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Video - Birdlife reacts as FKNK condemns shooting of Black Stork at Buskett
A relatively rare Black Stork was shot dead in Buskett this morning. A birdwatcher who witnessed the event said that six Black Storks arrived over Malta yesterday. One roosted at Buskett and the...
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Man facing charges for shining laser light at landing aircraft
A magistrate this morning ordered the arrest of a man who failed to turn up for a court hearing against him. David Camilleri of Rabat was due to be charged with careless or negligent behaviour and...
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Minister launches White Paper on medicines
Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia this morning launched a White Paper on the procurement of medicines by the government, their storage, and distribution in the Pharmacy of Your Choice Scheme. The...
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Driver critically injured in Birzebbuga crash
A 59-year-old man was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Zejtun Road, Birzebbuga, late yesterday. The police said the accident happened at 9.30 p.m. when the man was driving an Opel Corsa...
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New means of transport being explored - Joe Mizzi
The Labour Government is exploring new means of transport as part of its plan for traffic and transport, Minister Joe Mizzi told Parliament today. Speaking during the General Estimates for next year,...
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Minister discloses payments for consultants, including PL deputy leader
Dr Toni Abela, deputy leader of the Labour Party, is being paid €17,500 for consultancy work for the Ministry of the Family and Social Solidarity, minister Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca revealed in reply...
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PM hails the Commonwealth, recalls links with the Royal family
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat spoke of the Commonwealth as a unifying factor among a family of nations when he spoke in Sri Lanka in an event forming part of the heads of government summit. "If the...
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Caretaker pleads guilty to killing Maltese man in Devonport
A 52-year-old man from Plymouth, UK, is facing life in prison after he admitted in court today to killing Maltese national Michael Brincat, 76, at his home in Devonport, The Plymouth Herald reported....
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No winners of Grand Lottery jackpot after nine months
Nine months after it was first drawn and two months since its relaunch, will someone finally claim the Grand Lottery jackpot – Malta’s highest ever national prize at €1.45 million – tonight? Lotto...
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Former workers' representative wanted drivers to be paid as much as airline...
The former representative of Arriva employees within the General Workers Union had expected drivers to be paid as much as airline pilots, GWU general secretary Tony Zarb said today. Testifying in...
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Mum speaks of pain after children were 'snatched by dad'
Maltese mum Priscilla Micallef has spoken to Sky News of her pain after her daughters Aisha and Zakaria were abducted by her estranged husband and taken to Libya. Ms Micallef, 30, a resident of...
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Man cleared of harassing Fantasy Tour owner's parents
A Fantasy Tours client was this morning acquitted of harassing and threatening Emanuel and Emma Azzopardi, parents of shareholder and director Karl Azzopardi, due to insufficient evidence. Steve John...
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Police still searching for mother who abandoned baby
The police are still searching for an Ethiopian woman who abandoned her infant son at the door of the law courts yesterday. The woman left her son in his pushchair after her husband, Ibrahim Mohammed...
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Brig Xuereb turns down government's Brussels job
Outgoing Armed Forces of Malta commander Brigadier Martin Xuereb has turned down a government job in Brussels as Malta’s Head Coordinator of Security and Defence in the run up to Malta's EU presidency...
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President signs Citizenship Act
The President has signed the amended Citizenship Act, which brings into force the International Investors Programme scheme, whereby non-EU citizens may obtain a passport for €650,000. This was...
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Government willing to fine tune Citizenship programme
The Government is willing to fine tuning the Individual Investor Programme through which foreigners can buy Maltese citizenship for €650,000, Economy Minister Chris Cardona and Parliamentary Secretary...
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MP recounts tension at counting hall as mistake became known
Nationalist MP Claudette Buttigieg this morning recounted to the court the tension she felt at the counting hall after the last election when she realised that some 50 of her votes had been given to...
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Construction worker seriously injured in fall
A 22 year old man from Naxxar is in critical condition following a fall. The man was working in a construction site in Valletta Road, Ghaxaq with a small mechanical shovel. Whilst maneuvering the...
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Updated: Government to withdraw secrecy clause from Citizenship Act
The Government is to withdraw the secrecy clause from the Citizenship Act, the Nationalist Party said in a statement quoting European Minister Louis Grech. Mr Grech said when contacted the...
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‘It was an accident but I beg drivers to take care’
Mark Gauci, who died after an accident at a quarry on Wednesday, will be remembered by the Mellieħa community as the jolly man who imitated the sound of a war siren during the village feast, which he...
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