timesofmalta.com newsletter - 7 Jun 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Tuesday, 7 Jun 2016 [Times of Malta] [Times of Malta] National - [Man continues battle against residential parking] A man has vowed to continue his battle against residents’ parking schemes which, he insists, are discriminatory, as they favour one motorist over another, depending on where they reside. Joseph Borg and his wife, Maria Victoria, filed an appeal... - [Today's newspapers in review] The following are the top items in the Maltese newspapers this morning. Times of Malta reports that doctors have warned that a new chief of disease control is not a qualified doctor and therefore unsuitable to the job. In-Nazzjon leads with a... - [Doctors object to new disease control chief] The person earmarked to become Director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention was not a qualified medical doctor and could not, therefore, take on the job without facing criminal proceedings, the Medical Association of Malta has warned. In a... - [Ta' Xbiex traffic: Transport Malta ran 'pseudo-consultation', says PN MP] Traffic chaos in Ta' Xbiex caused by a much-maligned deviation could be solved by opening up the road alongside Ta' Xbiex gardens to two-way traffic, PN MP Kristy Debono argued today. "Aside from parking on either sides, the road is wide enough... - [Motorcyclist critical after crashing into pole] A motorcyclist is in danger of dying after he crashed into a pole on Triq l-Avjazzjoni, Luqa this afternoon. The 45-year-old Pieta' resident crashed his Honda motorbike at around 4pm, police said. He was rushed to Mater Dei hospital for treatment. World news - [Two killed, eight injured in Istanbul bomb attack] Updated 8.46am Two people were killed and eight injured after a Turkish police bus was targeted in a bomb attack this morning in a central Istanbul district near a university and tourist sites, Turkish newspaper Haberturk reported. Ambulances... - [Japanese boy left in forest was crying so hard, he walked the wrong way] The seven-year-old Japanese boy abandoned in a forest by his parents for being naughty meant to follow his parents' car but was crying so hard he went the wrong way, a newspaper said today. Feeling that the woods were "scary", Yamato Tanooka kept... - [Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination] Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination, according to tallies on Monday by two U.S. media outlets, the day before six states were set to vote in nominating contests. A former... - [Macedonian president revokes pardons in wiretap scandal] Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov revoked pardons he had granted to 34 officials implicated in a wire-tapping scandal today, meeting demands from the opposition, the European Union and the United States. In an EU-brokered deal last year,... - [Obama reportedly close to endorsing Clinton] After staying above the campaign fray for months, US President Barack Obama could endorse Hillary Clinton as early as this week as the Democratic presidential nominee, nudging Bernie Sanders to finally abandon his long-fought challenge, US media... Opinion - [It’s all carrot and no stick] The subject of traffic has been somewhat unavoidably in the headlines recently, what with the Kappara project, its detours, residential... - [The great global game] As football fever grips the Maltese islands in the run-up to the finals of the European Nations Cup kicking off in troubled France on... - [English in the maelstrom] Can one newspaper story, ‘Cambridge experts recommend teaching English as foreign language’ (May 25) be likened to the face that launched... - [Chesterton and eugenics] Recently in the TV programme Insiders, screened on Euronews, Malta was portrayed in a negative light as abortion is not legalised. Sadly,... - [A revamped Industrial Tribunal] The Constitutional Court, in two cases filed by the General Workers’ Union, recently decided that provisions in the Employment and... Letters - [Imperfections] Economics is a social science that thrives on imperfections. Most notably, it assumes an imperfect competition in imperfect... - [Noisy silencers] The leader on noise pollution (May 28) and the lack of action in this less charming aspect of Maltese life (or is it culture?), quotes... - [High expectations] When will the leader of the Opposition learn that elections are not won just by fine words said by the leaders of political parties to... - [Another tragedy] The photograph of the six-month-old Somali immigrant baby, in the arms of the German rescuer, that featured online and was distributed by... - [Government on its toes] It is ironic that on the day Desmond Zammit Marmarà ’s article, ‘Undermining government’, appeared there were also no fewer than two... Sport - [MMA fighter Kimbo Slice passes away at 42] Mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice, who rose to fame in the early 2000s through videos of his unsanctioned street fights and backyard... - [Messi-less Argentina beat Chile 2-1] Argentina shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to beat Chile 2-1 in the Copa America yesterday, with an emotional Angel Di Maria... - [‘Secure a seat, support your team and save money’] With Malta’s opening 2018 World Cup Group F match against Scotland (Sept. 4) less than three months away, the Malta FA yesterday launched... - [Players reminded of duty ‘to honour Malta shirt’] The launch of the Goal Card for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers was also the cue for Bjorn Vassallo to remind the players of their duty to... - [Borg ‘delighted’ after sealing Valletta return] Rejoining the club where he won a plethora of honours during a previous six-year spell was a natural choice for Malta defender Steve Borg... Business News - [IBM signs $300 million IT deal with Emirates] IBM has signed a $300 million, ten-year technology services agreement with Dubai’s Emirates Airline. IBM will provide information... - [British banks arming staff with scripts for Brexit vote aftermath] British banks are prepping staff to deal with a barrage of questions from retail and small business customers after the country’s June 23... - [UK new car registrations edge up] British new car registrations rose modestly in May while private and business demand fell, possibly reflecting uncertainty over Britain’s... - [Money market report for the week ended June 3] On Thursday, June 2, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing... - [Tokyo governor regrets ‘improper’ use of funds but says he won’t quit] Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe yesterday apologised after a report found he had used political funds to pay for family vacations and... Social - [Announcements] GRECH. On June 5, at Mater Dei Hospital, SAVIOUR, widower of Carmen, née Mamo, aged 86, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of... - [Spectacle of the year in Grand Harbour] Valletta Pageant of the Seas, being presented today as part of a programme to mark the 450th anniversary of Valletta’s foundation,... - [Lecture on Malta’s heritage trees] Joseph Buhagiar, a lecturer of biology at the University of Malta and director of the Argotti Botanic Gardens, will be delivering a... - [The legendary Silk Road] Treasures of the Silk Road is the title of the Decorative and Fine Arts Society of Malta’s next lecture, being held at Le Méridien Hotel... - [Chesterton and eugenics] The Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, the US, in collaboration with Life Network... Blogs - [0.7 grams worth of dangerous criminal] The law is there to be respected, ignorantia legis neminem excusat etc etc. I just thought I’d get the boring legal stuff out of the way... - [Because I'm worth it] Many of us, who do not have to live the daily grind of making ends meet, whine about how so many people in Malta think the Government... - [The hatred of the other] A few days ago, Herman Grech reminded his Facebook friends that when it comes to the hatred of the other, amongst the Maltese there are... - [Publish, then be damned] In the last couple of days, there have been editorials in the free press that have brought into stark relief the way our position as the... - [The unbearable numbness of politics] Last week I was in Malta for a quick one-week visit that combined work, family, and some rest. The weather was great and the general... 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