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Updated: Young girl in critical condition after fall from balcony
A one-year-old girl is in a critical condition after falling a height of two storeys from a balcony in Pietru D'Armenia Street, Pembroke at around 5.30pm today. After she fell, the girl stood up and...
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Update 9 - Pilots' 'illness' cost Air Malta more than €500,000
The extraordinarily high level of sickness reported by pilots at Air Malta today affected more than 2,000 passengers, who experienced cancellations or flight delays of up to five hours and cost the...
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Mechanics of Armier bomb are investigated
Tests are under way to establish what type of explosive was used in Monday's Armier boathouse bomb and how the attached mobile phone detonated it, according to sources. In the meantime, the police...
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Drop in apartment prices slows - other properties see prices rise
Prices for apartments and town houses dropped in the first quarter of this year, but other properties saw prices rise, the Central Bank of Malta said this afternoon. The prices of apartments declined...
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Moody's says energy sector overhaul should decrease fiscal vulnerabilities
An overhaul of the country’s energy sector should decrease fiscal vulnerabilities and increase competitiveness, the credit rating agency Moody’s said today. It noted, however, that the planned reforms...
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Woman succumbs to injuries after being hit by bus
The 66-year-old woman from Pieta who was hit by a bus in Triq ix-Xatt, Pieta on Saturday passed away yesterday, the police said. The police said that the 20-year-old man who was in a critical...
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Updated: Air Malta flights on schedule
Air Malta said this afternoon that all its flights today were operated on schedule and it hoped that service could not continue as normal. This morning, the airline said it was doing everything...
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Finch trapper lamenting loss of his beloved hobby
Trappers have been living a five-year 'ordeal' after an EU exemption that allowed finch capturing expired in 2008, according to Ray Cordina. “Trappers are often forgotten by politicians and the media...
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Pilots will not be used to hide Air Malta management's mistakes - union
The Air Malta pilots’ union, ALPA, said today that it doubted that the number of pilots who reported sick yesterday was as high as the airline was making it out to be. In a statement, the union said...
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Four Maltese wanted by Italy for alleged cigarette smuggling
The Italian authorities are requesting the extradition of four Maltese businessmen who are wanted for allegedly smuggling 18,000kg of contraband cigarettes. The extradition request was filed in court...
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Toddler in 'critical, stable condition' after yesterday's fall
A one-year old girl who fell a height of two storeys from a balcony yesterday is in critical, but stable condition, hospital sources said this afternoon. The incident happened at a housing estate in...
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New ambassador meets Obama
Malta's new ambassador to the United States, Marisa Micallef, had called on President Barack Obama and presented her credentials. The picture (above) was issued by the US embassy in Malta, who wished...
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Update 4 - Oil procurement hearings: focus on password acquisition for bids,...
Constantly updated - Former Enemalta CEO Carl Camilleri was grilled by the Public Accounts Committee today on password procedures for the consideration of bids by the Fuel Procurement Committee....
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Victim is to blame for accident, expert tells court
One of the alleged victims in the case of a man from Quebec charged with the involuntary homicide of his wife was to blame for the accident, a court heard today. In the case, Jean Guy Legendre, 69, is...
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Fenech hits back at criticism by former Enemalta CEO
Former Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has rejected claims by Enemalta's former CEO, David Spiteri Gingell, that he had failed to understand the grave situation the corporation was in. Mr Spiteri...
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Updated: Police looking for two men following Marsa hold-up
Two hooded men wearing black, one of them armed, stole some €1,500 in cash during a hold-up at AMG Cold Stores in Triq Abattoir, Marsa at around 3.40pm. The police said that none of hte four people...
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Updated: Hunt is on for computers thief
Compunet Ltd have appealed for help for the identification of a man who calmly walked into their shop in Mosta, took two mini tablet computers from a shelf, placed them under his shirt and walked out...
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Updated - ALPA reacts as most pilots are certified sick by company doctor
Almost all Air Malta pilots who called in sick on Tuesday were certified unfit to fly by a company doctor, but a few were not home when the doctor called, sources have told Times of Malta. Air Malta...
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Updated: Libyan in citizen's arrest admits trying to steal car while drunk
A 39-year-old Libyan was given a six-month jail term suspended for four years after he pleaded guilty to attempting to steal a car, damaging the car and being drunk to the point that he could not take...
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Labour slogan has become a joke - Busuttil
The Nationalist Party this evening opened its Independence Day celebrations on the Granaries in Floriana with a dialogue with grass roots. Speaking to a background of traditional ghana that came from...
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