The General Workers’ Union maritime and aviation section informed Tug Malta that it is considering ordering industrial action if the company does not reply to proposals submitted by the union on the collective agreement....

Malta’s national orchestra yesterday launched its first CD under its own record label Orkestra Nazzjonali live during a press conference held at the orchestra’s premises in Valletta. ...

Voting procedures for this year’s Malta Song Festival will change, the Malta Song Board said during a press conference held to announce this year’s hosts and to draw by lots the festival’s singing order. ...

The general government deficit for the third quarter of 2006 amounted to Lm1.9 million, compared to a deficit of Lm2.7 million in the same period in 2005, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday....

Central Cigarette Company Limited yesterday announced the formation of a new sister company, British American Tobacco (Malta) Limited. ...

Air Malta yesterday announced a new in-flight catering contractor to take over the airline’s in-flight catering. ...

Fine Art Photographer Dr Joseph (Beppe) Zammit-Lucia was presented with the 2007 Black and White Spider Awards Nomination in the Nature category at a prestigious live online ...

Dr Laura Azzopardi was recently presented with the BOV Prize in Medicine – an award instituted this year by the Department of Medicine at the University of Malta Medical School. ...

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa)’s commission for development control has dismissed an application for the renewal of a permit for a lower coralline limestone quarry in Ghar id-Dar in Qala....

The Court of Appeal yesterday turned down a request for payment of tax arrears after it declared that this request was time-barred. ...