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Widow files judicial protest against BOV
A 77-year-old widow this morning filed a judicial protest against Bank of Valletta, the Malta Financial Services Authority and the Attorney General, claiming damages for her lost investment. Lawyer...
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Update 2 - Enemalta explains widespread power cut
Updated 2.28 p.m. A widespread power cut this afternoon was caused by a fault in the old part of the Delimara power station and had nothing to do with the power station extension which came on stream...
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Updated: Impeachment motions against two judges presented
Last updated 12.35 p.m. Motions for the impeachment of judges Ray Pace and Lino Farrugia Sacco were presented to parliament today, the Prime Minister said this morning. Dr Gonzi's comments came after...
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Commission for the Administration of Justice says Ombudsman's letter was not...
Declarations made by the Ombudsman in a letter to the President are against the law, the Commission for the Administration of Justice said in a letter to Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino today. In a...
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Murder: second man arrested
Police have arrested a second man in connection with the murder of a man in Mosta, sources said. No details about the second suspect were immediately available yesterday. Joseph Cutajar, known as...
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Paola council protests against circus at Addolorata Cemetery car park
The Paola council has called on the authorities to find a more suitable place for the circus, which has been set up in the parking area of the Addolorata Cemetery. In a statement, it expressed its...
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Man acquitted of sexually assaulting woman
A 39-year-old man was this morning acquitted of violently and indecently assaulting a 24-year-old woman at his flat on October 4 last year. The court heard that the man, born in London and living in...
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Updated: Chief Justice to reassign Mr Justice Pace's cases
The Chief Justice has accepted a recommendation by the Commission for the Administration of Justice to reassign Mr Justice Ray Pace's cases. The Commission made its recommendation in a letter this...
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Xarabank debate tonight: PM says yesterday's events showed old Labour at its...
Updated 11.45 a.m. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi in his first comments on what happened ahead of the Xarabank programme, said this morning that this was a throwback to old Labour at its worst....
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Xarabank cancelled as Franco Debono turns up for debate instead of Anġlu...
Last Updated: 11 p.m. PBS this evening cancelled the Xarabank discussion programme after rebel Nationalist MP Franco Debono, who last Monday voted against the budget, turned up for a debate between...
View ArticleWoman seriously hurt in traffic accident
A 77-year-old woman was seriously injured this morning when she was hit by a pick-up truck while crossing Qormi Road, Hamrun. She is in intensive care at Mater Dei Hospital. The incident happened at...
View ArticlePM to contest seventh district
The Prime Minister will be a candidate on the seventh district, along with the second (Cottonera), the Health Minister had revealed on facebook. In 2008 Dr Gonzi contested the second and ninth...
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Enemalta takes over Delimara power station extension
Enemalta has taken over the Delimara Power Station extension following the successful completion of performance tests, carried out under the supervision of the corporation and external consultants DNV...
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Legal profession in shock
Politics was temporarily pushed aside as the news that a judge was charged with bribery became the central point of discussion. It was only a decade ago that the judiciary was rocked by a similar...
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Dalligate: Transparency group says Barroso's people met tobacco lobbyists
Tobacco lobbyists and top European Commission officials held several quiet meetings over at least the past two years, the Brussels-based pro-transparency group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has...
View ArticleDisturbance at Mt Carmel Hospital
Investigations are under way after a disturbance at Mt Carmel Hospital this morning. According to preliminary reports, some migrants who are being held at Mt Carmel clashed with the police. The...
View ArticleMalta, most rude...
A woman who complained on travel website Fodor's about Malta having the rudest people was contradicted by all 10 commenters who replied. The contributor, who did not give her name, wrote that she is...
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Updated: Valletta gets a lift
The new Barrakka lift was inaugurated by the prime minister this evening. The ceremony was held in Lascaris ditch, which was floodlit in different colours. The whole lift structure was lit up when the...
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Muscat insists water bills will go down too
Labour leader Joseph Muscat insisted this morning that water tariffs would go down under a Labour government. He was clearly reacting to yesterday's deputy leaders' debate where PL deputy leader Anglu...
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Judge Ray Pace resigns
Judge Raymond Pace has resigned. The Department of Information said that the judge had called on President Abela to personally submit his resignation, saying his position as a judge was no longer...
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