11

Apr

eCabs Supports Rafel Sammut’s Victory Kitchen

The moment Rafel Sammut floated his 'Victory Kitchen' vision to eCabs was the instant that his delivery headache was lifted. “The idea of helping others in need totally resonated with…

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09

Apr

Brown’s Pharma launches free delivery service to its POYC registered customers

Brown’s Pharma Ltd today announced the introduction of a free home delivery service to all the customers registered with Brown’s Pharmacy under the POYC scheme. As part of the Company’s…

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08

Apr

Misco training goes online

Misco launched a fully-immersive e-learning platform offering a wide selection of original courses and training sessions. The new service delivers an impressive range of development resources, from 30-minute webinars to…

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06

Apr

Malta: Hunting season decision not discussed by Cabinet

The Independent says that the decision to open the hunting season on April 10 was not taken at a Cabinet meeting, which was scheduled to discuss the recommendation by the…

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04

Apr

Malta Development Bank launches COVID-19 Guarantee Scheme

The Malta Development Bank (MDB) has just launched the MDB COVID-19 Guarantee Scheme (CGS). The CGS is a key component of the wider package of Government’s COVID- 19 Response Support…

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03

Apr

Chamber of Advocates welcomes appointment of new Chief Justice

The Chamber of Advocates as the representative of the legal profession in Malta would like to congratulate Mr Justice Mark Chetcuti on his appointment as the new Chief Justice. The…

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30

Mar

Microsoft joins effort make ventilators for the NHS

A consortium of major UK industrial, technology and engineering businesses from across the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors has come together to produce medical ventilators for the NHS. Companies including…

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30

Mar

SEO Expert GainChanger Joins Microsoft’s Growing Start-Up Program

  SEO remains a difficult science and too expensive or close to impossible to understand how each variable and ranking factor contribute in this highly dynamic environment. Once its mechanisms…

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29

Mar

Suffering in Silence: Loneliness in Maltese Society

by Jamie Bonnici Research Support Officer, faculty for Social Wellbeing When the research team at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, with whom I work began delving into research about loneliness,…

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27

Mar

Govt must support media as it has bigger role to play during crisis – Prof Azzopardi

Prof Andrew Azzopardi has urged Government to set up as soon as possible a financial package that can supports the media during this time of crisis. Prof Azzopardi argued that…

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27

Mar

Microsoft says Teams communication app has reached 44 million daily users

Microsoft’s Teams service for calling and chatting with colleagues has over 44 million daily active users, up from 20 million in November, the company said on Thursday. The disclosure puts…

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26

Mar

“eCabs Delivers” Service Launched

As Government announced further restricting measures for most merchants and retail operators, eCabs is launched a new delivery service to assist all shops classified as ‘non-essential’ who are closed for…

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25

Mar

Coronavirus: Let it not stop us!

by Prof. Andrew Azzopardi Dean, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta   The term resilience was originally an engineering term referring to the ability of a material or object…

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25

Mar

Conscious spending – sustaining the local economy and beyond

By Claire Hollier – Public Policy Consultant One basic economic law, that of supply and demand, stipulates that these variables pull against each other until they meet to establish a…

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24

Mar

Revised economic measures supporting business reflect Malta Chamber of Commerce propels

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry welcomes the revised measures aimed at supporting hard-hit businesses throughout the COVID-19-related economic downturn,as announced by the Prime Minister today. In a…

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23

Mar

Stimulus package needs to be directed to urgently save jobs for local companies – Malta Chamber of Commerce

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry is analysing the results of a survey conducted over the weekend with its members on the effects of the government support measures…

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23

Mar

Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft expand partnership to decode COVID-19

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corpand Microsoft Corp. announced they will leverage their existing partnership mapping population-wide adaptive immune responses to diseases at scale to study COVID-19. Finding the relevant immune response signature…

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23

Mar

Faith, hope and charity

Many political leaders around the world have declared their countries ‘at war’ with the coronavirus. The power of that the message may not resonate with the same effect in countries…

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22

Mar

Layoffs In ELT Sector Confirm Maltese Government Measures Not Enough To Secure Employment

FELTOM, the Federation of English Language Teaching Organisations in Malta is in total agreement with the position taken by MHRA and the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry which…

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19

Mar

A technology-driven mobility culture

A data-driven mobility-tech platform developed in Malta and set to go global, is expected to become a brand that will make us proud all along according to PATRICK BEZZINA, eCabs’…

