MaltaPost share price rallies after results
The share price of MaltaPost plc rallied by 15.4 per cent during this morning’s session to regain the 90c level on strong volumes of just over 65,100 shares. The market responded positively to the...
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Caruanas still seeking justice for 1986 death
Jimmy Caruana dreads December because it reminds him of his brother’s murder, which happened 26 years ago today. But it is not just remembering that fateful day, when he was the first family member...
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Film Commissioner elected on board of directors for European Film Commissions...
Film Commissioner Peter Busuttil has been elected on the board of the European Film Commissions Network. The European Film Commissions Network represents film commissions in Europe. It was founded in...
View ArticlePM to meet Libyan counterpart in Tripoli
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi shall be meeting his Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan in Tripoli on Friday, the Department of Information said.
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Autogas scheme details announced
Details about a scheme announced in the Budget to encourage people to convert their cars to autogas were given this afternoon by Resources Minister George Pullicino. Mr Pullicino said that through the...
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Healthy Kids are Happy Kids
Christmas time is often a very busy and exciting time for children. They are given a break from school and an open invitation to have fun, enjoy family and celebrate the season. During this time...
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Muscat replies to the Budget speech, promises to remove income tax for...
Opposition leader Joseph Muscat this evening replied to the Budget speech, insisting that the people wanted a change of government but reiterating that the Budget measures would be retained by a...
View ArticleMurdoch's mother dies, aged 103
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died aged 103. News Ltd, the Australian media company headed by her son, confirmed her...
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Fenech says income tax for minimum wage earners is 'storm in a teacup'
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said this evening that Joseph Muscat spoke for two hours in parliament about the Budget, but criticised nothing and gave no proposals, forgetting even the 51 "supposed"...
View ArticleMalta joins global alliance against child sexual abuse
This was launched by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström, together with US Attorney General Eric Holder following an agreement a year ago between Holder and Malmstrom to try to place...
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Santas’ Swim in aid of L-Istrina
For the second year running, team members at the Grand Hotel Excelsior will be organising the Santas’ Swim and are inviting colleagues, guests and members of the public to a swim in the chilly waters...
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Philippine shelters "washed away" as typhoon toll hits 379
Rescue workers are searching through thick mud, broken homes and fallen trees for survivors, two days after a typhoon swept the southern Philippines killing nearly 400 people and leaving at least as...
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San Lawrenz remembers wartime killing of four women
The community of San Lawrenz in Gozo has remembered four of its citizens who died in the Second World War 70 years ago. No locality in Malta and Gozo was as far removed from the war as tiny San...
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Nikki Dimech interdicted
Former Sliema Mayor Nikki Dimech, who two days ago was convicted of attempted bribery and sentenced to a one-year jail term, has also been interdicted, court documents show. He was acquitted of having...
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Bus driver returns €390,000
A Vienna bus driver who found a bag with 390,000 euros in cash inside handed the money over to police, who tracked down the elderly woman who had inexplicably left her fortune behind. The driver,...
View ArticleIndian village bans mobile phones for women
A village council in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by women, saying the phones were "debasing the social atmosphere" by leading to elopements - a move that set...
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Barrakka lift to be inaugurated next week
The new Barrakka lift will be inaugurated on Saturday week. The ceremony will be led by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi. Mepa gave the go-ahead for the building of the new €2m lift in September 2010, 40...
View ArticleAir Malta resumes normal operations to Catania
Air Malta has resumed normal scheduled operations to Catania's Fontanarossa airport after infrastructural works on the city's airport runway were finalised. Due to the airport closure and the limited...
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Applications for hotel extensions, new hotels being considered
The Dolmen Hotel in Qawra is going through a continuous refurbishment programme through which it invested €4.1 million between 2008 and 2011 and is investing another €3 million between this year and...
View ArticleIHI trades lower on high volumes
Shares of International Hotel Investments plc traded down heavily at 74c (-14.9 per cent) during this morning’s session, before partially recovering to end the session 4.6 per cent lower at the 83c...
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