Twenty-eight immigrants escorted to land
A small boat with 28 illegal immigrants – 19 men, five women and four children – was accompanied to Malta early yesterday morning. It was sighted by a private plane some 39 nautical miles southwest of Malta on Friday afternoon.
Invasion of Malta –
just a game
Battles including a fictional scenario for the invasion of Malta by Axis forces, the Greco-Italian War, the German Invasion of Greece, the German Invasion of Crete, and numerous other “what if” scenarios allow you to reshape history feature in a new game by Matrix (www.matrixgames.com) and Panther Games (www.panthergames.com).
Illegal immigrants in Malta in ‘terrible conditions’
Illegal migrants are well treated at reception centres in the Canaries and their only complaint appeared to be a lack of televisions to watch the World Cup, an EU lawmaker who visited them said on Friday.
“The conditions are very satisfactory,” said French conservative Patrick Gaubert, who chaired the lawmakers’ visit.
“People are well treated, eat well, and receive papers in every language stating their rights,” Gaubert said.
Centres in the Canaries had nothing like the “terrible” conditions witnessed in a visit by EU lawmakers to Malta, where there were no proper bathrooms or toilets, he said.
Rumours Malta may
pull out of Eurovision
Rumours going around all through Eurovision week in Athens (i.e. prior to the Maltese result), were that Malta will be withdrawing from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year and, even more shocking, that next year Malta will not hold its annual Malta Song For Europe Festival, Cyrus Engerer wrote in oikotimes.
Various foreign journalists and Eurovision fans approached escmalta members to show their concern that Malta was not going to hold a festival next year to choose its Eurovision song.
On hearing these comments, Mr Engerer said his reaction was one of shock since no member from the Maltasong board had ever informed any of his colleagues from other media about this. When asked where this information was acquired, his foreign friends told him that they got it directly from Maltasong board chairman, Robert Abela, during informal conversations held while attending the various events organised for Eurovision in Athens.
Prospects of solution
in medicines issue
A GRTU statement issued yesterday expressed optimism that a solution may soon be found to the medicines prices issue “whereby medical professionals can make available to patients the widest possible range of medicines at the most competitive of prices”.
The issue was brought to pass through the personal intervention of Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi following a report drawn up by Pharmaceutical Section president Mario Debono.
Tonio Fenech: Economy grew by 3% in first quarter
The rate of growth registered in the first quarter of this year amounted to 3.1 per cent, the highest in recent years, Parliamentary Secretary Tonio Fenech said yesterday while speaking on Radio 101.
Mr Fenech was referring to the statistics published on Friday.
Malta worst hit in EU by oil prices
An EU study has shown that Malta was the country worst hit of all EU member States by the recent surge in oil prices, claimed Labour deputy leader Charles Mangion speaking yesterday on Super One radio.
Dr Mangion blamed this on the government’s lack of foresight.
Accreditation of non-formal and informal education
The Ministry of Education Youth and Employment, in collaboration with the Malta Qualifications Council and the National Youth Council, is organising a consultation meeting at the Robert Samut Hall on Saturday 17 June from 9am to 1pm with youth organisations and young people to identify the accreditation of non-formal and informal education.
The aim of the process is to recognise, accredit and give value to the work that young people have been doing in their youth organisations and to accredit the role that youth organisations have been playing in society. The ultimate goal is to certify at a national level the work that young people have been doing in society. This means that young people will have a certificate that is valued in an educational or employment setting.
Housewives and househusbands
Tuesday’s Bondiplus will continue the discussion began two weeks ago about gender roles in contemporary Malta. Do we still have only housewives or do we househusbands as well now?
Prospects of solution in medicines issue
A GRTU statement issued yesterday expressed optimism that a solution may soon be found to the medicines prices issue “whereby medical professionals can make available to patients the widest possible range of medicines at the most competitive of prices”.
The issue was brought to pass through the personal intervention of Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi following a report drawn up by Pharmaceutical Section president Mario Debono.
Tonio Fenech: Economy grew
by 3% in first quarter
The rate of growth registered in the first quarter of this year amounted to 3.1 per cent, the highest in recent years, Parliamentary Secretary Tonio Fenech said yesterday while speaking on Radio 101.
Mr Fenech was referring to the statistics published on Friday.
Malta worst hit in EU by oil prices
An EU study has shown that Malta was the country worst hit of all EU member States by the recent surge in oil prices, claimed Labour deputy leader Charles Mangion speaking yesterday on Super One radio.
Dr Mangion blamed this on the government’s lack of foresight.
Accreditation of non-formal
and informal education
The Ministry of Education Youth and Employment, in collaboration with the Malta Qualifications Council and the National Youth Council, is organising a consultation meeting at the Robert Samut Hall on Saturday 17 June from 9am to 1pm with youth organisations and young people to identify the accreditation of non-formal and informal education.
The aim of the process is to recognise, accredit and give value to the work that young people have been doing in their youth organisations and to accredit the role that youth organisations have been playing in society. The ultimate goal is to certify at a national level the work that young people have been doing in society. This means that young people will have a certificate that is valued in an educational or employment setting.