| Video: Fort St Angelo to become tourist attraction |
| Heritage Malta has applied for a 10 million EU funding to upgrade Fort St Angelo area.
The works to transform Fort St Angelo into a tourist attraction will commence in October. Emergency works are being done prior to this project.
The emergency works include the refurbishing of the main entrance which is in the risk of collapse, [...] |
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| Amateur photographer saved at sea |
| A 32 year-old amateur photographer from Birzebbuga was saved at sea by the Armed Forced of Malta (AFM) on Friday afternoon.
A passer-by observed Paul Busuttil in difficulty while in the sea at around 14:51 hrs CEST and called the police station who informed the AFM who immediately rescued the man some 100 meters off the coast [...] |
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| Maltese Karate athletes win 8 medals in Messina |
| The Maltese Karate School, SKSM Karate Malta participated in an International championship held in Messina, Sicily
The Maltese team consisting of Alenka Falzon, Liam Gauci, Kurt Borg and Andrew Galea , participated in the Juniors category, while Emanuel Farrugia participated in the adult s category. The Maltese team was under the guidance of national coach Chris [...] |
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| Enemalta to test emergency alarms |
| Enemalta will be testing accident alarm systems on Tuesday 7th September starting from 09:00 hrs CEST.
The corporation will be testing its alarm systems at various installations to ascertain that they were operative in the unlikely event of an accident on site. The sirens are intended to warn the public of any serious emergency situation at [...] |
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| Dr Peter Grech to be appointed Attorney General |
| Deputy Attorney General Peter Grech will be appointed Attorney General, replacing Silvio Cammileri who is being appointed Chief Justice next week.
Dr Grech, aged 53, graduated as Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 1979 and was called to the bar in January 1980 when he went into private legal practice. Later in 1980 [...] |
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| Health inspectorate destroys 48tons of food and drinks |
| In August the Health Inspectorate destroyed 48 tons of food and drinks, the monthly update by the Public Health Regulation Department confirmed.
The destroyed food include 25,920 kg of melons and watermelons,imported into Malta and found to be of a quality inferior to that demanded by the purchaser, 21,000kg of energy drinks, voluntarily surrendered following seizure [...] |
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| All time passenger movement record, at MIA |
| Passenger movements at the Malta International Airport (MIA) increased by 13.4 per cent in August, when compared to the same period last year, reaching an all-time record of 427,924 passengers.
Seat capacity increased by 10.1 per cent also reaching an all time record with 536, 495 seats, MIA said in a release issued on Friday.
In a [...] |
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| Accreditation for art training centres offered by MCCA |
| The Malta Council for Culture and the Arts (MCCA) offers institutions or individuals providing training of the Arts the possibility to temporarily register as a tuition centre with the Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education (DQSE) and benefit from council and state incentives.
MCCA in a release issued on Friday said that the entities who [...] |
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| Rights 4U courses tackle social issues |
| The HSBC Malta Foundation has supported the Office of the Commissioner to run Rights 4U courses for children and young people to learn about their rights, HSBC stated in a release on Friday.
The Rights 4U courses, run in Malta and Gozo, are an interactive, live-in three-day programme where children take part in activities to explore and [...] |
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| Full-time employees down by 1,109 |
| Between Febuary and March the number of full-time employees dropped by 1,109, when compared to the same period in 2009. However the number of part-time employees increased by 279, The National Statistics Office (NSO) said on Friday.
In March the full-time gainfully-occupied population amounted to 144,047, while the registered unemployed amounted to 7,556. Accordingly, the labour [...] |
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