The Times in everyone’s home, pocket, tablet...
The Times is entering 2013 with a promise to be in everybody’s home, pocket, and tablet devices with the latest news, according to the newly appointed managing director of the group that publishes the...
View ArticleRita Schembri investigation still ‘ongoing’
The investigation into allegations made against Rita Schembri, who heads the Government’s Internal Audit and Investigations Directorate, is still ongoing. Auditor-General Anthony Mifsud was in...
View ArticleMaltese teenager runner up in Commonwealth writing competition
A Maltese teenager has been chosen as the runner up in the 2012 Commonwealth Junior Essay Competition with an essay on the theme ‘Connecting Cultures’. Celine Cassar, 14, named her essay "A Day's...
View ArticleArriva ‘takes safety extremely seriously’
Arriva yesterday “categorically” denied that bendy buses lacked working safety features, slamming claims that locks preventing vehicles from moving with doors opened were “almost always” off....
View Article‘I was determined not to leave this commitment’
Chocolates used to mysteriously appear in the jacket pocket of Major Carmel D’Anastasi when he was a young sergeant based at Fort St Elmo in Valletta in the late 1930s. He later learnt that the tasty...
View ArticlePL to launch electoral campaign at midnight
The Labour Party will be launching its electoral campaign on the stroke of midnight tonight. The party said this afternoon that Labour leader Joseph Muscat will, at 12.01am, launch the theme for this...
View ArticleWork, health and education remain PN's priorities - Gonzi
The most important values on which the Nationalist Party will be basing its electoral programme remain work, health and education, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this afternoon. Addressing party...
View ArticleFour, including baby, injured in accident
Two men, a woman and a baby were injured in a traffic accident at Triq Ghajn Tuffieha, St Paul’s Bay, at around 10.30am. The police said a 23-year-old man from Marsascala was riding a Kawasaki Z 750...
View ArticlePrivate sector is key part of PL utility rates pledge
A Labour Party pledge to reduce utility bills will be based on the involvement of the private sector in electricity generation, The Sunday Times has learnt. The energy plan will include the...
View Article€450,000 for pilots to leave
Around 20 Air Malta pilots have been offered an early retirement package amounting up to €450,000 each as part of the airline’s bid to drive down staff numbers, The Sunday Times has learnt. Sources...
View ArticleReady, set, continue...
The election campaign officially starts tomorrow but political parties have been revving up their engines for months. Kurt Sansone takes a look at the long road ahead. President George Abela will...
View ArticleUpdated: Missing Maltese walkers found
The Maltese couple who went missing while trekking in Wales last night returned to Malta today. Oswald and Carmen Tanti Rigos were trekking the Brecon Beacons went they got lost. Their names were...
View ArticlePN says 'no' to Hermann Schiavone's candidature
Hermann Schiavone has just been informed by the Nationalist Party he will not be allowed to contest the next election on its behalf. Addressing a news conference in front of the party’s headquarters...
View ArticleGonzi: PL promises undermine financial stability
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi told supporters in the PN's first campaign rally this evening that the PL was making irresponsible promises which would undermine financial stability. Speaking at PN...
View Article‘Cancer: 0 – Me: 1’
He knew the symptoms women have to look out for to detect breast cancer, but when Andrew Grech developed testicular cancer it went unnoticed until he paid a visit to the doctor because of a cold. “I...
View ArticleUpdated: 80-year-old man hit by car
An 80-year-old-man from Floriana was grievously injured when he was hit by a car in St Anne Street, Floriana, this morning. The accident happened at about 8.40 a.m. a few metres from the traffic...
View ArticlePlaymobil to invest €15m in Malta
German toy-maker Playmobil is to invest €15m in Malta this year, Matthias Fauser, CEO of the Malta plant, said this morning. He made the announcement as he showed the prime minister around the large...
View ArticleGTA: Low cost airlines hurting Gozo as Maltese go abroad
The Gozo Tourism Association admitted today that as a result of the low-cost airlines, many Maltese were opting to go abroad instead of Gozo. In proposals made to the political parties for the general...
View ArticleDeputies: take two
Simon Busuttil’s arrival as PN deputy leader was trumpeted as a game-changer. Now, the Labour Party has joined the music with Louis Grech. Where does this dance of the deputies lead? Saturday’s...
View ArticleMuscat: 'Do not fear change'
Updated 8.05 p.m. The Labour Party beamed its slogan Malta Taghna Lkoll across Grand Harbour onto the Senglea bastions this evening ahead of a rally at Valletta Waterfront. Labour leader Joseph Muscat...
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