timesofmalta.com newsletter - 6 Aug 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Saturday, 6 Aug 2016 [Times of Malta] [Histories of Malta] National - [Tougher domestic violence abuse laws will not be retroactive] Tougher domestic violence laws being planned will not apply to court cases already under way, according to the lawyer who helped draft the changes. Roberta Lepre, a long-standing advocate of crime victims’ rights, said the changes to the law could... - [Car dealer jailed after spending spree using dead man’s cheques] A car dealer was jailed for six years for defrauding a long list of people by using a dead man’s chequebook for a spending spree. Glen Borg, 40, from Tarxien, used forged cheques to buy thousands of euros worth of goods, including cigarettes and... - [Maltese newspapers review] The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says a car dealer was jailed for six years for defrauding a long list of people by using a dead man’s cheque book for a spending spree. In another story, it says... - [Rider critically injured in crash on his way to Gozo] A 27-year-old man from Å»urrieq is in a critical condition after a head-on crash in Mellieħa. The man was riding a bike that collided with a car that was being driven by a 45-year-old woman from Mosta. The woman was not injured. The man, who had... - [Air Malta unions seek information about company's business plan] The four unions representing Air Malta workers this morning called on the company to present them with the initial draft agreement of its business plan or draft proposals of any agreement their may be. In a statement early this morning they... World news - [Several people hurt as railing collapses at rap concert] At least 10 people have been hurt after a railing collapsed during an outdoor concert by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa in southern New Jersey. A partition separating concertgoers from the stage at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden collapsed, causing people... - [Fire in France bar kills at least 13 and injures six] A fire swept through a bar in northern France, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others. Police say the fire broke out at a birthday party at the bar in the city of Rouen in Normandy. French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve gave an... - [Man arrested in Northern Ireland over 1976 minibus killings] Northern Ireland police have arrested a man over the shooting dead of 10 Protestant textile workers in 1976 in one of the deadliest of three decades of sectarian attacks in Northern Ireland. No one has ever been convicted for the crime, which an... - [Stop press: Last two journalists leave London's Fleet Street] Three decades after media mogul Rupert Murdoch instigated its demise as the centuries-old home of Britain's newspaper industry, London's Fleet Street bade farewell today to its last two journalists. Known as the "Street of Shame", Fleet Street... - [Italy passes law to encourage donating food to the needy] Italy is fighting food waste by introducing new laws for restaurants, farmers and supermarkets. The bill, passed by 181 senators, will encourage families to take home unfinished food after eating out. It also removes obstructions for farmers and... Opinion - [United to protect children] There are a million things politicians do not see eye to eye on. But when it comes to the well-being of our children, this is a topic... - [A dignified end to life care] I’ll open this article with a quote from a debate in the German Parliament last year. Katrin Göring-Eckhardt of the Green Party said she... - [Midsummer night’s dream] We had a midsummer night’s dream. But it was not to be. The Prime Minister missed on a great opportunity to reach consensus with the... - [Editorial: When a senior regulator resigns] A democracy can easily degenerate into an autocracy if the proper checks and balances are not kept in place at all times. All truly... - [No life without brain activity] Over the past months we have been grappling with ethical issues related to the right to life, first by the discussion on embryo freezing... Letters - [The future of this world] I refer to the debate between Joseph Farrugia and Joseph Caruana about faith and reason. There is compatibility between faith and reason. - [Of standards] The Ministry of Education has published three documents under the title ‘Bringing education into the 21st century’. Among other things,... - [CEO selection process] I refer to the article “TV presenter John Bundy to become new PBS chief” (July 30) and in particular to the paragraphs where it refers... - [Happiest players] Karl Flores (‘Always a sport’, August 4) says there is joy even when losing. I would imagine that our footballers must be some of the ... - [Dirty beaches] • I have just returned from a wonderful holiday on Lampedusa and what I noticed there in contrast with our lovely island was the absence... Sport - [Watch: Brazil presents rousing Olympic Games opening ceremony] Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world... - [City handed play-off test against Steaua Bucharest] Manchester City have been drawn to face Steaua Bucharest, of Romania, in the Champions League play-off round, yesterday. City finished... - [FIFA head Infantino cleared of wrongdoing] FIFA president Gianni Infantino, elected in February to lead the global soccer body into calmer waters after a series of corruption... - [Neptunes prevail over Sliema] Neptunes Grimaldi again drew on a sound rearguard and opportunistic scoring expertise to assert their unquestioned superiority over... - [Chinese investors to buy AC Milan] Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi agreed yesterday to sell AC Milan to a consortium of Chinese investors, ending his three... Business News - [Oil prices fall 1%] Oil prices fell by one per cent yesterday as a crude and refined product glut weighed on markets and investors eyed a possible stutter in... - [China central bank warns on reserve cut] China’s central bank yesterday reiterated it would fine-tune policy in a pre-emptive and timely way, but added that cuts to bank reserve... - [RS2 Software plc shares tumble] The Malta Stock Exchange index fully erased the previous week’s marginal gain with a 1.2 per cent decline, closing the week at 4,416.47... - [Stocks, dollar rally on good US jobs data] Stocks and the dollar jumped yesterday as investors cheered strong US employment data, which bolstered expectations of an acceleration in... - [Solid job gains seen as boost to US economy] US employment increased at a healthy clip in July, with wages picking up, which should help to underpin consumer spending and boost the... Social - [Announcements] BAJADA. On August 4, EVANGELISTA, of Munxar, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss... - [Pharmacies open tomorrow] Empire Pharmacy, 77, Old Theatre Street, Valletta (2122 5785); St Gaetan Pharmacy, Parish Priest Mifsud Street, Ħamrun (2123 4570); Evans... - [Multimedia presentation] Glen Calleja will tonight deliver Iswed (Black), a multimedia presentation about the spectacle of migration and the spectator during the... - [The scientific secrets behind love] Café Scientifique’s fourth participation in a row in Evenings on Campus takes place tomorrow with an excursion into the question of... - [Din l-Art Ħelwa properties open to public tomorrow] Tomorrow being the first Sunday of the month, various historic sites run by Din l-Art Ħelwa will be open to the public. The medieval... Blogs - [Because they know it all] When we were students at Tal-Qroqq, we used to pull our friends in the Architecture & Civil Engineering Faculty’s legs that they thought... - ['The first terrorism'] It has been quite a while, a very long while indeed, since I contributed to these cyber columns, though I kept my regular appointment... - [A trip down memory lane] It has just crossed my radar that towards the end of September, just after Independence Day, Sir Temi Zammit Hall at the University is to... - [Tiny cracks] It is clear that Premier Muscat thinks he's got away with it: the population at large has forgotten all about Panama and assorted other... - [Some ideas for the Gozo Minister] It's a slow summer and my heart goes out to the Gozo minister, with the whole country taking the mickey out of him for attending to his... 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