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Cyrus Engerer to contest EP elections
Former Sliema deputy mayor Cyrus Engerer announced this morning he will be contesting next May’s European Parliament elections on behalf of the Labour Party. Mr Engerer this morning launched an online...
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‘No special deal’ from Brussels over deficit
Brussels has made it clear Malta will get no special treatment over the recommendation to open an excessive deficit procedure against it. It reiterated that the island might be ordered to take...
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Pregnant teachers to get quarantine leave
Pregnant teachers are being given permission to take quarantine leave to protect them against the slapped cheek syndrome. The main symptom of the slapped cheek syndrome, caused by parvovirus B19, is a...
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Two Maltese in Libya jail on diesel smuggling
Two Maltese men are in custody in Libya on charges of trying to smuggle large volumes of diesel into Malta. The two men, Kevin McManus, of Marsacala, and Matthew Piscopo, of Marsaxlokk, were arrested...
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First prison inmates set free after amnesty
Eritrean Solomon Testei feels he deserved the time he spent behind bars and believes that being allowed to leave jail earlier did not reduce the lesson he learnt. “Mistakes can happen. We are human...
View ArticleSt Paul's Bay feast cancelled
The Church authorities have cancelled the feast of St Paul’s Bay following the death of parish priest Fr Joseph Cilia, OFM Conv. In a statement this morning, the Archbishop’s Curia said that unanimous...
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Prisoners benefiting from amnesty start leaving prison
The first group of prisoners who are benefiting from the three-month amnesty started leaving jail today. Some 32 inmates would have walked out of the large, green metal door of the Corradino...
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Labels play their part in high food wastage
“Conservative” labelling is partly to blame for the high volume of food wasted every week, according to John Portelli of the Malta Organic Agriculture Movement. Twenty-two per cent of food purchased...
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‘Government doesn’t need consultancy from hunters’
Hunters will no longer be paid for “consultancy” as they were under the previous administration but will still be given financial support, according to the Government. Parliamentary Secretary for...
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Two injured in Paola crash
The drivers of two vehicles were injured in a crash at Sta Lucija Avenue, close to the Addolorata Cemetery this morning. The incident took place at about 6.20 a.m. and involved a Mitsubishi Pajero...
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Attard Montalto declines opportunity to lead MEPs
Veteran Labour MEP John Attard Montalto has declined the post of head of Labour’s MEP delegation in Brussels, making way for Joseph Cuschieri to take up the position vacated by Deputy Prime Minister...
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Flag-waving pensioner given a special send-off
Passengers aboard a cruise liner sailing out of Grand Harbour yesterday were delighted to see a small group of people waving a Maltese flag from atop an apartment block. This time, however, it was not...
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Victims’ anger at prisoner amnesty
Victims of crime are “shocked” that the people who wronged them are being given an amnesty allowing them to get away with a lighter punishment without having done anything to deserve it. “When the...
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Update 2: Crew and workers accounted for after rig listing incident
All crew and workers have been accounted for after an oil rig being serviced at Palumbo Shipyards listed this afternoon. The incident happened at 1.15pm. Palumbo general manager Joseph Calleja said...
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Afrojack to close this year's Isle of MTV
Multi-award winning, platinum selling producer and electro-dance DJ Afrojack will be the final performer to complete the line-up at this year’s Isle of MTV, the annual, free outdoor live music...
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Is your father a hero?
You don’t have to be David Beckham to be a hero to your kids. It’s Fathers’ Day on Sunday and timesofmalta.com is making an appeal to readers who would like to nominate their father, stepfather,...
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‘Migrants don’t realise the difficulties of living abroad’
There are many ways to describe Fatumo Farah: she is a mother of three, a Master’s graduate in Business Administration and a Somali refugee who has been living in the Netherlands for the past 21...
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School awaits sundial that will last a century
Students at Stella Maris College in Gżira will no longer have an excuse for being late for lessons. Next week, the world’s largest human sundial will be laid out in their school yard and, just by...
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Police investigating two suspected arson cases
The police are investigating two cases of suspected arson this morning. In the most serious case, an Opel Astra car was extensively damaged in a blaze outside the Institute of Tourism Studies in...
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Government holds off on security services contract because of precarious work
The government has held off from awarding a contract to a security services firm after finding that workers would have been employed in precarious jobs, Social Dialogue and Employment Relations...
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