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Young mother jailed for drug trafficking
A young mother has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for heroin trafficking after a court noted previous court sentences which established that while considering the personal circumstances of the...
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Enemalta-BWSC disputes may end up before London court
Enemalta and BWSC are locked in a dispute over the Delimara power station extension which may end up in the London Court of International Arbitration. Enemalta is demanding €12 million in compensation...
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Austin Gatt joins the Hili Company
Former Infrastructure and Transport Minister Austin Gatt has been appointed chairman of Hili Company Ltd, a diversified company specialising in shipping and logistics. It is a subsidiary of the Hili...
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Galdes does not exclude trapping for finches
The Spring Hunting season closed yesterday and Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Rights Roderick Galdes now has two tasks in his intray: the setting up of the Wildlife Crime Unit and obtaining a...
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Italian company wins fireworks festival
Spectacular fireworks lit Grand Harbour and warmed the hearts of fireworks enthusiasts last night as the Malta Fireworks Festival reached its climax with a bang. There was disappointment among Maltese...
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Jobs Plus policy implemented from tomorrow - Muscat
An active labour market policy endorsed by the social partners earlier this year will start to be implemented tomorrow, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this afternoon. Drafted by the Union Haddiema...
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Senior tax officers arrested over €200,000 waiver
Two senior officials in the Inland Revenue Department have been arrested in connection with an investigation into a dubious waiver of more than €200,000 in taxes owed. The two were arrested on...
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Woman, 30, critically injured in crash
A 30-year-old woman from Zejtun was critically injured this afternoon when she lost control of her Honda CB400 motorcycle crashed at Triq Strejnu near Zejtun. A Magisterial inquiry is under way, the...
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Probation for 17-year-olds who raped girl, 14
Two young men have been placed under probation for three years after admitting before a court to raping a 14-year-old girl in Mosta in March last year. A third was placed under probation for two years...
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Daily Mirror wonders if Gianluca will join Eurovision winners
The Daily Mirror has given a high rating to Malta's Eurovision entry Tomorrow although it notes similarities with other songs. "Gianluca (Bezzina) lists Noah and the Whale as one of his influences -...
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Petrol price down 3c
The price of unleaded petrol has gone down 3c to €1.48 per litre, Enemalta said. There is no change in the price of diesel. The corporation said the new petrol price reflects the prices it fetched for...
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Updated - Large crowd for Zejtun's double funeral
People lined the streets of Zejtun this morning as the community mourned Fr Eric Overend, the archpriest for the last 10 years, who died suddenly on Sunday aged 47. The large parish church was also...
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Maltese man, 70, found dead in Phuket
A 70-year-old Maltese man was found dead in a Phuket guest house last night. The Phuket Wan Tourism News said this morning that the man, a heavy smoker and an asthmatic, was found by his girlfriend...
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New Housing Authority board appointed
The Housing Authority’s new board will be chaired by Antoinette Vassallo with Robert Ducker as her deputy, Social Solidarity Minister Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca announced this morning. The other board...
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Karmenu Vella would vote for de Marco
Former tourism minister Mario de Marco reiterated his concern over the Government's decision to replace David Felice as chairman of the V-18 foundation. Addressing an audience of tourism stakeholders...
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PN workers waiting for April pay
Nationalist Party employees have not received their April salaries as the party continues to struggle with cash flow difficulties.This is the second consecutive month that workers have not been paid...
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Bus depot application appeal to be reconsidered
The Court of Appeals has annulled an Appeals Tribunal judgement which had upheld Mepa's decision not to grant a permit for the construction of a bus depot in an area outside the development zone in...
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Kimberly denies she was the one who asked for €60m bribe
Lawyer Gayle Kimberly, the local representative of Swedish Match this afternoon denied in court that she was the person who had asked for €50m to €60m to secure the lifting of the EU ban on snus...
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Nine found in possession of drugs at Ta' Qali party
Nine people have been arrested following a drug find at a party in Ta’ Qali yesterday. The police said this evening that the six men and three women, who are from Cospicua, Kirkop, Marsascala, Qormi,...
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Man found dead in Thailand was Maltese-Australian
The 70-year-old man found dead in a Phuket guest house on Tuesday night was Joseph Spiteri, a Maltese Australian who lived in Melbourne, Victoria. The man was described by Thailand’s Phuket Tourism...
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