timesofmalta.com newsletter - 12 Oct 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Wednesday, 12 Oct 2016 [Times of Malta] [Progress Press] National - [Two men injured in traffic accidents] Two men were grievously injured in separate traffic accidents yesterday evening. A 22-year-old Iraqi who lives in St Julian’s was grievously injured at ix-Xatt tal-Imsida. The police said the Iraqi was riding a motor bike which collided with a car... - [Installing minibus seat belts to improve school transport safety costs €400] Installing seat belts in minibuses costs some €400, including a certificate by an engineer, industry sources said. This newspaper reported last month that some 58 minibuses manufactured before 1998 were exempt by law from having seat belts installed. - [Today's newspapers in review] The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says the government has formally kickstarted a process whereby Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera could be promoted to judge, just months after she was rebuked for... - [Process kick-started for Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera to become judge] The government has formally kick-started a process whereby Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera could be promoted to judge, just months after she was rebuked for breaching the judiciary’s code of ethics. Government sources told the Times of Malta... - [10 social projects given President’s Award] Ten projects are to benefit this year from the President’s Award for Creativity, an arts fund aimed at organisations that provide social and community activities. The awards were announced during a ceremony held at the Verdala Palace, where 10... World news - [Obama vows to send people to Mars by the 2030s] US President Barack Obama has highlighted his pledge to send people to Mars by the 2030s by announcing further public-private efforts to build habitats that could help humans live long-term far from the Earth. "We are working with our commercial... - [Haitians struggle to clear up as anger grows over hurricane aid delays] People throughout Haiti's devastated south-western peninsula have formed makeshift brigades to clear debris as anger grows over the delay in aid for remote communities more than a week after Hurricane Matthew hit. Community groups are clearing... - [South Carolina under Matthew flood watch] Authorities in North Carolina helped residents evacuate today as floodwaters inundated some towns and threatened others in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, which killed 14 people in the state. Governor Pat McCrory, who announced the new death... - [Watch: Trump steps up attacks on fellow Republican, says "shackles" are off] White House candidate Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling him a weak and ineffective leader but saying his campaign "shackles" were off now that Ryan and other establishment Republicans have abandoned... - [Fire at iconic Europa-Center in Berlin] A fire broke out on this afternoon on the roof of the Europa-Center, a landmark shopping centre in western Berlin, a spokesman at the fire department in the German capital said. He said it was too early to say what had caused the fire, which... Opinion - [Reconciliation in Libya] It is time to finally accept what an abject failure the United Nations and the European Union have presided over in their misguided... - [Albatross around his neck] Eight months ago, Malta was rocked by the news that Konrad Mizzi, the then minister for energy and health, and Keith Schembri, the Prime... - [Loss of values in politics] I have been actively involved in politics for many years now and cannot but feel greatly disappointed at the low level we have reached... - [Removal tainted by bias] Prior to the Constitutional Reforms (Justice Sector) Act, 2016, the Constitution allowed for judicial removal but not for the suspension... - [Psychological first aid] Today is World Mental Health Day, when all stakeholders have the opportunity to raise awareness of mental health issues and stimulate... Letters - [Rector’s speech to freshers] On October 3, this newspaper reported that the University rector, Alfred Vella, was making written and spoken communication, as well as... - [Variation on an old theme] How about a variation on the old, even-, odd-numbered registration-plates theme? This will require constant help from broadcast media,... - [Sliema’s corner pub] I refer to the letter by Mario Dingli ‘Lazy Corner’ (September 30). Allow me to state that the Lazy Corner is nothing else than the pub... - [Beneficial Italo-Maltese deals] The headline “Power station emissions down by 46.8 per cent” (October 6) brightened up my day. Unfortunately, my mood changed when I... - [Alternative transport] Tramways and tramcars were common throughout the industrialised world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but they had disappeared... Sport - [Malta U-17 girls beat Montenegro to finish third in Group Two] The Malta U-17 girls’ national team chalked up their first victory in the UEFA Championship qualifying round when they had the better of... - [FIFA appoints its first ever Chief Women’s Football Officer] Global soccer governing body FIFA has appointed Sarai Bareman as its first ever Chief Women’s Football Officer, the association announced... - [New project at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium] Manuela Carmena, the mayor of Madrid, and Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez attend a news conference to present a project they say... - [Zammit Stevens places third in Serbia meeting] Yazmin Zammit Stevens returned home with a very positive result last weekend after finishing third in the Vladan Mihailovic international... - [Malta team to play against Luxembourg at Marsa] The Malta cricket team faces a stern challenge from Luxembourg over three consecutive days at the Marsa Sports Club oval, starting on... Business News - [Russia’s Rosneft boss, Igor Sechin, says no to Opec oil cut or freeze] Igor Sechin, Russia’s most influential oil executive and the head of Kremlin energy champion Rosneft, said his company would not cut or... - [Pay-for-delay agreements confirmed illegal] Agreements whereby an original pharmaceutical manufacturer pays generic producers to stay out of the market are anti-competitive and... - [Dollar hits new 11-week high as oil prices slump] The dollar hit an 11-week high yesterday on growing expectations US interest rates will rise in December, while crude prices retreated on... - [MSE Share Index extends losses] Following the worst daily performance in nearly five weeks yesterday, the Malta Stock Exchange Share Index dropped by a further 0.3 per... - [Europass Framework to help job seekers] The European Commission has adopted a proposal to revise the Europass . Europass is a suite of tools and services which support the... Social - [Announcements] To celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of KEVIN and CAROLINE GALEA. The marriage took place on October 12, 1991 at St John of the... - [The Sound of Music to be staged this weekend] The legendary family musical The Sound of Music is being staged this weekend in Valletta, bringing much-loved songs such as Do-Re-Mi,... - [Exhibition on literary legends from the East and West] An exhibition commemorating the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu opens this Friday at the... - [Interview with author] Noel Fabri will be interviewing Michael Cini, author of Maltese books Ix-Xafra tad-Destin and Preżenza in Mosta this Friday. Ix-Xafra... - [Malta Military Tattoo] The Malta Military Tattoo returns this weekend with the participation of several local and foreign groups. The Tattoo is a yearly event... Blogs - [What a coincidence - not] I hold no brief for Beppe Fenech Adami, and if he’s acted in any manner that is not in accordance with the standards of propriety to... - [To each his own] All twenty articles that I have since written for this blog, come from one premise: that the “disagreement” between the Opposition and... - [Lie witness news] The big oil-storage tanker that will be feeding the still-to-be-inaugurated power station will be entering the Marsaxlokk harbour within... - [MAP(ping) women’s control] Picture suffering a medical emergency in the middle of the night. You know that there’s a pill that will sort out this emergency in no... - [A journalist dies in Jordan. May his death be a clear sign to all of us] Over the past few days there has been a major debate in the US and the murder of a prominent journalist in Jordan. These two facts seem... 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