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Companies registry to detach from MFSA in few months
Employees at the MFSA’s Registry of Companies are up in arms over a government decision to transfer them to new premises in Żejtun as the department will be turned into an independent agency, detached...
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Casa calls on Moneyval to investigate 17 Black information
MEP David Casa has called on the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering monitoring body, Moneyval, to investigate the FIAU’s handling of information on Dubai company 17 Black. In a letter to the...
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Environmental effect of Buskett retirement home ‘minor’ - developers
A proposed five-storey retirement home metres away from Buskett “would not likely have significant effects on the environment”, the developers are contending. The owners of the dilapidated Buskett...
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Watch: Free school transport to save parents €700 - but supervision plans...
Parents will save around €700 per child every year with the introduction of free transport to all schools, but plans for the service to be supervised have been dropped.Education minister Evarist...
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Pembroke mayor to vote against St George's Bay development
Pembroke mayor Dean Hili has announced that he will be voting against db Group’s proposed 38-storey tower and 18-storey hotel in St George’s Bay when the case comes before the Planning Authority. As...
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EU looks to crack down on money laundering
EU policymakers are targeting a tightening of rules against financial crimes after a series of European banks were involved in suspected cases of money laundering, a confidential report shows. The...
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Education Minister warns of ‘skills deficit’
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo raised alarms of a "skills deficit" facing the country during a press conference on Friday. "We talk so much about an economic surplus, but the biggest challenge...
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Pavement meant to create safer walkway makes things even worse
A pavement installed by the entrance to the President’s Kitchen Garden has raised the concern of some parents, who feel it is not totally safe to walk on. The pavement in St Anthony Street, Attard,...
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Hospital security officers ‘taking too long to act’
Security personnel at Mater Dei Hospital took their time to respond to nurses’ calls for assistance, forcing medical staff to deal with rowdy patients or visitors themselves. In a recent incident,...
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'Sweeping the streets with domestic brooms not enough' – MHRA chief
MHRA president Tony Zahra on Friday warned that population growth was exposing weaknesses and certain sectors such as cleaning, maintenance and transport were in “crisis”. In his concluding remarks...
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Mrieħel bypass slip road to be closed from Monday to Friday for road works
A slip road taking motorists from the Marsa-Ħamrun bypass to the Mrieħel bypass will be closed between Monday and Friday of next week, as Infrastructure Malta rebuilds it.The slip road’s foundations...
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Access to Great Siege monument blocked, sparking anger among Caruana Galizia...
Updated 3.35pm with minister's explanation Scaffolding and hoarding has been erected around the Great Siege monument, which has served as a memorial to slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia for...
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Mrieħel bypass bridge lifts ‘switched off after vandalism’
Lifts installed on the Mrieħel bypass bridge earlier this summer have been switched off for repairs after being vandalised, a spokesman for Infrastructure Malta said. Work on the bridge started a few...
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Bishops warn of a 'social emergency' in housing
Malta’s bishops have urged politicians to set aside partisan differences and work together to find solutions to tame a housing crisis that they believe is growing into a “social emergency”. In a...
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Open the floodgates: Plans for 'agro-tourism' complex in Binġemma alarm FAA
Plans to develop seven flatlets, a swimming pool and restaurant on a pristine tract of land in Binġemma could set a frightening precedent that would "spell the end" for Malta's rural landscape if...
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'We live in a pressure cooker and need to learn to live together' - Education...
The biggest challenge our country faced in the years ahead was learning to live together, Education Minister told a conference about access to education and employment for migrants. “We are a cocktail...
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Girl, 14, reported missing
A 14-year-old girl has been missing since Friday, the police said in a notice, appealing for help. Nathea Xuereb, was last seen around Santa Luċija at 2.45pm. She was wearing black leggings and a grey...
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Labour is a threat to Malta - Adrian Delia
Updated 4.45pm - Added PL statement All that which the Maltese held dear was under threat because of the failings of the current Labour government, Opposition leader Adrian Delia charged on Sunday, in...
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Don't demonise parents of abandoned infant - Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Sunday urged society to try understand and empathise with the parent or parents who abandoned a newborn baby in Buġibba. The newborn baby was found abandoned but in...
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Road works in full swing
With the government’s €700 million plans to upgrade all the roads in Malta within seven years now in full swing – and the setting-up of specialised agency Infrastructure Malta to oversee the works –...
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