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Owners want property used as PL club returned - party reacts
The owners of a Qormi house currently being used as a Labour Party's club have given the party two weeks to vacate the property and pay them damages after they claimed that it was taken from them...
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Family moves out of flat after neighbour threatens to blow them up
A couple and their two-year-year-old son had to leave their St Julian’s home six months ago because an elderly neighbour repeatedly threatened to blow them up. Daniela and Jason Cuschieri are...
View ArticleFive vie for Karmenu Vella's former seat
The casual election to fill the parliamentary seat vacated by Karmenu Vella will be held on Thursday, the Electoral Commission said. Nominations have been submitted by Robert-Henry Bugeja, Mario...
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Government urged to reverse decision on assessment of senior police officers,...
The Opposition spokesman for Home Affairs, Jason Azzopardi, has called on the government to reverse a decision whereby the performance of senior police officers will be reviewed every three years....
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Man cleared of defiling partner's daughter
A man was cleared of defiling and having sex with his partner's 14-year-old daughter after a court found that the girl was not credible as she had changed versions countless times. The girl, it...
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Updated: Technical issue forces London flight to return
Air Malta flight KM 116 from Malta to London Gatwick turned back to Malta because of technical reasons this morning, Air Malta said. The flight took off at 8.40am and returned about an hour after. The...
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Court suspends sale of €400,000 worth of brass
A court this morning issued a provisional warrant stopping the Customs Department from awarding a contract for the sale of scrap metal, worth some €400,000, after a dealer claimed that brass listed...
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Brothers jailed for drug trafficking, money laundering
Two brothers were each jailed for four-and-a-half years and fined €10,000 for drug trafficking and money laundering. Magistrate Miriam Hayman also ordered the confiscation of their cars - a BMW and a...
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Cleared of dangerous driving because police did not caution him
A 24-year-old man was cleared of dangerous driving on appeal today after a court found that police had failed to caution him about his rights before questioning him. David Shaun Galea, from Zebbug,...
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Mafia boss fights extradition
Lawyers representing alleged Italian mafia boss, Sebastiano Brunno arrested in Malta, have asked the court to declare the extradition request null after it emerged in court this afternoon that the...
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Damning report says staff’s lack of training allowed boy, 3, to run out of...
An inquiry into how a young boy walked out of a Skolasajf centre in Fgura school and ended up in a busy street last August has blamed the lack of training of the SkolaSajf coordinator, an 18-year-old...
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Gozo Bishop slams delay in Church abuse probe
It is “unacceptable” for the Church to take eight years to investigate allegations of priestly abuse, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech said. He said that all cases of abuse should be referred to the police,...
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Qormi property was rented to Labour for two years...60 years ago
A large property in Qormi being used as a PL club was rented to the Labour Party for just two years but the party held on to it for a full 60 years and still did not want to let it go, Nationalist MP...
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Minister explores options to cut traffic congestion for good
For the first time since autumn kicked in, traffic yesterday breezed through the normally heavily clogged arterial roads as schools closed for mid-term holidays. “The worst traffic congestions are...
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Update 7 - Bomb explodes at police inspector's residence, no one hurt
A powerful blast damaged a police inspector's home in Zurrieq early this morning, in an incident which caused no injuries. The explosion, at 4.30a.m., appeared to have been triggered off by a bomb...
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Police warn about conmen requesting money as deposit for lottery winnings
An elderly woman was conned into giving away all the money she had in her purse as deposit for a lottery she was told she won, the police said. The incident happened in Triq Santa Marija, Birzebbuga...
View ArticleWoman found dead in her home
A 64-year-old woman from Birzebbuga was found dead and in an advanced stage of decomposition in her home yesterday at about 10am. The woman lived alone. The police forced their way into the premises...
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Few clues on motive for blast at police inspector's house
Police are still in the dark about the motive behind a powerful bomb that caused extensive damage to the Żurrieq home of a police inspector early yesterday morning. The “highly explosive” device went...
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Car damaged in supermarket carwash blaze
A car was slightly damaged in a fire at the GS Supermarket carwash in Naxxar last night. Residents of apartments overlying the supermarket were evacuated when the blaze was noticed at about 12.30am...
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Ministers disagree on how parliamentary questions should be answered
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo and Gozo Minister Anton Refalo this evening disagreed in Parliament on how Parliamentary questions should be answered. Mr Bartolo agreed with the Opposition that...
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