Home Affairs Minister is a Gozo resident
Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia is among the thousands of Malta-based residents who in recent years have switched their identity card to a Gozo address to be eligible for cheaper ferry fares, this...
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‘Whenever he feels cornered, he throws mud at his opponents’ – Busuttil
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil accused Prime Minister Joseph Muscat of resorting to underhand tactics whenever his government feels cornered. In an interview with The Sunday Times of Malta, Dr...
View ArticleGovernment reacts as Pullicino says letters about PV contract are 'nothing new'
Former Resources Minister George Pullicino has reiterated that he was not involved in the selection of the company which was awarded a €35m contract to install and operate photovoltaic units on the...
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Muscat shoots down PN call for compensation for properties used by PL
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning shot down a Nationalist Party proposal for it to be given financial compensation for the disadvantage it says it is suffering because of the Labour Party’s...
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Updated - Church criticized over its handling of abuse allegations - Church...
The Church’s handling of the alleged abuses by Dominican priest Fr Charles Fenech was criticised today by former Curia official Fr Joe Borg. Writing in The Sunday Times if Malta, he said public...
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Large black coral forest found off southwest coast
One of the largest black coral forests in the Mediterranean has been discovered off the island’s southwest coast. It is an important scientific discovery not only because of the large stretch of black...
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Rescued man felt rat on his head as he stood in chin-high water for 22 hours
The man who was rescued yesterday afternoon from a water-filled cave/well in Pembroke said today that his ordeal saw him praying for the first time since childhood, and he would keep a promise to St...
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Abuse case: Archbishop Cremona denies trying to buy woman's silence
Former Archbishop Paul Cremona has categorically denied claims that money was offered to an alleged victim of clerical sex abuse to buy her silence. A spokesman for the Archbishop’s Curia described as...
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Update 2 - Man, dog, rescued after being trapped in Pembroke cave for 22 hours
A man has been rescued by the police after being trapped in a cave in Pembroke for almost a day. The rescue was made this afternoon near the Pembroke reverse osmosis plant. It is understood that the...
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PN denies Muscat claims on its compensation proposals
The Nationalist Party said today that it was ironic that the prime minister yesterday turned down its proposals on party funding in a house ‘stolen’ by the Labour Party from private owners. Dr Muscat...
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Developers still awaiting implementation of Budget measure
The Malta Developers Association said today that it could not understand how a measure announced in the Budget speech last year to change the system where the Inland Revenue Department sends its own...
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Tragedy at sea remembered
Flowers were laid at sea today to mark the 66th anniversary since 23 people drowned when a luzzu capsized in rough seas off Hondoq ir-Rummien, Gozo. Only four passengers survived in what to date in...
View ArticleMan accused of Mellieha burgalaries
Clinton Dalton, 25 of St Paul's Bay, was remanded in custody today after being accused in court of two burglaries and an attempted burglary from houses in Mellieha. The cases took place between July...
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Qormi flood relief project completed
The Qormi-Marsa component of a flood relief project which stretches from Zabbar to Zebbug, Iklin, Gzira and Ta' Xbiex has been completed, finally relieving the low-lying area of a problem which has...
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Half of sex cases involved minors
Minors were involved in half of the 75 cases of sexual assault reported to the police this year. By the end of September, nine reports of rape, four of sexual activity with minors, 25 of violent...
View ArticleGovernment denies Air China report
The Tourism Ministry this morning denied a story on Il-Mument claiming that Air China is ready to 'swallow' Air Malta. The newspaper said the government was seeking a political solution to its...
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Bosnian man tasered after scuffle with police
A Bosnian man who was tasered by the police after resisting arrest was taken to court today and granted bail. Marko Bogunobic, 26, a resident of Sliema, fled the scene of an argument in Paceville...
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Six new channels added to Melita TV
Melita is adding six new channels to its TV line-up from this month. The channels include top series channels FOX Life and FOX, kids’ entertainment channels Nick Junior and Nickelodeon HD, as well as...
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Suspended sentence for father, sons, who stopped Mepa demolishing illegal...
A father and his two sons were today given suspended sentences after they were found guilty of clashing with police and Mepa officials who had attempted to demolish their property in Zebbug in 2007....
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Millions of euros being lost in uncollected VAT
Malta’s VAT collection mechanism is being dubbed one of the most inefficient among the EU’s 28 member states, depriving the exchequer of tens of millions of euros in potential revenue every year. A...
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