timesofmalta.com newsletter - 19 Oct 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Wednesday, 19 Oct 2016 [Times of Malta] [Castille Resources] National - [Malta newspapers in review] The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers today. Times of Malta quotes the president of the Malta Chamber of Pharmacists saying that as independent healthcare professionals, pharmacists have every right to refuse to sell the... - [Up, down, in and out - a detailed look at the government's spending] Beyond the headline figures, the financial estimates give a better glimpse of where and how taxpayer money will be spent. Kurt Sansone analyses the line items. A drop in migrant arrivals over the past two years has left closed centres almost... - [Planners refuse to meet the residents on Paceville plan] The St Julian’s local council has been frustrated by the refusal of the Planning Authority to grant a public meeting to Paceville residents over the proposed master plan. Mayor Guido Dalli told the Times of Malta the council had asked the PA to... - [Sexual orientation legislation serves at least 60 persons and their families - minister] More than 60 persons and their families have been positively affected by the sexual orientation legislation enacted by Parliament last year, Minister for Civil Liberties Helena Dalli told Parliament this evening. Introducing the second reading of... - [Smoking kills more than 2,000 people in Malta in four years] More that 2,000 men and women died as a result of smoking between 2012 and 2015, Health Minister Chris Fearne said in Parliament this evening. The minister said those who died were 1,681 men and 523 women. World news - [European probe due to land on Mars this afternoon] A small robot probe could make history this afternoon by becoming the first European spacecraft to survive a landing on Mars. Scientists will be crossing their fingers as Schiaparelli flies itself on autopilot through the Martian atmosphere. After... - [Lufthansa imposes total ban on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on planes] German carrier Lufthansa has become the latest airline to impose a total ban on passengers taking the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on any of its flights. The airline had previously banned the phone from flights in the United States and told... - [Belgian police say Brussels hostage-taking over, no one injured] Updated Belgian police said they detained a man who held about 15 people hostage in a supermarket this evening in the Brussels suburb of Forest, adding that nobody was harmed. Belgian public broadcaster RTBF said the man was armed with a knife. - [Iraqi advance on Mosul slows after day of fighting] The pace of operations slowed in the fight to retake Mosul from Islamic State, as Iraqi forces advancing to the east and south of the city began pushing towards larger villages and encountering civilian populations. Iraq's Kurdish fighters, also... - [750-800 people died in 2015 migrant boat tragedy, say officials] Officials have put the death toll from the April 2015 migrant shipwreck at between 750 and 800 people, following post-mortem examinations on the remains retrieved from inside the vessel. That figure is in line with survivor estimates of between... Opinion - [Realm of cultural discussions] The government has strived hard to support and enhance the cultural sector in Malta. Through Arts Council Malta, it has launched a... - [Online bullies and trolls] When radio was new in the 1930s, it played a big part in the rise of Fascist dictators and the descent into war. Radio was then the ideal... - [Small states of the EU] Country size is often measured in terms of population size, and in the book Small States of the European: Economic Perspectives, edited... - [Kiss kiss, bang bang] As Nationalist leader Simon Busuttil was down in a Marsaxlokk square on Sunday morning playing up the dangers posed by a huge tanker full... - [Towards more road safety] Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has just launched a much-awaited consultation process with the publication of a white paper entitled... Letters - [Fine-tuning] So now, as PN leader Simon Busuttil is saying, it is only “if risk assessment studies showed there was the slightest danger [that] a... - [Standard and Poor’s] Standard and Poor’s recent decision to upgrade Malta deserves at least a plaudit. During my research-student days at the London School of... - [Doctor’s oath] Science and statistics have not given us a 100 percent guarantee that the morning-after pill does not cause abortion. So doctors and... - [Pampered young generation] The recent disappointing performances of our national game introduced in Malta way back in the 1880s and the naïve satisfaction and... - [Nostalgic message] My respects to all the Times of Malta employees on the anniversary of the burningof the Times building onOctober 15, 1979 by Labour Party... Sport - [Guardiola’s biggest City test on emotional return to Barcelona] Pep Guardiola’s formidable managerial skills will be put to the test again when his stuttering Manchester City side visit his former club... - [Napoli eye last 16 place and small slice of history] Napoli could become the first team in Champions League history to qualify from their group after only three games today, providing... - [Old boys accept Mourinho tactics through gritted teeth] Former Manchester United players have queued up to pass judgment on their old team under Jose Mourinho, whose negative game plan in a... - [Wenger never thought of selling winger Walcott] Arsene Wenger never contemplated selling Theo Walcott in the summer despite the England international playing a bit part at Arsenal last... - [Stompers beat lively Falcons] Sliema Stompers 45Qrendi Falcons 5 This scoreline may seem like a romp but it was far from it as the hot and humid conditions, and a... Business News - [Protecting workers’ rights] Spanish labour law was shot down as a result of two recent rulings delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)... - [Bump in commodity shares while solid earnings lift stocks] A gauge of major equity markets around the globe rose to a one-week high yesterday as rising commodity prices and solid earnings reports... - [Central bankers have ‘lost the plot’ – William Hague] Unless central bankers stopped sowing discord by inflating a bubble with make-believe money, the world’s top central banks would find... - [Share Index rallies to a three-month high] The share index registered its best daily performance in 19 months today as it jumped by 1.43 per cent to a three-month high of 4,498.630... - [Restaurants, rents, cigarettes push eurozone inflation up] Higher prices in restaurants and cafés as well as rents and cigarette prices pushed up eurozone inflation in September, data showed... Social - [Announcements] AZZOPARDI. On October 17, Sr ROSE went to meet the Risen Lord comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her sad loss the... - [Death and the Maiden] Masquerade Company is presenting a play by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman in the coming two weekends. Written in the wake of the... - [Harpsichord and baroque ensemble concert tonight] World-renowned harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani is joining the Valletta International Baroque Ensemble for a performance at the Manoel... - [Sculpture and terracotta exhibition] Scupltor Ä anni Pace is celebrating Valletta’s 450th anniversary with a sculpture and terracotta exhibition, entitled Symphonic Dreams, at... - [Malta Doom Metal Fest] The eighth edition of the Malta Doom Metal Fest returns at Chateaux Buskett in Rabat this weekend. This year’s edition will be headlined... Blogs - [Sorry not sorry] "I'm sorry I was chatting on my phone, didn't see the lights turn red and wound up ramming the side of your car." "I'm sorry I forgot to... - [Pre-budget twaddle] My knowledge of economics, as I have admitted on more than one occasion, is perhaps equivalent to someone as thick as two short planks,... - [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... Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Wednesday, 19 Oct 2016 This newsletter has been delivered to you because you have subscribed with [timesofmalta.com]. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please click [unsubscribe] and follow the instructions. 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