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Two more people expected to be charged in connection with double murder tomorrow
The police have intensified their investigations into last Wednesday’s double murder of a convicted drug trafficker and his 21-year-old son and are expected to arraign another two people tomorrow,...
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Unesco to probe City Gate project
Unesco is concerned about the impact of Renzo Piano’s City Gate plans on Valletta’s World Heritage status and intends to send a team of experts to Malta to assess the project, Times of Malta has...
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Hospital’s rhinosinusitis scans are wasting taxpayers’ money
Thousands of euro are being spent unnecessarily at Mater Dei Hospital on scans for patients suffering from rhinosinusitis since the nasal condition can often be diagnosed through its symptoms,...
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Updated: No reports of any Maltese injured in Tripoli blast
No reports have yet been received by the Foreign Ministry of any Maltese injured in a blast in Tripoli, a spokesman said this afternoon. A rocket-propelled grenade struck a residential building near a...
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Distrust thy neighbour
The Maltese trust each other much less than citizens of many other developed countries, according to a study on social cohesion. Malta was ranked in the bottom tier for the extent to which people...
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Minister's failure to declare assets due to 'misunderstanding'
Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia said this evening his failure to declare his earnings last year in the ministerial declaration of assets was due to a misunderstanding. He said he had been told...
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Meats and medicines ruined in power cut
The power cut in Mosta that lasted 24 hours last weekend cost four companies more than €25,000 in spoilt stock. “We had a cold room full of frozen meats and had to throw it all away – enough to fill...
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Former Malta international is acquitted
Former national football player Gilbert Agius was this morning acquitted of slightly injuring St Patrick’s player Josmar Farrugia at the Ta’ Qali football stadium last April. Mr Farrugia had been hit...
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Update 2: Malta breached Somali's human rights, European Court rules
Malta breached the human rights of a Somali migrant who suffered degrading conditions in an immigration detention centre, the European Court of Human Rights ruled today. The court held that Malta...
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Murdered man's family files libel suit against Il-Mument
The wife and children of Pawlu Degabriele, known as is-Suldat, who was shot dead in Marsa last month, filed a libel suit against Roderick Agius, editor of Il-Mument. The libel suit was filed for an...
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Update 2: Second man charged with Wednesday's double murder
Three people were charged this afternoon - two in connection with the murder of Matthew Zahra and one in connection with the double murders of convicted drug trafficker Mario Camilleri Snr and his...
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‘Murdered men were told money was in field’
Convicted drug trafficker Mario Camilleri and his 21-year-old son, who were found dead in a Qajjenza field last Wednesday, were asked to go there to dig up “packets of money” that were hidden under a...
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Armier caravan owners appeal ruling
Caravan owners who contested an eviction order and lost are insisting that whether they had legal title was “irrelevant” to their case. The 12 caravan owners and Armier Developments Ltd, a company...
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Blackout blamed on three cable failures
The 24-hour power cut that cost four Mosta business owners €25,000 in spoilt stock was the result of three simultaneous malfunctions, according to Enemalta Corporation. A spokesman told Times of Malta...
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Former Civil Protection manager files judicial protest objecting to transfer
Former Civil Protection manager John Gera has filed a judicial protest against the Home Affairs Ministry and the ministry’s permanent secretary and chief of staff for his transfer to the Hal Far...
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Oil buying ‘used to be chairman’s territory’
Enemalta’s fuel purchasing was “totally the domain of the chairman”, former members of the Fuel Procurement Committee said yesterday following last week’s damning report by the Auditor General. “It...
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Chief of staff to resign and take up projects manager role
Health Ministry chief of staff Claudio Tonna, will be resigning from his post to take the role of projects manager within the ministry. His role will be to oversee capital projects such as the...
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Promoter targeting police for damages
The organisers of a boxing event meant to have taken place on Friday intend to sue the police for up to €20,000 damages after the event was cancelled at the last moment over security concerns. The...
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Raining bricks
The owners of two cars parked in Alfredo Mifsud Street, Ta Xbiex, were in for a nasty surprise after their vehicles were damaged by falling bricks at around 3.30pm. The bricks fell when a construction...
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Oil hopes rest on Ħaġar Qim
Ħaġar Qim is a magnificent example of megalithic architecture but shortly the prehistoric temple will lend its name to an oil well. Situated out at sea, about 150 kilometres southward of the ancient...
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