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MCAST students demonstrate against staff dispute
May 9, 2008 - 6:17:37 PM
MCAST students from various institutes have come together to demonstrate against the industrial dispute between the college administration and academic staff represented by the Malta Union of Teachers.

The students are suffering from neglect as teachers refuse to do anything but deliver lectures. No assignments are being given or corrected and no attendance records are being kept amongst other things.

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Maltese for Best Young Cook in the World
May 8, 2008 - 9:44:48 AM
Adrian Buttigieg, chef de partie at the Hotel Phoenicia has been invited to attend the World Association of Chefs Society Congress 2008 to be held in Dubai between 11 and 15 May, and competing for the Hans Bueschkens Trophy. 

At 21, Buttigieg he will be vying for the Best Young Cook in the World.  
The competition is a practical cookery test called a mystery box challenge.

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Supply of fruit and vegetables down by 12.2%
May 7, 2008 - 11:59:02 AM
In the first quarter of 2008, the volume of fresh fruit and vegetables declined by 12.2%, while the wholesale value rose by 23.5%, according to statistics published by the National Statistics Office on Wednesday.

The volume of fresh fruit and vegetables passing through the official markets in the first quarter of 2008 amounted to 10.0 million kilograms implying a drop of 12.2% over the same period last year.

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Commissioner for Children feels unheeded
May 6, 2008 - 6:03:41 PM
The Commissioner for Children, Carmen Zammit, has expressed her concern over the government’s decision to re-house the residents of the Lourdes Home in Gozo. 

Ms Zammit feels that government has not paid serious attention to proposals she had made advising against the re-housing for fear of enhancing the children’s traumas, the Times has revealed.

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Journalists call for solidarity and more freedom
May 5, 2008 - 5:00:22 PM
In its statement for World Press Freedom Day 2008, celebrated on May 3, the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM) decided to focus on two important elements that impact on the media everywhere: the need for global solidarity to overcome threats to the media; and the need for greater press freedom.

IGM associates itself with the statement issued on this occasion by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), of which the IĠM is the Malta affiliate, which says that global battles for safety, decent work and quality journalism can only be won if journalists stand together in defence of their rights.