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Updated: Motorist arrested after police chase had suspended licence
A 21-year-old man from Birkirkara who was arrested after a chase last night was driving in violation of a court ban. The police said this morning that the man was ordered to stop near San Anton...
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‘Due diligence with Chinese Government not company’
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning played down the fact that the Chinese company carrying out a feasibility study on the possibility of building a bridge to Gozo was blacklisted by the World...
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Fireworks blast - Preliminary investigations show precautions were taken
Preliminary investigations into a fireworks factory blast which left two people injured yesterday showed all precautions had been taken, police said. Explosives experts are continuing their...
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Old tugboat scuttled to become diving attraction
An old tug boat was scuttled off Exiles, Sliema, this morning to begin a new lease of life as a diving attraction. The vessel, cleaned of all oil and grease, was sunk onto the seabed 20 metres below...
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Prison hunger strike ends
UPDATED 7.45 p.m. - A hunger strike by foreign prisoners has ended, just over 24 hours after it started. A spokesman for the Home Affairs Ministry confirmed that the action had ended. 18 prisoners...
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Updated: Opposition presents Constitutional amendment against sexual...
The Opposition has presented a private member's bill to amend the Constitution and increase the protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Article 45 of the Constitution protects...
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Car overturns in Mosta after hitting centre strip
A 32-year-old man from Pembroke refused medical assistance this morning after his car overturned in Valletta Road near Mosta football ground. The incident happened at about 8 a.m., briefly blocking...
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Met Office warns of high temperatures
The MIA Meteorological Office has warned of high temperatures today and this weekend. The maximum temperature today has already reached 35 degrees Celsius so far. The maximum temperature for tomorrow...
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Salesgirl accused of stealing huge amount of items from clothes shop
A salesgirl was accused today of stealing up to €11,000 worth of clothes from her employer, Terranova. Sabrina Chetcuti, 24, from Marsascala, pleaded not guilty of whittling away the items together...
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Police give details of Gozo homicide - victim was dragged by vehicle and run...
The death of a Gozitan man who was run over and killed yesterday in front of tourists is now a murder investigation, police said today. John Spiteri, 53, was run over by a 4x4 vehicle and dragged...
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Secretary loses job for not telling boss of call
A secretary who was sacked on the spot for failing to alert her boss about an important phone call was awarded €2,500 after a tribunal decreed she had been treated too harshly. On the day of her...
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Update 2: Gozitan dies after being run over during argument
A 54-year-old man from Victoria has died after he was run over by a car this afternoon following an argument. The police said the man was run over at Qbajjar in Gozo at about 3.30pm following an...
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Updated: Hungarian pleads not guilty to importing cocaine
Hungarian Nemeth Arpad, 37, this afternoon pleaded not guilty to importing cocaine. The man, who lives in Spain, arrived in Malta on a direct flight from Madrid on Tuesday. He was held by the police...
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‘Incredible’ interest shown in shipbuilding site – Cardona
The Privatisation Unit has dispatched over 20 sets of documents relating to the concession for Marsa Shipbuilding, just two weeks after the international Call for Expressions of Interest was issued....
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US State Department critical of Malta's handling of human trafficking
The Maltese government is failing to meet minimum standards for the elimination of people trafficking, although it is making 'significant efforts' to do so, a US State Department report has said....
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Updated: Reasons for animal hospital review explained - Centre operator...
The Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Welfare, Roderick Galdes, this morning explained the reasons for the customer service review of the San Frangisk animal centre. He said that when the Animal...
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Updated: Gunner Psaila's death - accused were responsible for victim's...
Lieutenant Christian Vella and Lance Bombardier Marvic Peregin had been negligent in their duties and this had led to the death of Gunner Matthew Psaila, lawyer Micheal Tanti Dougall said this...
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Attorney General appeals tongue-bite sentence
The Attorney General has appealed the four-month suspended jail term given to the man who had part of his tongue bitten off by a Nepalese woman after he sexually assaulted her. Attorney General Peter...
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Brig Maurice Calleja to head commission on army injustices
The government has appointed former AFM Commender Brigadier Maurice Calleja to head a a commission which will consider claims of injustices suffered by soldiers and officers. The commission will also...
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Updated: Other bays besides Hondoq to be used for the unloading of Gozo...
The Qala council said this afternoon that the police commissioner had confirmed that other bays besides Hondoq will be used for the unloading of fireworks. This morning, the council said it could no...
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