority to have a deciding say on buildings in urban areas at the Planning... - [Holding your own (pencil)] Mothers worry about their children. Which is not to say that fathers don’t. In earnest antici­pation of the ‘don’t-generalise-brigade’,... Letters - [Belligerent drivers] While driving through Å»ebbuÄ¡ towards Mdina I was in the right lane as my intention was to go around the roundabout at the entrance to... - [Assassins of memory] So much has been said in defence of keeping what is left of Sliema’s Maltese architectural character and Mediterranean skyline and so... - [Lack of transparency] How absurd that we are still waiting for the results of what six months ago Konrad Mizzi described as the “unprecedented step” of asking... - [Helping South Sudan] I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Mission Fund for supporting us Maltese missionaries. The Mission Fund is a partner in... - [Health is wealth] Malta residents now today Need to be watchful and look both ways. Tons of development trucks daily on the prey Noisily and dustily on... Sport - [Arise Sir Mo? Calls for Mo Farah to be knighted] There were calls for "double double" champion Mo Farah to be honoured with a knighthood after his starring role on a glittering night for... - [Suarez treble and Messi brace lift six-goal Barcelona] Luis Suarez grabbed a hat-trick and Lionel Messi bagged two goals as Barcelona began their quest for a third straight La Liga title with... - [Celtic beat St Johnstone] Celtic warmed up for their crucial Champions League play-off in midweek with a 4-2 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park,... - [Germany take women’s title after beating Sweden 2-1] Germany won their first ever Olympic gold medal in women’s football on Friday when they turned in a superior second half performance to... - [Valletta sink Wattcell 9-3 to finish third] Valletta completed their UEFA Futsal Cup Group F commitments in style after seeing off Wattcell United 9-3, in Ylivieska, Finland,... Business News - [How to meet the challenge of business process digitisation] There is no doubt that the digital revolution has fundamentally changed the world. It has also radically altered the expectations of... - [Fight for talent… are you getting it right?] Businesses and their leaders are facing some pressing questions about their future talent pipelines and people strategy. And the pace of... - [Company briefs] GO shareholders who have not received their shareholding entitlement in MPC are advised that such shares have been settled on trust (The... - [Grant Thornton managing partner receives Best Entrepreneur Award] Grant Thornton’s managing partner Mark Bugeja has won the Best Entrepreneur Award for 2016 in consulting, advisory and audit. Organised... - [BOV shares up following full acquisition of VFM] It was a four-day trading week on the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE), with the market closed on Monday due to the feast of the Assumption. Social - [Banif summer party] Banif held its summer party at the Gazebo, Hilton. - [Academy coaches beach volleyball skills] In line with their CSR programmes to promote healthy living habits, for the second year running, MSV Life and Mapfre Middlesea are... - [Technical school students’ reunion after 45 years] Former (1970) Form 2 students of St Joseph Secondary Technical School, Paola recently met up for a reunion after 45 years at Zeffie’s... - [Alive foundation is helped through eCycle fundraiser] To celebrate the launch of iCycle, a new product for cyclists, Atlas Insurance supported 28 cyclists from the Alive Charity Foundation,... - [Restaurant guide launches new portal] Restaurantsmalta.com, the online version of The Definitive(ly) Good Guide to Restaurants in Malta & Gozo, has unveiled its new portal,... Blogs - [Syrian children and American puppies] Another photo of another boy victim of war grabbed the world's attention. It shocked all those who saw it and drove many to tears.The... - [Victim Shaming 101] The Salott on Facebook – it has a lot to answer for. Free speech is all very well and good, but it does prompt all the ugly lice to crawl... - [Have I got news for you?] When I watched John Oliver's 19-minute rant on the doom and gloom facing the newspaper industry, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. - [Not a good week for the premier] Two pieces in Wednesday's print edition of this media house's output, and some later news, inspired my title. The first piece was Martin... - [I feel it, therefore it is] Quite some years back I had a discussion with a number of students from the Faculty of Education. I thought I misunderstood what they... Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Sunday, 21 Aug 2016 This newsletter has been delivered to you because you have subscribed with [timesofmalta.com]. 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