timesofmalta.com newsletter - 19 May 2017

Copyright © 2017 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Friday, 19 May 2017 [Times of Malta]( [Delicata]( National - [How will income tax pledges impact you, be financed?]( Both major parties have pledged income tax relief if elected to government. Kurt Sansone looks at what they are proposing and tries to understand the benefits, the pitfalls and who will gain. Income tax relief is a key plank voters will be looking... - [Today's front pages]( These are the main stories featured in today's newspapers. Times of Malta says the European Parliament's Panama Committee has issued a fresh invitation to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his chief of staff, Keith Schembri, to appear before it in... - [Pana Committee asks PM, Schembri to appear in June]( The European Parliament’s Panama Committee has issued a fresh invitation to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his chief of staff, Keith Schembri, to appear before it in late June, the Times of Malta is informed. The session will be held in... - [Court turns down Lithuanian request to extradite Maltese man]( A request by the Lithuanian authorities for the extradition of a Maltese man has been quashed by the Constitutional Court, which declared today that there were "substantial grounds to believe" that the man could face a real risk of inhuman and... - ['Someone will take a false oath,' Caruana Galizia's lawyer says]( Lawyers appearing for blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia in libel proceedings said they were on no "fishing expedition" to prove through their submissions that a minister and his consultant had visited a brothel in Germany. Their intention, they... World news - [Seeking new narrative, Trump embarks on trip to Middle East and Europe]( With turmoil enveloping his administration at home, President Donald Trump heads abroad for a trip the White House hopes will shift focus away from domestic controversies and on to his foreign policy agenda. Trump leaves for Saudi Arabia on Friday... - [Watch: Car leaves path of destruction in Times Square]( A U.S. Navy veteran plowed his car into pedestrians in New York City's packed Times Square, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 22 people. The city's mayor said there was no indication it was an act of terrorism. Witnesses said the motorist... - [Watch: Car driven at pedestrians in Times Square, New York]( A former US Navy sailor slammed his car into pedestrians in New York City's packed Times Square today, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding 22 people, and authorities said there was no indication it was an act of terrorism. Witnesses said the... - [EU fines Facebook €110 million over WhatsApp deal]( European Union antitrust regulators fined Facebook €110 million for giving misleading information during a vetting of its deal to acquire messaging service WhatsApp in 2014. Calling it a "proportionate and deterrent fine", the European Commission,... - [Roger Ailes, former Fox News chief, dies at 77]( Roger Ailes, former chief executive of Fox News, the powerful cable news channel for conservatives that helped reshape the US political landscape, has died at age 77. Ailes' widow, Elizabeth Ailes, announced his death in a statement posted on the... Opinion - [Best economy in the EU]( The European Commission’s Spring 2017 Economic Forecast has gone relatively unnoticed here in Malta. Economic reports prepared by foreign... - [Principles vs profits]( Politics is, for many, an emotionally charged business. Voting is not a purely rational matter; emotional intelligence surely plays a... - [They planned it all out]( There are a lot of things people look for in a prime minister. Joseph Muscat possesses none of them. Malta’s unique selling point has... - [Tax compliance and transparency]( Malta remains a jurisdiction of choice. Its EU-compliant regulatory framework, coupled with a highly-skilled workforce and a competitive... - [Abolish parliamentary privilege?]( Parliamentary privilege is the set of rules that say that the core functions of Parliament should not be subject to laws passed by the... Letters - [Good priests]( When ordaining 10 new priests on Good Shepherd Sunday on May 7, Pope Francis told them and us priests: “A presbyter who has perhaps... - [Wild plant species]( Work on the restoration of the fortifications surrounding Sa Maison gardens (Floriana/Pietà area) has begun and there have also been... - [Corbyn’s fate]( Since the British Prime Minister decided to go to the country on June 8, I have been mentally framing the destiny of Jeremy Corbyn’s two... - [Tragic reality]( Corruption is clearly the name of the game in this farcical election. Yet, the vast majority of the Maltese people are determined to vote... - [Degeneration]( How the wheel has turned. I thought Labour’s supporters were the ħamalli, what with their big breasts and loud discourse. But now we have... Sport - [Birkirkara girls seal double]( Birkirkara completed a clean sweep of honours as they lifted the Women’s KO cup after beating Kirkop United 2-0 in the final, at the... - [Harry Kane helps Spurs thrash Leicester]( A rampant Harry Kane netted four goals and Son Heung-min scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Leicester City 6-1 in an entertaining... - [Sporting briefs]( Weigl: Borussia Dortmund midfielder Julian Weigl could miss the start of next season after undergoing successful surgery on a broken ankle. - [Football news]( A top-flight soccer game in Sweden has been postponed after a player was offered a large sum of money to help fix the result of the... - [Sports round-up]( Boxing: The long-rumoured bout between undefeated American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather (picture) and mixed martial arts champion... Business News - [Trump storm strikes global stocks again]( Swirling uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s political future saw world stocks extend their steepest fall in over six months... - [Deutsche Bank wants former bosses to pay for past misconduct]( Deutsche Bank expects former board members to pay substantial sums for their role in past misconduct which has tarnished the reputation... - [GreenPak Coop reports best year of operation]( GreenPak Coop, the largest waste recovery system in Malta, announced that 2016 was its best year yet. This success follows increases in... - [UK shoppers shrug off inflation pressure as sun comes out]( British shoppers set aside their concerns about fast-rising inflation following the Brexit vote and stepped up spending last month at the... - [New Junior Chamber of Advocates executive committee announced]( “For the first time, the elected executive committee team of the Junior Chamber of Advocates is made up of students coming from all the... Social - [Bir Miftuħ music festival]( Beau SoirToday at 8pm The Bir Miftuħ International Music Festival opens today with a vocal and harp recital by mezzo-soprano Claire ... - [Vittoriosa and the Great Siege]( The Turkish armada arrived in Malta on May 18, 1565. The first battle took place on May 19. Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar is marking these... - [Malta Art Fair]( The Malta Art Fair will this weekend showcase some of Malta’s finest art while also raising money for a charitable cause. The three-day... - [Rajtek tinbidel]( Rajtek tinbidel is an original musical by Għaqda Drama Xewkja, being presented live at the Xewkija rotunda this weekend. The musical –... - [Announcements]( AGIUS. On May 13, FRANCES, née Boxall, of Attard, aged 92. She leaves to mourn her loss John Leighton, widower of her daughter Marie of... Blogs - [Let’s stop humming and hawing about the MFSA chairman]( Politics is often something of a circus with strange acts by politicians and stranger ones by those chosen by politicians to head our... - [Bishops under attack for stating the obvious]( Why are Labour elves and trolls who populate the social networks, particularly Facebook, incensed by the election pastoral letter written... - [The discrete charm of Malta’s bourgeois democracy]( Those of us who could see an election approaching like a car crash in slow motion, anticipating an ensuing cacophony that would drive the... - [Brandishing Power]( Russell Brand, the actor, comedian, kicked-out BBC Radio 1 DJ, has never been one to do things by half. His ‘brand’ of comedy was always... - [The coalition of the willing]( There was an interesting snippet of news a couple of days ago, pretty much drowned out by the stench of alleged corruption wafting out of... 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