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Scheduled power suspensions in Victoria over this weekend

Enemalta have advised that there will be scheduled power suspensions in Victoria, Gozo, on Saturday and Sunday, the 18th and 19th of February 2012. The following areas will be affected by these scheduled power suspensions: Saturday 8.00am-11.30am: TRIQ TA’ WARA S-SUR, TRIQ WIED SARA and TRIQ WIED IS-SEQER. Sunday 8.00am-11.30am: TRIQ MRO. GIUSEPPE GIARDINI VELLA, [...]

The Met Office explains cold spell over the Maltese Islands

During the first two weeks of February, the Malta Airport Met Office said that it has registered colder temperatures than the climate norm. The mean temperature for the first half of February was 9.6°C which is 2.7°C lower than the 12.3°C average norm for the month. The minimum mean temperature for the Maltese Islands in [...]

33 organisations to benefit from proceeds of l-Istrina 2011

The organisations that will benefit from the proceeds collected during l-Istrina 2011 have been announced this evening. There are 33 in total and are shown below: 1 Fondazzjoni Wens 2 Inspire (The Eden and Razzett Foundation) 3 Oasi Foundation 4 Arka Foundation 5 Foundation Kenn U Tama 6 Torball Association of the Blind 7 For [...]

75% of Maltese have broadband internet access in 2011

For many people today it seems difficult to live without the internet, however a decreasing, but still non-negligible, part of the EU population has never used it. In the EU27, almost three quarters of households had access to the internet in the first quarter of 2011, compared with almost half in the first quarter of [...]

Work taking place to repair damage caused by the storms

The Ministry for Gozo has said this afternoon that stormy weather which swept across Gozo yesterday resulted in many roads being damaged around the island with soil and rubble falling due to collapsed walls, this lead in some cases to roads being closed. “Workers from the various departments with the Ministry for Gozo were mobilised [...]

Inquiry recommends 24 proposals on firework safety

An independent Board of inquiry on accidents in fireworks factories, which was commissioned by the Government, has handed its findings to Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, Minister for Justice and Home Affairs. The board was chaired by Prof. Alfred Vella and the other members were Prof. Axiak Victor (Deputy Chairman), Mr Joe Theuma (member) and Mr Delicata [...]