Last Saturday, the British High Commission joined forces with Razzett tal-Hbiberija to host a charity five-a-side football tournament....

John Camilleri has been appointed chairman of the editorial board at Public Broadcasting Services....

The Union Haddiema Maghqudin has registered an industrial dispute with the Malta Transport Authority (ADT) after the latter changed the working times of employees in the Licensing and Testing Directorate, the union said....

A reduction in the VAT rate in the hospitality industry, currently at 18 per cent, would help immensely towards improving the tourism industry, the St Paul’s Bay Bars and Restaurants Association said yesterday....

Rosman Pace has once again honoured Malta by winning first prize in the Italian International Festival of Pop Music Canzoni Dal Mondo, held in Naples....

Tomorrow, the Sala Isouard at the Manoel Theatre will be the venue for a concert by the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien that will formally launch the International String Orchestra Festival, taking place between 8 and 15 April 2007. ...

Maltapost has announced that a temporary branch post office will be set up in the ballroom of the Le Meridien Phoenicia, Floriana, between Friday and Sunday during the opening hours of the MALTEX philatelic exhibition organised by the Philatelic Society. ...

The Royal British Legion has advised that it still has some places left on the winter English language courses that started this week....

Photographer John Grech will be demonstrating his flair for photography in a solo exhibition of 22 prints in the Manoel Theatre courtyard. The exhibition, with the theme The Gift of Fire, opens today and will remain open to the public until 23 October....

A man was fined Lm3,000 yesterday and had his driving licence suspended for 18 months after he was found guilty of manslaughter in a road accident. ...