July 2010

Newsletter Number 130

When summer is upon us, the only thing on some people’s mind in Malta is how hot the temperatures will get and how high the humidity readings will be. Our online weather service certainly helps me keep in touch with the latest weather reports and forecasts. This also reminds me that GozoWeather.com is about to celebrate its eighth full year online. Both weather site are actually preparing for a major overhaul in the way weather readings and forecasts from Malta & Gozo are presented online. More about this in this newsletter as things start cooling off towards the end of this summer.

Well, to be a little more precise, the temperature actually starts cooling down at this time of the year in the southern hemisphere rather than later. Globalization is so fascinating! It makes that old saying even truer: you can only please some of the people some of the time. Right?

Toni Sant
Consulting Editor

1. MaltaMedia.com Daily News from June 2010

01 Video: Somali man killed in Blata l-Bajda car crash
02 Video: Maltese scientist in groundbreaking project
03 Video: Officials in EU funds suspension case resign
04 Video: Wheelie bin husband guilty of wife’s murder
05 Vandalism of rural heritage condemned
06 Woman dies in fall from balcony
07 Three immigrants injured in Open Centre fire
08 Video: Immigrant arrested over fellow migrant’s murder
09 Motion of no confidence in Education Minister
10 €200m sports and leisure village at White Rocks
11 Video: World Cup fever grips Malta
12 Video: Spanish tourist injured in road accident
13 British tourist dies in hotel swimming pool
14 Moroccan man jailed for raping boy
15 Author of Ir-Realta’ story in court
16 Video: Labour MP will vote against introduction of divorce
17 Prime Minister attends European summit
18 Video: Bomb threat at Tigne Point
19 Four people injured in head-on collision
20 Alleged abuse victims called in for Curia meeting
21 49 year old Turk accused of importing heroin
22 Video: Man arrested after drugs found in container
23 Life sentence for serial killer
24 AFM soldiers capture Somali pirates’ boat
25 Video: Magistrate not convinced that Russian death was an accident
26 Video: Almost 2,000 power cuts in 16 months
27 Video: Trade Department rejects Naxxar Fair permit
28 Van driver seriously injured in head-on collision
29 Motorcyclist and pedestrians injured in separate accidents
30 Shots fired in attempted bank robbery in Qormi

Take a look back at the month of June 2010 in video.

2. Top Web Picks

a. maltafootball.com on Facebook

Now in its 14th year online, maltafootball.com is also available on Facebook. You can easily add the latest football news, results and fixtures  to your Facebook livestream just by adding yourself to the websites followers on Facebook. It’s a great way to keep tabs on the longest standing sports information service from the Maltese Islands. You can read all the headlines and summaries on Facebook itself and you can get the full details on the latest update with one simple click.

b. Skola Ħbieb

Years before Facebook conquered the online world, Maltese Internet users had their very own way to reconnect and keep in touch with their old school mates. Since 2001 Skola Ħbieb has registered 11,134 members and the number keeps on growing on a regular basis. While Facebook and other popular global social media networks offer wonderful opportunities to get develop all sorts of friendships, Skola Ħbieb is geared mainly towards enabling you to stay in touch with your old classmates. Some of these friendships span decades and they’re all based on face-to-face interactions over an extended number of years. If you went to school in Malta it’s almost impossible not to find someone you know on the Skola Ħbieb website.

3. This Month in Maltese History

30 YEARS AGO ( 14 July 1980 )
A 30-year-old man from Kirkop, Leonard Debono, is found dead under a bridge at Wied ic-Cawsli near Qormi. He had been in the custody of the police but had allegedly escaped during the night from the Police Headquarters in Floriana.

20 YEARS AGO (16 July 1990 )
Malta formally applies to join the European Community (EC).

10 YEARS AGO ( 7 July 2000 )
The remains of the Venerable Ġorġ Preca are exhumed from the crypt under the chapel of the MUSEUM society’s headquarters in Blata l-Bajda, 38 years after his death. The remains are found to be in a well-preserved state.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1 July 1953: Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister
5 July 1844: Fortunato Mizzi, Prime Minister
5 July 1911: Gorg Borg Olivier, Prime Minister
17 July 1933: Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Prime Minister

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
2 July 1997: Carmen Carbonaro, Broadcaster, dies at 92
6 July 1962: Paul Boffa, Prime Minister, dies at 72
18 July 2006: Ġużé Chetcuti, Author, dies at 91
31 July 2004: Mario Ellul, Singer and TV Producer, dies at 40

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