February 2010
Newsletter Number 125
The growing popularity of domestic broadband continues to fuel the Internet as a significant source of new music. The MaltaMedia Online Network started publishing music podcasts in 2005 and in the next couple of weeks Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant will present the 200th edition.
Also in the next few weeks, the Maltese music pop scene will descend on Ta’ Qali for the annual appointment with the Malta EuroSong festival, which will pick Malta’s entry for next May’s 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. I only bring this up because this event remains the one that gives Malta the largest live TV audience every year and creates a huge traffic spike on the Internet too.
Over the coming weeks, AboutMalta.com will continue to bringing you all sorts other things from Malta. All suggestions are welcome, of course. The best way to have your say is to leave a comment at the bottom of our latest newsletter on the website.
Toni Sant
Consulting Editor
1. MaltaMedia.com Daily News from January 2010
01 Night of accidents over the New Year
02 20 people arrested over drug finds
03 Video: Objections to fish farm at Marsascala
04 Video: Daring hold-up on security van
05 Protected birds killed at the start of the New Year
06 Air Malta coping with severe UK weather
07 Man arrested after drug find
08 Video: Naxxar Local Council against new trade fairs
09 Video: €50m investment at Għajn Tuffieħa
10 Video: Man seriously injured in traffic accident
11 Irish Transport Minister in Malta while country in chaos
12 Top Maltese authors regret institutionalised censorship
13 Video: Nigerian drug mule found guilty
14 Briton pleads not guilty to €100,000 heist
15 Video: Patient dies after A(H1N1) jab
16 Video: Maltese generous with Haiti quake victims
17 Video: Total smoking ban in public places in 2013
18 Video: Malta could dry up with climate change
19 Journalists call for revision of freedom of expression laws
20 Video: Man shot in the head
21 Gaddafi to visit Malta in March; Agreements signed with Libya
22 Church school reform announced
23 Car falls down Dingli Cliffs
24 Front Favur Dom Mintoff launched
25 Video: One person per day reported missing in 2009
26 Italian fined €35,000 for illegal fishing
27 79 year-old Gozitan dies in traffic accident
28 MEPA recommends approval of power station extension
29 Video: Nearly all bus licences committed to government
30 Malta in an international drug ring
31 Fuel prices increase
2. Top Web Picks
One of the most popular features on AboutMalta.com over the years was always the Visitors Book section. In recent months this has been overwhelmed with all sorts of junk messages by people who are only interested in selling little blue pills, enticing you to augment various body parts, and other such nonsense. We have therefore decided to replace the old Visitors Book section with a new way to leave comments on the AboutMalta.com website, enabling us to use better technology to filter out the clutter and publish only pertinent messages on our site. This can be done by simply visiting the newsletter from the main page at AboutMalta.com. All comments and messages will appear at the bottom of the newsletter archived on the website after they’ve been reviewed by a moderator.
b. Malta EuroSong 2010
Preparations for Malta’s chance to shine in front of the largest television audience start with the annual local selection contest, which has now been renamed Malta Euro Song. This year’s hopefuls will once sing their hearts out on the 20th of February, mesmerized by the grand prize: representing Malta at next May’s 2010 Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Oslo . Song clips and all the latest information available at EurovisionMalta.com.
3. This Month in Maltese History
40 YEARS AGO ( 24 February 1970 )
Margaret F. Mortimer receives her appointed as the new Director of Education.
25 YEARS AGO ( 27 February 1985 )
The Curia reveals that Church collections held in aid of Church Schools on February 9 and 10 raised Lm57,615 leaving the church still short by Lm682,570 of the total needed to run the schools till the end of September 1985.
15 YEARS AGO ( 3 February 2000 )
Nine dockyard workers are killed and several others are seriously injured in a massive explosion onboard a Libyan tanker at the Malta Drydocks.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
4 February 1936: Joe Grima, Broadcaster
7 February 1934: Eddie Fenech Adami, ex-President of Malta
8 February 1968: Claudette Pace, entertainer
28 February 1948: Alfred Sant, MLP ex-leader
DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
4 February 2002: Agatha Barbara, 3rd President of the Republic of Malta, dies at 78
16 February 2003: Sonny Monte, Singer, dies in car crash at 55
21 February 2008: Ġemma Portelli, actress, dies at 75
22 February 1963: Ruzar Briffa, Poet, dies at 57
Today in Maltese History is produced exclusively for aboutmalta.com by Mario Axiaq.
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MIKE PIFF
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