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Cat found 'crucified' in Mosta
Another dead cat has been found crucified in Mosta. The gruesome discovery was reported to the police at about 8 a.m. The dead cat was found hanging on an upside down wooden cross fixed to a railing...
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Xarabank stunt has ‘backfired’ on Labour
It might have sounded like a good idea on paper, but most analysts contacted by The Sunday Times yesterday said Labour’s Xarabank stunt was out of place. A debate between the Labour and Nationalist...
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BA: PL had no right to give its airtime to Franco Debono
The Broadcasting Authority said this afternoon that the Labour Party yesterday had no right to give up its time on Xarabank to Franco Debono. In a statement after an urgent meeting, the BA said that...
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Have your say: The deputy leaders' debate
Updated 11.25 p.m. The debate between PN deputy leader Simon Busuttil and PL deputy leader Anġlu Farrugia was held this evening on Xarabank, without an audience in the studio. At the opening of the...
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Air Malta raises winter revenue by 52% through seat sale
Air Malta raised its winter revenue by 52% thanks to a seat sale to promote flights to Malta, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said this afternoon. He was speaking during the inauguration of the new Air...
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Leah discharged from US cancer hospital
Leah Xuereb has been discharged from hospital after receiving successful treatment for cancer in the US and on Wednesday will be on a plane bound for Malta. The toddler’s parents are exhausted but...
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‘Radical changes’ to judiciary needed – Giovanni Bonello
Maltese politicians are “stuck in a colonial mindset” and ignorant of the way judges are appointed in most democratic countries, according to one of the most eminent Maltese judges. With two members...
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'The sky on fire'
Philip Cassar took this spectacular picture (above) of the 'sky on fire' over Victoria, Gozo, late this afternoon. Chris Azzopardi photographed the same scene at Ta' Qali (below) as did Neville...
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Commission: 'Every judge should recognise that his first loyalty is towards...
The Commission for the Administration of Justice said in a statement today that every judge should recognise that his first loyalty is towards the Judiciary he forms part of and the confidence which...
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Industrial action raises infection rate
The rate of vein inflammation among patients at Mater Dei Hospital has escalated after a nurses’ union directive came into force three months ago, The Sunday Times has learnt. The condition, called...
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Motorists await diesel competition benefits
Not all fuel pumps stock diesel supplied by Enemalta and, yet, motorists have no way of telling the difference, The Times has learnt. At least a quarter of petrol stations sell diesel imported by a...
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7,000 use the new Barrakka Lift
Some 7,000 people used the new Barrakka lift yesterday. The new lift was inaugurated on Saturday evening by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt. Patrons can use it...
View ArticlePN raises €490,545
The Nationalist Party raised €490,545 in a fund-raising marathon yesterday. The PL held its campaign on Thursday, when it raised just under €415,000. Last year the PN raised €467,880 while the PL...
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Protest over Mosta animal cruelty cases cancelled
Updated 10 a.m. A protest walk which was to have been held in Valletta on the Saturday after Christmas to protest over the latest case of animal cruelty in Mosta has been cancelled because of fear it...
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Updated - Man falls four storeys
A 51-year-old man was critically injured this afternoon after falling a height of four storeys in Attard. The incident happened at about 1.15 p.m. in a building in Mdina Road. The building was...
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Immigration Officer among four charged with forgery
Four men, including an immigration officer, were charged in court today with involvement in forging a stamp on a passport. Magistrate Gabriella Vella heard how three of the men had tried to help the...
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Magistrate is accused of political bias
Labour deputy leader Anġlu Farrugia yesterday accused Magistrate Audrey Demicoli of political bias when she acquitted a man of vote rigging in the March 2008 election. The magistrate’s judgment was...
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Court hears of links between Judge Pace, Psaila and Caruana
Prosecutors this morning told a court how phone interceptions had shown a link between Judge Ray Pace and Raymond Caruana and Sandro Psaila, who were being investigated in drug-related cases. Evidence...
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Methode announces major new investment
The Malta plant of Methode Electronics has been selected to be the centre of expertise for the company's Magnetpelastic Sensing Technology. The announcement was made this morning during a tour by...
View ArticlePolitical parties 'have access to hospital patient details'
Recent amendments to the General Elections Act are in conflict with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, Alternattiva Demokratika insisted today. Deputy chairman Carmel Cacopardo said AD had had...
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