timesofmalta.com newsletter - 1 Dec 2016

Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Thursday, 1 Dec 2016 [Times of Malta] [Progress Press] National - [Young woman welcomes court judgment against man found responsible for her accident] The jail sentence handed to a company director found responsible for an accident during a party in 2008 was a “bold statement” on health and safety, according to the young woman who was left paralysed in the incident. Maurice Attard, 52, was... - [Today's newspapers in review] The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says the number of patients receiving indefinite care at Mater Dei and Karin Grech hospitals has more than doubled in a year, and 183 beds are taken up by those with... - [Number of long-term patients at Mater Dei, Karin Grech doubles] The number of patients receiving indefinite care at Mater Dei and Karin Grech hospitals has more than doubled in a year, and 183 beds are taken up by those with nowhere else to go, the Times of Malta has learnt. The Health Ministry confirmed that... - [Small fire at ElectroGas controlled in minutes] A small fire at the ElectroGas compound today was controlled in a matter of minutes, the company said. It said some insulation material and cardboard caught fire in an isolated area at around noon. The incident, that was related to some final... - [Various shortcomings brought up during inspections of old peoples' homes] Various shortcomings were brought up during 63 inspections of private or government-contracted old peoples’ homes, Parliamentary Secretary Justyne Caruana told parliament today. She added that, in the absence of a regulatory authority, no action... World news - [Colombia plane crash: complete failure, no fuel - pilot's plea to air traffic controllers] The pilot of the doomed chartered plane carrying a Brazilian football team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel and pleaded desperately for permission to land before crashing into the Andes, a leaked recording of the flight's final... - [Frantic search for four missing miners in Poland after cave-in] Rescue workers are using bare hands in a desperate attempt to save four missing miners at a Polish copper mine that was hit by a tremor and a cave-in. Four other miners were killed in the tragedy, the mine's director said. The tremor occurred... - [Lufthansa say pilots strikes cost €10-15 million a day] Strikes by Lufthansa pilots, which have entered their sixth day, are costing the German carrier about 10-15 million euros a day, a spokesman said today. A further 890 flights were cancelled this morning, with the walkout affecting short and... - [Cuba returning Castro's ashes to birthplace of the Revolution] A procession carrying Fidel Castro's ashes sets out from Havana today on a long trek to a final resting place in Santiago de Cuba, where the first shots in the Cuban Revolution were fired and where Castro claimed victory in 1959. Castro, who... - [Oil jumps 8 percent on prospects for big OPEC output cut] Oil prices jumped more than eight per cent today to a five-week high as some of the world's largest oil producers gathered in Vienna to try to agree a production cut that could be bigger than expected. Brent crude futures for delivery in January... Opinion - [The romanticised dictator] Fidel Castro, hailed by many news outlets as a revolutionary thinker, thought to be the singular absolute ruler who would create a... - [Strategy after populism] This year’s electoral encounters in the US, UK and France have attracted attention from many angles, particularly on domestic and... - [Putting Pinocchio to shame] The story of Pinocchio is well known. It brings back childhood memories. Pinocchio is best known for his short nose that becomes longer... - [The taxman is a cynic] Many, many years ago, I remember my late father telling me (then just an adolescent) over the breakfast table that ‘someone’ had come up... - [Open to international business] Today is the 20th day that I have held office as the 689th Lord of Mayor of the City of London. As ambassador for all the UK’s financial,... Letters - [Charitable] It seems John Azzopardi has described John Guillaumier’s writing in this newspaper as scholarly. I know Azzopardi to be an exceptionally... - [Entry to university] With reference to the front page item on entry to university (28 November) it would be unfair not to remark that the University of Malta... - [Muscat on Brexit] My family and I visit Malta on a regular basis and have done so for the past 20 years. We were horrified to read on the UK edition of the... - [Noisy bikes] In your Editorial “Drive against antisocial behaviour” (November 26) you chose to dedicate no less than two paragraphs to the behaviour... - [Decisions of the judiciary] I would like to refer to what purport to be reports in the Times of Malta of what I said during the swearing in of new members of the... Sport - [Sports round-up] Athletics: Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova (picture) was stripped of her 2011 world title on Tuesday for a doping violation, with... - [Bonus points to reward try-scoring in 2017 Six Nations championship] Bonus points will be awarded in a radical shake-up of next year’s Six Nations as tournament organisers seek to encourage teams to adopt a... - [IAAF plans transparency amid new claims of corruption] Just as the IAAF is about to endorse wide-ranging changes to its governance aimed at making the organisation more ethical, transparent... - [Caruana Curran wins third term as president of ASA] Joe Caruana Curran was re-elected president of the Aquatic Sports Association (ASA) for a third term yesterday evening. Caruana Curran,... - [KO honour for Ħamrun Liberty ‘A’] Ħamrun Liberty have won the first major honour of the Malta Pool Association season after beating Domus Kids 10-7 in the final of the... Business News - [Shipping movements] These ships are expected in Malta: The OPS Hamburg from Annaba to Algiers, the CMA CGM Chopin from Damietta to Tilbury, the Corona J from... - [Oil jumps on Opec deal while bond rout resumes] Oil jumped yesterday as Opec members clinched a deal to cut production, while upbeat US economic data and comments from the US Treasury... - [Lufthansa says pilot strikes cost it €10m-€15m a day] Strikes by German pilots, which entered their sixth day this year, ere costing the German carrier about €10-15 million a day, a spokesman... - [Populism has weakened European integration – Draghi] The spread of populist movements was threatening European integration and efforts to find joint responses to immigration, security and... - [EU globalisation fears most acute in Austria and France] Fear of globalisation is the most important factor in pushing European citizens towards populist right-wing parties and those fears are... Social - [Announcements] LIBRERI. On November 29, at Mater Dei Hospital, ANNIE, of Birkirkara, aged 84, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. - [Organ festival] Today’s concert within the Malta International Organ Festival sees the return of Daniel Zaretsky on organ in quite an unusual... - [Malta’s own world music band launches album] Malta’s very first world music band *etnika is launching its brand new album Maddalena’s Marvellous Tripfolk Klabb with two shows this... - [Maltese corsairs and their link to Vassalli] The 2016 Andrew Vella Memorial Lecture, taking place tomorrow, will focus on the last of the Maltese corsairs and their link to one of... - [Watercolours exhibition] Seven watercolourists, members of the informal group of Akkwarellisti, are currently participating in their second collective art... Blogs - [If I may, Your Grace…] I often find myself defending Archbishop Charles Scicluna for the wrong reasons, though this time I might be right. Over a year ago, in... - [Joseph Muscat is right] I thought that would get your attention. Don’t go running away with the idea that I have been converted to slavish adherence to the... - [Hail to Mr Minority President] As at the point of writing Hilary Clinton has 1.75 million votes more than President elect Donald Trump; and that big gap is bound to... - [Get 'em out by Friday] In the post-truth era characterised by the electoral victories of Premier Muscat, that Farage specimen and - Gawd'elp'us'all - Donald... - [A culture of resignation] The recent resignation of Pia Zammit from the Manoel Theatre Board a week ago, seems to have caused, remarkably, some ripples in the... Copyright © 2016 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Thursday, 1 Dec 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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