Times Of Malta
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:04:00 +0100Santa Lucia FC sign Dutch striker Valpoort
Santa Lucia FC secured the services of young Dutch forward Meghon Davidy Valpoort, the Times of Malta can confirm.
The Premier League club have been looking to add more firepower to his forward line as they look to move away from t...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:48:00 +0100Nadal says justice has spoken over Djokovic ‘mess’
Rafael Nadal said “justice had spoken” Monday but that Novak Djokovic was not the only one to blame for the “mess” that overshadowed the Australian Open.
The Spanish great also said that he would have preferred it if his riv...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:39:00 +0100Restaurant manager ‘defrauded’ employer of €80,000
A director of a restaurant in San Ġwann has recounted in court how an employee had stopped paying suppliers, despite emptying the safe and racking up debts of thousands of euros with those who provided him with foodstuffs.
Kurt Anas...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:31:00 +0100Suncrest: Putting Qawra firmly back on the map
The multi-million-euro transformation of the AX Group’s Suncrest Hotel is well underway, with a clear vision to re-establish both the hotel and its locality as a highly sought-after destination.
Qawra has certainly been on a wild...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:13:00 +0100Rooney in frame as Benitez sacked as Everton manager
Rafael Benitez was sacked as Everton manager on Sunday after just 200 days in charge of the struggling Premier League club with former player Wayne Rooney tipped as favourite to take over.
Benitez was an unpopular appointment in June...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:23:00 +0100Floriana and Valletta face off in derby as football returns
Football will finally make a return on the Maltese islands on Monday evening when the 2021-22 BOV Premier League resumes with the highlight of the day being the highly-awaited derby between Valletta and Floriana who face each other a...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:03:00 +0100Tennis star Djokovic lands in Dubai after Australia deportation
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic landed in Dubai on Monday after his sensational deportation from Australia over his coronavirus vaccination status shattered his dream of scoring a record 21st Grand Slam title in Melbourne.
As ...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:17:00 +0100Shark meat sold as swordfish
A fish importer was caught with a storeroom full of protected shark carcasses, which were being sold to local customers as swordfish.
In September 2019, officials from the Department of Fisheries were carrying out routine inspec...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:09:00 +0100North Korea fires more suspected missiles, flouts new sanctions
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles Monday, Seoul said, its fourth weapons test this month as Pyongyang flexes its military muscle while ignoring offers of talks from the United States.
Despite biting international san...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:05:00 +0100Editorial: Resignations that set standards
Resignations are a means of last resort in politics. However, they still happen, even in this country, though they are far from being in direct proportion to the many allegations made and shadows cast.
This legislature witnessed the ...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0100Understanding the global supply chain disruption - John Cassar White
In the last year, many have experienced delays in the delivery of goods they have ordered online, mainly from the Far East. We tend to take the efficiency of the global supply chain system for granted until the item we purchased onli...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:50:00 +0100Today's front pages - January 17, 2022
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday.
Times of Malta reveals that Enemalta has been paying an annual €2m consultancy fee to Chinese state-owned Shanghai Electric, the company which bought a third of Ene...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:47:00 +0100Enemalta handed Shanghai Electric €2m annual ‘consultancy fee’
Enemalta paid Shanghai Electric Power (SEP) an annual €2 million “consultancy fee” but it failed to give Times of Malta a precise breakdown of what it received in exchange for the payments.
SEP’s accounts show that Enemalta p...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:39:00 +0100Announcements - January 17, 2022
Obituaries
ARRIGO. On January 15, CARMEN née Vincenti, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She joins her beloved husband Ralph and leaves to mourn her loving children Robert and his wife Marina, Joanna, An...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:38:00 +0100Rules for general election under COVID-19 set for debate in parliament today
New rules for a COVID-19 general election will start being debated in parliament on Monday, with a view to being enacted by the end of the month.
The second reading of a series of amendments to the General Elections Act tops the agen...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:30:00 +0100Opinion - A culture propagating misogyny and femicide – Kassandra Mallia
In this country we try to convince ourselves that we have a system based on meritocracy and equal opportunity and that all are equal before the law.
This myth is something that is challenged every day by those who are subjected to a ...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:30:00 +0100Letters to the editor - January 17, 2022
The AG’s actions
I refer to the article ‘Whose side are you on?’ by Vicki Ann Cremona (January 11).
When persons in very high authority take controversial and unpopular decisions, I try to understand their motive before turning...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:30:00 +0100Let us choose to look up – Therese Comodini Cachia
The message behind the PN’s proposals for better governance is for each one of us to ‘look up’. In the film Don’t Look Up, Meryl Streep, in the role of the US president, sought to convince the electorate with the slogan ‘Do...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:12:00 +0100Burlò - January 17, 2022
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Sun, 16 Jan 2022 23:22:00 +0100Atalanta hold Inter to give title hopefuls a boost
Atalanta gave Inter Milan’s Serie A title rivals a boost on Sunday with a goalless draw which ends the champions’ eight-match winning run and gives AC Milan the chance to claim top spot.
A keenly-fought contest in Bergamo finishe...