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Updated - Sliema parking scheme will not be reintroduced tomorrow - Mayor
Sliema Council will discuss the locality's controversial parking scheme with the parliamentary secretary for local councils, Jose' Herrera, tomorrow, Mayor Anthony Chircop said this afternoon. The...
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Dead turtle washed ashore at Armier
A large dead turtle was washed ashore at Armier beach yesterday evening. Reader Ramon Micallef, who took the photos above, said the turtle was at least a metre long.
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Police yet to investigate Gatt’s Swiss bank details
The police have still not verified Austin Gatt’s declarations about his Swiss bank account but Times of Malta can reveal it was valued at more than €700,000 when the former Transport Minister forgot...
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Update 2 - Mepa insists works did not affect ecological integrity of site
The Gaia Foundation, which manages Ramla Bay in Gozo, has defended the use of a bullzozer to remove pebbles from the beach early last Friday. In a statement, it said no intervention took place on the...
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PM says his choice of car was the cheapest option - he still pays his...
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said in parliament this evening that his decision to use his personal car as the official car meant considerable savings for the exchequer, more so as he still paid for...
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AFM Deputy Commander to move to Detention Service
Colonel David Attard, Deputy Commander of the AFM, is to become the commandant of Safi Detention Centre while Lt Col Brian Gatt will head the other detention centres in the first phase of a reform of...
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Marsa traffic junction - Major changes under consideration
The government is considering a substantial change to the traffic junction near the Addolorata Cemetery in Marsa in order to solve the traffic congestion problems there, Transport Minister Joe Mizzi...
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John Dalli willing to help new PN leadership, new government
Former European Commissioner John Dalli said today that he remained a politician and he was willing to help whoever sought his help in Malta, whether it was the new leadership of the Nationalist Party...
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Changes at Malta's embassies in the offing
Malta’s top diplomats are in for some turbulence in the coming weeks with many already told to pack their bags and return home while others were instructed to move sideways to different posts abroad,...
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Update 3: Wife recounts to court how she found murdered husband's body
The wife of murdered Gozitan lawyer Michael Grech this afternoon recounted to the court how she had found her husband covered in blood on the floor by following a blood trail. Testifying this evening...
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Air Malta lights up Gnejna Bay with candles
Air Malta lit up Gnejna Bay with over 430 candles for a commercial released on its YouTube channel today. The video shows Gnejna beach lit by a grid of candles some of which were lit and extinguished...
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Top police prosecutor transferred
Inspector Angelo Gafa, one of the police's top prosecutors, has been transferred to the Security Service, informed sources said. Among the high profile cases he investigated and prosecuted recently...
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Bulldozer at Ramla l-Hamra to remove the pebbles, at 4am
A bulldozer was deployed at Ramla l-Hamra at 4 a.m. a few days ago to clear the pebbles in what should be a strictly protected area and a Blue Flag beach, environmentalist Alan Deidun has complained...
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Update 4 - Murder trial: “I found your father and I think he's dead"
“I found your father and I think he is dead,” Maria Grech, the wife of murdered Gozitan lawyer Michael Grech told her daughter Deborah just moments after he was murdered outside their home nine years...
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Former permanent secretary, manager file protest against l-Orizzont, One TV
The former permanent secretary in the Resources Ministry, Chris Ciantar and his wife Eleanor, who was a manager in the same ministry, have filed a protest against l-Orizzont and One TV in the first...
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Jail for quad-bike thief who injured policeman
A man who slightly injured a traffic policeman during a chase was jailed for three years today. Charles Goouder was arrested on June 3 following a chase in Gudja. A traffic policeman had noticed that...
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Updated: European Parliament approves new asylum system, Ministry calls on EU...
The EU must focus on increasing tangible solidarity among member states, mainly in the form of intra-EU relocation, given that Malta faced disproportionate pressure, the Home Affairs Ministry said. In...
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Updated - Several transfers at St Vincent de Paul withdrawn - government...
A number of transfers at St Vincent de Paul Home have been withdrawn, in what was a victory for common sense, the UHM said today. It said the transfers were discussed with the Social Solidarity...
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New Judge, Magistrates announced
The Cabinet has approved the nomination of Magistrate Antonio Mizzi to serve as a Judge and that of lawyers Aaron Bugeja and Charmaine Galea as Magistrates. "The Government felt the need to fill the...
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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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