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19

Mar

English Language School Moves Online

“There is a limit to how inventive you can be for your business. But in unusual times, people will come up with their own ideas which will inspire you to…

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16

Mar

Microsoft launches a coronavirus tracker dashboard on Bing

Microsoft rolled out a new live dashboard to track the COVID-19 outbreak. The company said its aggregating data for the dashboard from trusted sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the…

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16

Mar

Cool measures to curb coronavirus risks in Malta

Cool ride-pooling has put a series of precautionary measures into action to ensure the safety of clients and employees in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. The service will be…

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14

Mar

GO With Free Entertained For All At Home

As the Covid-19 outbreak continues to cause disruption across the Maltese islands, forcing many people to work from home, schools to close and pushing many people in isolation to the…

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14

Mar

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropy

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education…

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13

Mar

Chamber of Advocates Directive on Coronavirus (Covid–19)

After a series of meetings and attempts by the Chamber of Advocates with the authorities to immediately take the necessary preventive measures in our Courts to control and limit the…

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13

Mar

eCabs Steps Up Vehicle Sanitisation, Urges Less Handling of Cash

eCabs has this week announced the introduction of a series of measures to ensure the company operates safely and responsibly towards its employees and its clients. A series of significant…

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13

Mar

Walking: the safe and practical solution to stay healthy during the pandemic

Walking: the safe and practical solution to stay healthy during the pandemic For the next month, restaurants, pubs and cafes will remain shut as Malta seeks to step up its…

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13

Mar

GO Proactive With Precautionary Measures Amidst Covid-19 Outbreak

  In view of the recent developments regarding the Covid-19 virus outbreak over the past three weeks, GO plc has been proactive in implementing precautionary measures in the interest of…

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12

Mar

Microsoft issues app to let staff communicate during a crisis

Microsoft has released an app that allows companies to collaborate more effectively during a crisis. Built by a team of developers in just 48 hours, the Power Apps template has…

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12

Mar

The Malta Institute of Accountants and ACCA host ALPs and Students event

On 4th February, the MIA together with ACCA, through their joint ACCA examination scheme, hosted their first event for all local ACCA Approved Learning Providers (ALPs) and their respective tutors.…

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11

Mar

Chamber of Advocates issues directive to lawyers on Covid-19

In the light of recent developments related to the Covid-19 virus and the follow-up news conference by the Prime Minister yesterday the 10th March 2020, the Chamber of Advocates advises…

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11

Mar

Global COVID-19 Epidemic: ‘The Perfect Storm’ for ELT Sector – FELTOM

English Language Schools Meet Top Government Officials Over the past two weeks, the Federation of English Language Teaching Organisations Malta (FELTOM) has mobilised all its resources to be able to…

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11

Mar

Microsoft helps in new action to disrupt world’s largest online criminal network

Microsoft and partners across 35 countries took coordinated legal and technical steps to disrupt one of the world’s most prolific botnets, called Necurs, which has infected more than nine million…

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09

Mar

eCabs and What’s Cooking Malta Collaborate for Successful Charity Event

Over 6,650 reports to emergency services were coordinated throughout February by Wildlife Victoria in the aftermath of the Victorian bushfires and extreme heat events in Australia. Wildlife Victoria was the charity…

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08

Mar

Microsoft Surface helps authors in the UK write and release short story for kids

Microsoft has teamed up with children’s authors in the UK, Greg James and Chris Smith, to release a digital short story on YouTube to celebrate World Book Day. The free…

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08

Mar

We’re in it together (Societal Well Being – UOM – CI)

The Faculty for Social Wellbeing has embarked on a new initiative, in collaboration  with the Corporate ID Group's Corporate Dispatch, of publishing our first ever Faculty Research Magazine, in the Societas.Expert…

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08

Mar

Homelessness (Social Wellbeing UOM)

by Ann Marie Cutajar, Research Officer, Faculty for Social Wellbeing Introduction Defining ‘homelessness’ and the ‘homeless person’ might not be the most straightforward task. The definition of homelessness varies according to the…

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08

Mar

Loneliness – A Modern Epidemic (Social Wellbeing UOM) – Dr Natalie Kenely

  by Dr. Natalie Kenely, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Faculty for Social Wellbeing   Introduction Most of us know it, are acquainted with it. At some point…

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08

Mar

Housing in Malta: The Cultural Goals VS. Institutionalised Means Conundrum (Social Wellbeing UOM)

  by Dr. Maria Brown, Visiting Senior Lecturer, Faculty for Social Wellbeing Introduction The current housing situation in Malta needs to be contextualised in a mainstreamed culture where home ownership is…

