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Precautions urged as temperature rises
The Health Promotion Department has called on the public to take precautions as temperatures are forecast to rise over the coming days. It said it was important that people drank more water and cold...
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Couple cleared of assaulting elderly woman
A couple were cleared of assaulting an elderly woman during a fight near Kennedy Grove last year. Dylan Xuereb, 23, and Kelly Zammit, 27, had been charged with threatening Helen Ciantar while Mr...
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Break-in at Refugee Commissioner's office
The police are investigating a break-in at the Office of the Refugee Commissioner in Msida The office is located a few metres away from the Police Station at Rue D'Argens. The break-in was discovered...
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Il Volo hope to see four generations of people at Malta concert
Il Volo, an Italian operatic pop trio which won this year’s Sanremo Music festival, will be singing in Malta on August 29. The trio – tenors Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and baritone Gianluca...
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Vodafone received 3,339 requests by the police, but these were not...
The government insisted this morning that figures given by Vodafone about formal requests by law enforcement agencies did not mean that these were legal interceptions. The Vodafone Group in its annual...
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Live birds of prey found in Qormi garage
Some 20 live birds of prey have been found at a garage in Triq iz-Zinzell, Qormi by the police. Police believe the birds were imported illegally, however, all the necessary checks are still being...
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Last regular Mass at historic San Pawl tat-Targa chapel
A chapel built on the site where, according to legend, St Paul preached to the Maltese, will no longer be hosting Masses regularly, because of a shortage of priests. The last Saturday Mass at St...
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China talks on the future of Air Malta
Air Malta’s future is on the agenda of talks the Tourism Minister is having in Beijing with the Chinese government, the Times of Malta has learnt. Edward Zammit Lewis is heading a delegation in the...
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Angry Valletta hawkers say they have been deceived
Hawkers have reacted angrily to the news, revealed by Times of Malta yesterday, that plans to place monti stalls near the new Parliament and the former opera house have been dropped. Economic Services...
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Mintoff’s brother got historic fort for €4,650
A suggestion that Fort San Salvatore could be an alternative to Żonqor Point for a new university in the south overlooks the fact it has been privately owned since 1982 thanks to a deed by former...
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Infection killed turtle
A necropsy on a dead leatherback turtle towed in at the Ċirkewwa quay by the Armed Forces of Malta yesterday found that the turtle died from an infection in the intestines which caused liver...
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St Paul’s Bay ‘lumped’ with illegal skatepark
A skatepark built by the previous St Paul’s Bay local council “usurped” public land and had no planning permit, the Times of Malta has learnt. Rudy’s Skatepark, named after the council’s youth...
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€15 million refurbishment at Hilton
The Tumas Group today has announced a €15 million refurbishment programme at the Hilton hotel in St Julian's. The hotel will close down for 10 weeks between February 6 and April 10 next year for the...
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Sai Mizzi meeting was bizarre – Busuttil
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has described his meeting with Malta’s trade envoy to China, Sai Mizzi-Liang, as “bizarre”. He met Ms Mizzi-Liang for 30 minutes in Shanghai yesterday and said he was...
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Spring hunting referendum cost €4.6 million
The spring hunting referendum cost €4,631,688, chief electoral commissioner Joseph Church said. In a statement to the Finance Minister, tabled in Parliament today, Mr Church said this excluded the...
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850 electricity thieves agree to pay their bills
Enemalta has reached repayment agreements with some 850 individuals who tampered with their electricity meters, and expects to recover millions of euros as a result. The agreements took various forms,...
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Gyrfalcon found in Qormi garage yesterday escapes
One of the live birds of prey found in a Qormi garage yesterday, a gyrfalcon, escaped as it was being examined, the Times of Malta has learnt. The police confirmed this afternoon that it has not yet...
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3 janitors, 3 watchmen for school of 45 pupils
San Lawrenz primary in Gozo employs two janitors and three watchmen, despite having just 43 pupils, which makes it the school with the smallest population. Were this not enough, another janitor was...
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Update 3: Three people injured in Sliema accident
Three people, including two foreigners, were hospitalised following a traffic accident in the Chalet area of Tower Road, Sliema, this morning. The police said a 15-year-old Norwegian girl was...
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Mario Camilleri l-Imnieħru laid to rest... for the second time
Mario Camilleri, who was murdered with his 21-year-old son two years ago today, was finally laid to rest this morning. His remains had been exhumed for further investigations on July 23, 2013, four...
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