La Valette fund directors not excluding legal action
Irate investors this evening demanded explanations over the La Valette Multi Manager Property Fund that went belly up after it invested in high-risk sub funds that went bust. The fund was managed by...
View ArticleValletta beat Balzan in low-key match
Valletta 2 Balzan Youths 0 Valletta beat Balzan in a low-key match to put pressure on Hibernians as they play Floriana tomorrow. Latvian striker Aleksandrs Cekulajevs scored on his debut before...
View Article'Steel soldiers' needed to fight for civil liberties - Muscat
The country will need steel soldiers to fight in favour of civil liberties such as IVF, civil unions for same sex couples, constitutional amendments and against censorship, Labour leader Joseph Muscat...
View ArticleInter beaten by lowly Bologna
Inter 0 Bologna 3 Claudio Ranieri's future as Inter coach was hanging in the balance tonight after the Nerazzurri were comprehensively beaten by Bologna, prompting nostalgic calls from the home...
View ArticleGRTU director denies calling workers 'rats'
The GRTU and its director general Vince Farrugia has filed a libel suit to deny what Mr Farrugia said were insinuations made by GWU general secretary Tony Zarb on One's programme Affari Taghna. In a...
View ArticleNapoli stroll to victory
Fiorentina 0 Napoli 3 Edinson Cavani scored twice as Napoli strolled to victory at Fiorentina to leapfrog Inter into fifth in the Serie A table. The visitors were ahead in just the third minute through...
View ArticlePress digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Times leads with reactions to a sentence by Mr Justice Raymond Pace who in a case instituted by Smash TV against the...
View ArticleSTEELY SOLDIERS
Whenever anyone who does not swoon at the feet of Joseph Muscat dares mention Labour's less than glorious past, the Lil'Elves and Cheer Leaderettes screech and shout and run about, yelping that we...
View ArticleSinger Whitney to be laid to rest
Family, friends and a host of celebrities will today attend the funeral of singer Whitney Houston. They will gather for a private service at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, where Houston...
View ArticleEveryone should fight precarious employment - Forum
Everyone should fight precarious employment which in Malta was growing at an alarming rate, the Forum Unions Maltin said in a statement. It said that this work was usually hidden and workers were...
View ArticleUpdated: Maltese eyes locked on Cardinal-elect Prospero Grech
This morning's ceremony at St Peter's Basilica in Rome which will see Prospero Grech becoming Malta's second ever Cardinal is now underway. The bombastic glory of the Basilica serves as the appropriate...
View ArticleTwo thieves caught red-handed
Two thieves were this morning caught red-handed just before breaking into a house in Paola. The police went on site after receiving a tip-off and caught the two men on the roof just before breaking in.
View ArticleMalta hits 10 million mark
The 10 millionth entry to Europe's largest scientific ringing database on wild birds is a bird ringed in Malta as part of research carried out by BirdLife Malta. The female barn swallow was ringed...
View ArticleEurozone agrees €130 billion of new loans for Greece
Eurozone governments finally came to the rescue of Greece early today, approving a second massive bail-out after months of wrangling and a last round of more than 12 hours of talks in Brussels....
View ArticlePress digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Times reports that Roads Department officials at Transport Malta have been held in a bribery probe and suspended by TM. The...
View ArticleFitch revises FimBank outlook to 'negative'
Fitch Ratings has revised Malta-based Fimbank's (FIM) outlook to Negative from Stable and affirmed its Long-term Issuer Default (IDR) at 'BB', Short-term IDR at 'B', Viability Rating at 'bb' and...
View ArticleStrauss-Kahn faces hotel sex ring questioning
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be questioned today by French police investigating a suspected hotel prostitution ring. Police in the northern French city of Lille...
View ArticleNSW pulls the plug on solariums
Australia's most populous state has pulled the plug on sunbeds, imposing a new ban that will outlaw indoor tanning from 2014. The move comes after concerns that solariums are contributing to the...
View ArticleMoon rock hunter says Malta thief was an amateur
Joseph Gutheinz Jr, a Texas-based lawyer and former Nasa agent, is on a quest to recover moon rock stolen from various countries, including Malta. The BBC reported how, towards the end of the Apollo 17...
View ArticleWelcome to Nirvana
I cannot tell the difference between American politicians in red soccer gear and those in blue baseball gear. Besides, I am apolitical, so I take whatever they say at face value, not because they...
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