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Maltapost Urges early Christmas mailing

Friday, 12 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Maltapost chief executive officer Stephen Sultana yesterday pleaded with the public to post their Christmas cards early this year to avoid the mail glut caused last year, when most people decided to post their seasonal greetings a mere 12 days before...

MEA Denounces Times reporting on wages policy discussions at MCESD

Friday, 12 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Employers’ Association has expressed its strong condemnation of the “speculative and irresponsible reporting” carried in The Times about the negotiations currently underway at the MCESD for a wages policy.For example, the report states th...

Victims Of crime need to be kept informed about court proceedings

Friday, 12 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Victims of crime need to be kept fully informed about court proceedings involving them and their case, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg said yesterday. He said the police are doing all they can to keep the victims informed about the inv...

Conference To help raise the quality of life for muscular dystrophy patients

Friday, 12 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A conference on therapies and cures for people with neuro-muscular disorders allowed people to share their experiences and helped strengthen the human values our society embraces, Parliamentary Secretary Helen D’Amato said yesterday.Mrs D’Amato was...

Fall In manufacturing sales

Friday, 12 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

During the third quarter this year, total sales by manufacturing enterprises fell by Lm7.8 million, or 2.9 per cent, to Lm258.6 million from Lm266.4 million in the July-September quarter 2003, according to figures released yesterday by the National S...

Police Officer pushes for jail term to save youth from drug overdose

Friday, 12 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

A police inspector yesterday pressed a court to give a prison sentence with a residential drug rehabilitation programme to a 17-year-old who is heavily dependent on heroin because he “did not want to pick him up off the streets when he dies of an ove...

Government And opposition express sorrow after Arafat’s death

Friday, 12 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat brought sadness and sorrow to both the Nationalist Party and the Malta Labour Party, as each gave its condolences to the Palestinian people for the loss of their leader....

Labour Asks for inquiry on Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools to be made public

Thursday, 11 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Labour MP Carmelo Abela called for the magisterial inquiry regarding the Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools to be made public. During yesterday’s adjournment, Mr Abela said the government only chooses to publish the inquiries it pleases. “The result...

Two More golf courses or nothing?

Thursday, 11 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Should Malta have two golf courses as is suggested by both the leading political parties or is such development unsustainable? As the dust settles temporarily over the Verdala 18-hole-golf-course proposal, Mark Micallef speaks to Victor Axiak and...

GWU Calls on WSCand Enemalta to give social cases preferential treatment

Thursday, 11 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The Water Services Corporation and Enemalta should make a distinction between clients that have fallen back on their payments for the sake of it and those who have financial difficulties, the General Workers Union said in a statement yesterday.The ...

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