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08

Mar

On Mental Health and Homelessness (Social Wellbeing UOM)

  by Dr. Paulann Grech, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences Introduction It has often been described as the island of ‘sun and blue skies’. So it is, with our…

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08

Mar

Community People in general are social ‘animals’ so they tend to congregate in groups, communities (Social Wellbeing UOM)

  by Dr. JosAnn Cutajar, Department of Gender Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing   Definition of Community A community consists of a group of individuals or families that share certain…

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08

Mar

Researching Loneliness: The Relevance of Mixed-Methods Approaches (Social Wellbeing UOM)

by Jamie Bonnici, Research Officer, Faculty for Social Wellbeing Introduction The Faculty for Social Wellbeing recently embarked on a number of initiatives to explore the phenomenon of loneliness in Malta.…

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08

Mar

Dialogue & Conflict (Social Wellbeing UOM)

  by Prof. Gordon Sammut, Department of Psychology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing Introduction The human condition has been marked by intra-species conflict since the dawn of time. To ensure evolutionary…

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08

Mar

Service Delivery (Social Wellbeing UOM)

  by Dr. Patricia Bonello, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Faculty for Social Wellbeing   Introduction   Service delivery is a major feature of the social sector which…

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08

Mar

Raising the Threshold: Towards the Professionalisation of Residential Child Caregivers (Social Wellbeing UOM)

  by Dr. Marian Muscat Azzopardi, Visiting Lecturer, Faculty for Social Wellbeing Introduction This paper focuses on an essential lacuna in the social welfare provisions that address the wellbeing of children taken…

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01

Mar

McDonald’s Licencee Premier Capital to open 12 restaurants in 2020

Premier Capital plc, the Maltese-owned developmental licencee for McDonald’s in six European markets, will grow its network by 12 restaurants this year and modernise more existing restaurants in a €28…

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27

Feb

One can win two La Liga Match Tickets with GO

GO is on the lookout for the most dedicated football fans on the island. The two biggest and best fans will be given the unique opportunity to experience, first-hand, the…

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24

Feb

eCabs’ growth leads to new areas, company now promoting vacancies with new careers’ site

On the eve of its tenth birthday, eCabs, Malta’s leading private transportation company is bringing together a number of exciting career opportunities resulting from its continued growth, through a specially…

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20

Feb

The new Microsoft Office app now generally available for Android and iOS

A few months ago, Microsoft introduced a new mobile app called Office—a whole new experience designed to be the go-to app for getting work done on a mobile device. It…

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14

Feb

Angelina Jolie teams up with Microsoft Education and the BBC to give children high-quality journalism

Angelina Jolie has co-produced a weekly show, My World, with Microsoft Education and BBC World Service to deliver impartial and factual stories to children across the world. The Oscar-winning actress…

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10

Feb

Microsoft’s latest ‘AI for Good’ cohort aims to make the world a better place

Companies that aim to transform how we recycle, make websites more accessible for people who are Deaf, and give the public a greater say in how their towns change have…

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08

Feb

‘Inspiration’ Supports Inspirasia Foundation, Island Insurance Donates Proceeds from 30th Anniversary Exhibition to Inspirasia

Proceeds from the sale of paintings during Island Insurance Brokers’ recent collective art exhibition were presented today to the Inspirasia Foundation. The donation of €2175 was presented to Inspirasia Foundation…

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07

Feb

GO TV Production To Foster National Pride in Malta’s Beauty, documentaries produced in collaboration with Din l-Art Ħelwa

Malta, with its rich history and culture, will be showcased and celebrated in an innovative series comprising 130, one-minute features, which will be aired daily for 26 consecutive weeks on…

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05

Feb

McHappy Day Raises €25,000 for RMHC Learning Centre

McDonald’s customers have helped raise €25,000 in aid of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Qawra Learning Centre during the recent McHappy Day campaign. The funds were collected in Malta and…

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30

Jan

GO Challenging People To Start Living Healthier with 2020 Grid Challenge.

As of Thursday 30th January, listeners of VIBE FM’s breakfast show ‘The Morning Vibe’ should step up their persuasion tactics to try and convince breakfast show hosts Abel, JD and…

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29

Jan

Island Insurance Sponsors Restoration of 16 th Century Painting of St Catherine at Palazzo Falson

A small 16th century oil painting depicting St Catherine hanging in the bedroom of Palazzo Falson in Mdina has just been restored thanks to a sponsorship by Island Insurance Brokers.…

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