timesofmalta.com newsletter - 25 Oct 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Tuesday, 25 Oct 2016 [Times of Malta] National - [Ten arrested as police find cannabis, pills and suspected cocaine] Ten people aged between 18 and 35 have been arrested in relation to a sizeable drug haul, police said. The arrests followed days of observation by members of the Drug Squad, they added. The seven men and three women were arrested after the police... - [Increase in medical operations] Medical operations on Saturday have increased year or year since 2013, Health Minister Chris Fearne told Parliament yesterday. Answering a series of questions by Labour MP Luciano Busuttil, Mr Fearne said 5,123 operations in 2013, and 6,236 and... - [Today's newspapers in review] All national newspapers today speak about yesterday’s plane crash in Malta which left five Frenchmen dead. The Fairchild Metroliner Mark III plane crashed near the runway soon after take-off and subsequently burst into flames. Human error or a... - [Yana Mintoff, son, injured in suspected domestic violence attack] Former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff’s daughter Yana and her son were injured early this morning when they were allegedly attacked with a knife in a domestic argument. TVM has reported that the aggressor set Ms Mintoff’s villa in Tarxien on fire... - [Paceville entrepreneurs fear loss of properties as a result of master plan] Some 30 Paceville business owners fear their properties could be expropriated to accommodate a new master plan, the Times of Malta has learnt. More than a hundred Paceville-based entrepreneurs met with Chris Borg, the director of the Planning... World news - [More than 40 dead as militants attack Pakistan police training centre] Gunmen stormed a police training centre in Pakistan's troubled Baluchistan province and detonated explosive vests, killing at least 41 trainees. Baluchistan's senior health official, Noor Haq Baloch, said at least 106 people were wounded - mostly... - [Trump: Poll shows "We're winning"] Republican presidential hopefully Donald Trump said his campaign was ahead by 2% nationwide, according to a recent poll from Investor's Business Daily. Trump told supporters in St. Augustine, Florida that his campaign was leading in swing states... - [Syrian child refugees making British clothes in Turkey - BBC investigation] Syrian refugee children have been working in factories in Turkey making clothes for British high street retailer Marks & Spencer and online store ASOS , an investigation by BBC Panorama found. The investigation, to be broadcast this evening,... - [China admonishes US after ambassador tweets from disputed border area] China admonished the United States today for sending its ambassador in India to a contested stretch of land on the India-China border, warning that a third party's meddling would only complicate the dispute between Beijing and New Delhi. China... - [France starts clearing 'jungle' migrant camp in Calais] Hundreds of migrants carrying suitcases and bundles of possessions started queuing outside a hangar outside Calais this morning to be resettled as the French government started clearing a makeshift camp known as the "Jungle". Armed police fanned... Opinion - [Paving the way for human reforms] Every citizen should be empowered and rewarded for his work. Every citizen should be given the opportunity, motivation, skills and... - [Has Santa come early?] Christmas is fast approaching. Children are starting to query what Santa will surprise them with. In their naiveté, they draw up wish... - [Justice for the judiciary too] The main problem with the Constitutional Reforms (Justice Sector) Act, 2016 is that is raises serious concerns on human rights... - [Cancer’s social dimension] The dedication of October to breast cancer awareness has helped highlight the social dimension of this illness. Pink October, as it is... - [Filing of a judicial letter] The First Hall of the Civil Court, on October 10, 2016, in a case involving HSBC Bank Malta plc and a separated couple, held, among other... Letters - [Two weights, two measures] Allow me to remind Prime Minister Joseph Muscat that it is highly unethical to have chosen a well-known Mintoffian (such as former judge... - [The bus system] Thank heavens we have made some progress through the Autobus de Leon people. However I still have some propositions. Our language happens... - [Leader’s ploy] When the leader of the Opposition had said that he had been “informed” that Finance Minister Edward Scicluna would be including a further... - [Fading ‘Iron Lady’] In her decade in office, the ‘Iron Lady’ of Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel, repeatedly won elections with the simple motto: trust me. - [Transport measures] I refer to the front page article ‘Traffic congestion tax may be on its way’ (October 21). It must be clarified there are no plans to... Sport - [Prestigious FIFA role is the way forward for Bjorn Vassallo] Bjorn Vassallo is seeking pastures new. A prominent figure at the Malta FA since Norman Darmanin Demajo was elected president in 2010,... - [Chetcuti eyed for GS post, Bonett mulls UEFA offer] Angelo Chetcuti, the vice-president of Division Two club BirżebbuÄ¡a St Peter’s, is the front-runner to succeed Bjorn Vassallo as Malta FA... - [Premier League statistics] BalzanKaljevic 8 (3 pens); Effiong 3; Nafti 2; Fenech 2; Agius; Micallef (pen); Piciollo; Da Silva Souza. BirkirkaraTemile 5; Dimitrov... - [Vardy named among Ballon d’Or nominees] Jamie Vardy has been nominated for the Ballon d’Or award alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale after... - [Football news] Jack Rodwell has started 32 Premier League games since his arrival at Sunderland in a £10 million switch from Manchester City during the... Business News - [Maltese Companies Act: crossing the Rubicon] The changes to the Maltese Companies Act that were promulgated by Act XXXI of 2015 can indeed be described as analogous to Julius... - [Belgian discussions on EU-Canada trade deal fail – Flemish leader] Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel failed to secure the agreement of regional authorities at a meeting yesterday which he needed to... - [Banks ‘preparing to leave UK over Brexit’] Big international banks are preparing to move some of their operations out of Britain in early 2017 due to the uncertainty over the... - [Oil prices fall as Iraq resists joining production cut] Oil prices fell yesterday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from an Opec deal to cut production, though losses were capped by Iran... - [US, European stocks gain] Stock markets rose yesterday, with Wall Street higher on several big deals and Europe led by a surge in Spain’s IBEX index, while oil... Social - [Announcements] DARMANIN. On October 23, GRAZIELLA, née Pollacco,aged 53, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of the Holy Church. She leaves to... - [Recital by Chinese pianist] Chinese pianist Chenxi Li will be giving a recital in Floriana, on Thursday. Chenxi Li studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and... - [Botanical exhibition] An exhibition focusing on botanical art highlighting the value of environmental heritage and its importance for well-being is being held... - [Exhibition by two female artists] Duetto is the name of a joint art exhibition currently put up in Mosta featuring works by Grace Cassar and Fabiola Agius Anastasi. Cassar... - [Announcements] DARMANIN. On October 23, GRAZIELLA, née Pollacco,aged 53, passed peacefully away comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to... 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 Tuesday, 25 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. Problems to sign in? click [here] to go on the help page.