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The collection scheme of packaging waste at source will start here in Gozo on Monday and in Malta on Tuesday, the Ministry of Rural Affairs has announced. The Ministry said that the pending issues which had delayed the launch have now been ironed out. Only three materials will be collected in the grey bags namely metal, paper and plastic. ...

There were three fatalities in the first quarter of 2008, all of which were males. The number of reported traffic accidents reached 3,639, a decrease of 224 cases or 5.8 per cent than the corresponding quarter last year. All Malta regions registered decreases. The highest decrease in such accidents was registered in the Northern Harbour district, down by 83 ...

Inbound tourists in March 2008 are estimated to have increased by 27.0 per cent when compared to the same month in 2007. Year on year, total nights spent increased by 21.1 per cent. March 2008 - According to the ongoing frontier survey, tourist departures in March 2008 are estimated at 90,504, implying an increase of 27.0 per cent over ...

The Ramblers Association of Malta has grave concerns about the proposed building of ninety-eight bungalows on the slopes of Marfa Ridge as an extension to the Mellieha Bay Hotel. RAM strongly objects to any development in this area. Besides being, without any doubt, outside the development zone (ODZ), the northern side of Mellieha Bay is protected by ...

Victor Agius is re-launching in Gozo the exhibition entitled, INSIDE OUT, manifesting a collection of abstract panels. This exhibition is also part of GOZO 1234 event. The artist describes the works he is exhibiting as a new experience. The idea behind Agius's panels is to create aesthetically pleasing panels through the use of mundane things which we usually think ...

Following its participation in its own festival Gaulitana: A Festival of Music, Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir will be back in action during this coming weekend's Gozo1234. The choir will be giving an open-air concert on Friday the 2nd of May at 6.00pm at the Gozo Cathedral Stairs, Cathedral Square, Cittadella. The choir, accompanied on the keyboard by Stephen Attard and ...

During the past weekend, the Culture Office within the Ministry for Gozo organized the 2nd Gozo Regional Cultural Conference which is held every alternate year. The conference's 1st edition in May 2006, discussed the development of a cultural trademark for Gozo. This year's edition built on that theme and studied suggestions on how to twin culture to the experience ...

Vodafone Malta Limited is rewarding all those joining Vodafone's network and its existent customers between now and the 10th of May 2008. All Vodafone customers have the chance to win weekend breaks at the Kempinski San Lawrenz Hotel in Gozo. To participate, customers need to fill in a ticket obtainable free of charge from any Vodafone Retail Outlet or Exclusive ...

Encouraged by the double digit growth registered on the French routes last winter, Air Malta has today announced that as from early 2009 it will introduce a new four times weekly service to Charles De Gaulle airport in north-east Paris. This service will complement the daily service offered by Air Malta to the other main Paris airport of Orly, ...

The Bank of Valletta Group has recorded a net profit before taxation of €25.0 million for the six months which ended on 31 March 2008. This compares with a profit of € 56.6 million for the equivalent period ended 31 March 2007. Addressing a news conference at the Bank's Registered Office at 58, Zachary Street, Valletta, soon after the ...