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Raising school-leaving age is good - University rector
Raising the age of compulsory schooling to 18 would be a positive move if the extra two years include a tailored, student-centric approach for those who do not obtain basic skills at secondary level,...
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Updated - Seven sharks given chance of life after death
Seven nursehound sharks have been released back into the sea at Ċirkewwa after having been saved as embryos from dead sharks on sale at the fish market. Sharklab volunteers visit the fish market on a...
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Aditus protests over Facebook post by Joe Grima
The Aditus Foundation had written to the prime minister to protest about vulgar and offensive statements which it said were made against it and its director by (former minister) Joe Grima, who, it...
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Minister unaware of deal over Calleja concert
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna yesterday insisted he was not aware of any deal to compensate the Malta Tourism Authority for offering free admission to last year’s Joseph Calleja concert. Prof....
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Government examines police action over ‘humiliation’ of DJs
The Attorney General and the Justice Minister are looking into a police practice which allowed them to block a group of DJs from performing at Earth Garden last week. Some five DJs were stopped from...
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The biggest game of the World Cup – for the Maltese
The Brazil World Cup might be just two days old, but Malta’s exceptional Anglo-Italian football rivalry will reach fever pitch tonight when Italy and England clash in their first match. Although the...
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Blaze in Amputee Rehab Unit
No one was injured in a fire in the Amputee Rehab Unit of St Luke's Hospital. The government said it appeared that the blaze was started accidentally. Services are to be provided from another place of...
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Boy, 17, crashes quadbike, three hurt
Three teenagers were hospitalised late yesterday after they were involved in a traffic accident in Triq ix-Xewkija, Sannat, Gozo. A 17-year-old boy from Victoria lost control of a quabike he was...
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Ethiopian migrants hold protest
A number of Ethiopian migrants held a protest in Valletta this morning calling on Malta and the EU to stop support to Ethiopian regime and its plan to displace Oromo farmers. The group of some 40...
View ArticlePodiatry tools to be sterilized and individually packed
The UHM has welcomed a decision by the Ministry of Health that all the equipment used for patient’s toe-nail services will now be sterilized and packed individually to safeguard the patients’...
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Gozo stabbing: Prosecution seeks maximum punishment, notes 'colourful...
A court this morning heard submissions on punishment after Pasqualino Cefai, 38 of Zebbug, Gozo, who on Friday was convicted of the attempted murder of another man in a courtroom stabbing. The jurors...
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PN concern over 'unprecedented' judicial protest by Ombudsman
The Nationalist Party has expressed concern that the Ombudsman felt the need to file a judicial protest against the government after he felt he was being obstructed. Home Affairs spokesman Jason...
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Reserves will instantly bolster police force – Commissioner
The Police Commissioner has justified the decision to deploy former police officers, some of whom are their early 70s, arguing that this will strengthen the police force with immediate effect as no...
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60% of fitted borehole meters deemed faulty
The borehole meters saga has taken on a new twist as the majority of those fitted are being replaced because they are faulty, the Energy Ministry confirmed. Less than half the registered agricultural...
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AFM welcomes its first brand new helicopter
The Armed Forces of Malta this afternoon welcomed an Augusta Bell twin-engined helicopter, the first helicopter to be bought new in the history of the Maltese service. It is also the first helicopter...
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Two accused of bag snatching
A 21-year-old woman this afternoon pleaded not guilty to stealing handbags from three women and threatening them. Miriam Elabed, of Valletta, was charged with stealing the items from Ta’ Xbiex early...
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Domestic violence: male victim tells of wife’s abuse
Eric* was insulted, spat on and slapped in front of his children, but he did not want them to think he was breaking up with their mother. “Fear of losing custody of my children, fear that I would be...
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President: migrants’ voting idea jumps the gun
Granting migrants the right to vote in local council elections would be “jumping the gun” as more fundamental issues still need to be addressed, President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca told Times of...
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Muscat urges EU to back Italy rescue mission as Italian home minister issues...
Joseph Muscat has urged the EU to fully back Italy’s Mare Nostrum rescue mission before the migrants’ situation in the Mediterranean Sea spirals out of control. “Last year we used to see two to three...
View ArticlePitt and Jolie ‘to film on Gozo in summer’
Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be shooting their multi-million euro film in Gozo this summer, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt. Sources said the main filming location will be at...
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