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Daphne memorial 'thieves' are 'very close to the OPM', PN MP alleges
People who have been repeatedly clearing a memorial to Daphne Caruana Galizia are "very close to the Office of the Prime Minister", an Opposition MP has claimed. In a Facebook post, Karol Aquilina...
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Malta Enterprise refusal to give Vitals information is a crime - Commissioner
Malta Enterprise has been warned by the Data Commissioner that failure to cooperate with its investigation into a rejected freedom of information (FOI) request about Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) is...
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Minister hints new subject will have same status as Maltese
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo has indicated that the subject ‘Maltese as a foreign language’ will enjoy the same status and recognition as the proper SEC Maltese, and insisted standards would not...
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Caruana Galizia murder accused wants contested court expert kicked off case
A court expert in the magisterial inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia should be removed from the case, lawyers for one of the three men charged with the killing have argued. In an...
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Handcuffed daredevil leaps out of home to evade police
A film industry worker put on his best stuntman impression when he leapt out of his house while in handcuffs in an attempt to escape police. Jon Lawrence Formosa, 40 and from Cospicua, appeared in...
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Over two-thirds of Maltese never do vigorous exercise
Malta has come out on top of the latest Eurobarometer survey – for all the wrong reasons. The survey on physical activity found that over two-thirds of the Maltese (68%) have never done any vigorous...
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Council was ‘not consulted on new €7m shooting range’
The Siġġiewi council was not consulted on the new €7 million shooting range being built on the outskirts of the locality and so it could not raise safety, noise and traffic issues, the Times of Malta...
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Notes held out to dry outside Pilatus Bank
Protests against Pilatus Bank mounted overnight after its chairman was arrested in the US and a whistleblower gave herself to police in Greece. Copies of euro notes with the bank chairman's face...
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Two men with PL links questioned over Caruana Galizia memorial ‘theft’
Updated 8.45am with Pullicino Orlando's post An employee at the Prime Minister’s Office and the son of a contractor with close links to the Labour Party were questioned by the police in connection...
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Director granted bail over alleged domestic violence
A company director, pleading not guilty to domestic violence charges, was granted bail after formally binding himself to move out of his family home while undergoing anger management treatment. The...
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Plasterer critically hurt in Valletta construction site fall
Updated 3.40pm A plasterer was critically injured on Saturday morning after he fell a height of three storeys while carrying out works at a site in Valletta. The victim, a 55-year-old foreign...
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€30,000 fine and suspended jail term over illegal materials at Gozo fireworks...
An elderly fireworks enthusiast, well-versed in the trade, was given a suspended jail term and fined €30,000 for storing detonators, death cords and other materials prohibited by law. Anthony Cauchi,...
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Victim run over by car in Marsascala
A 45-year-old Italian national was seriously injured after being run over by a vehicle in Marsascala on Friday night. The police said the incident happened in Triq il-Qaliet, around 6.45pm. The...
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Director fined €4,000 over injury of 16-year old worker
The director of a furniture manufacturing company was slapped with a €4,000 fine after he was held criminally responsible for a workplace accident which left a teenage worker grievously injured. John...
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BOV chairman won't say why the bank is appealing a €3.4m ruling
Bank of Valletta chief Deo Scerri would not comment on the reasons why the bank was challenging a recent ruling in which they were ordered to compensate Property Fund investors €3.4 million. “It is...
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Azzopardi the leading candidate to replace Camilleri as Chief Justice
Judge Joseph Azzopardi is the most likely candidate to become the next Chief Justice following the retirement of Silvio Camilleri from the bench next month, The Sunday Times of Malta is informed....
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Malta did not offer to take in rescued migrants
Lawyers of a Spanish NGO whose vessel was impounded in Sicily after a rescue operation said Malta did not offer to take the 218 rescued migrants despite being the “closest safe port”. In written...
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Over €1m in direct orders for 92 ‘small jobs’
Over €1 million in direct orders for mostly 'small' jobs were dished out by the Education Ministry over the last six months of 2017, the Times of Malta is informed. But larger assignments were...
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Penniless patient who could not afford chemotherapy saved by Ombudsman
A medical consultant was not allowed to treat a foreign national at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre because the patient could not pay thousands in hospital fees. According to the Ombudsman’s Case...
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Steward Health Care bosses' names unveiled
Dr Nadine Delicata will be driving Steward Health Care Malta's executive team's mission at Karin Grech Hospital, St Luke’s Hospital, and Gozo General Hospital. In a statement, Steward said the team...
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