Political parties not exempt from water and electricity tariffs - PM
Political parties are not exempt from paying their dues for utilities, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today. He was replying to a question as to what action the government would take regarding the...
View ArticleIsle of MTV - See the highlights
The Isle of MTV concert was held before thousands of people on the granaries in Floriana yesterday. Watch the highlights on the videos above. The concert was hosted by the Malta Tourism Authority....
View ArticleUpdated - Two women hurt in separate collisions
A foreign woman was seriously injured this morning when her Mini was involved in collision with a taxi. The head-on crash happened at about 7.15am The taxi was being driven by a 40-year-old man from...
View ArticleTragedy for woman who lost two husbands in their prime
When the police called Denise Chibueze to identify the body of her husband, Marsa FC footballer Basil Chibueze, it was a repeat of the day she lost her first husband – his brother – in similar...
View ArticleUpdated - Police arrest man following traffic accident involving MPs
Updated Thursday 10am The police have arrested a German national following a traffic accident yesterday evening in which Nationalist MPs Censu Galea and Frederick Azzopardi were slightly injured. The...
View ArticleVideos: Large crowd for Isle of MTV
Updated - A large crowd has filled the granaries in Floriana for the Isle of MTV concert, Malta's biggest music event, now in its ninth year. Nicole Scherzinger, Dizzee Rascal, Kiesza, Enrique...
View ArticleKissed for the very third time by Enrique Iglesias
It seems as if Sarah Michelle Attard got lucky for the third time after she snagged a kiss from Spanish heart-throb Enrique Iglesias. The 24-year-old became the envy of many after the superstar had...
View ArticleToilet spot
A toilet’s place is usually in a bathroom. But someone in Forest Street, St Julian’s, thought otherwise and used two, to block a parking spot.
View ArticleGonzi had told Dalli commissioner post would be offered to Richard Cachia...
Former EU Commissioner John Dalli said in court this morning that when he initially refused the post of commissioner, then Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi had told him that if he did not take up the...
View ArticleWomen corner new jobs market
Women are taking up almost twice as many job vacancies as men, according to the latest statistics. Female participation in the labour market rose by 2,100 between March last year and this year, while...
View ArticleCourt temporarily stops Mepa from removing dumped material in Birzebbuga fields
The planning authority was this morning stopped from continuing with an operation to remove tons of illegally dumped material in agricultural fields in Birzebbuga by a provisional court order. The...
View ArticleSpeaker 'not satisfied' with developments at new Parliament house
Speaker Anglu Farrugia this afternoon expressed dissatisfaction with developments at the new Parliament building. He was addressing a meeting of the House Business Committee. He was not committal...
View Article44% of computer software in Malta is unlicensed
Forty-four per cent of software installed on personal computers in Malta in 2013 was not properly licensed, according to a survey by BSA The Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) a leading advocate for the...
View Article‘EU will not save us from ourselves’
Unprecedented amounts of money were invested to improve the environment since EU membership but this alone will not save the island from itself, according to an independent think-tank. The warning is...
View ArticlePN journalist 'crossed the line' - court
A Nationalist Party journalist was yesterday found guilty of libelling Speaker Anġlu Farrugia through an article penned 14 years ago and was ordered to pay him €600 in damages. Dione Borg and former...
View ArticleSightseeing bus drivers warn about standing up
Tour bus drivers specifically warn passengers travelling on open-top double-deckers not to stand up, according to the director of a sightseeing company. “The passengers are warned not to stand up on...
View ArticleMan lies under oath to cover for warden son
A man who claimed he was driving a car that was involved in a collision, when it was his warden son who had actually been behind the wheel, was today sentenced to a month in jail suspended for two...
View ArticleRival fans gnashing teeth over Suarez’s bite ‘insult’
Italy and England fans were united yesterday in their desire to see Uruguay striker Luis Suarez punished after he appeared to dig his teeth into Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder on...
View ArticleSeven new priests to be ordained
Seven new priests will be ordained by Archbishop Paul Cremona on Tuesday. The new priests Fr Christian A. Borg OFM Conv, Fr David Cortis OSA, Fr Luke Cutajar (Rabat Parish), Fr Clinton Farrugia MSSP,...
View ArticleIllegalities at Ta' Maggi Industrial Park sanctioned
The planning authority sanctioned illegalities carried out at Ta’ Maggi Industrial Park. The illegalities were covered by enforcement notices. The board came down heavily on the developer and the...
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