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Updated: Muscat reacts as PN demands Tony Zarb's resignation over tenders...
The Nationalist Party this morning called for the resignation of the General Workers' Union general secretary after releasing an audio recording where Tony Zarb is heard suggesting the union may...
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PM 'shocked' by Zarb comments; GWU hits out at PN
Updated 4.15 p.m. The Prime Minister said this afternoon that the comments made by GWU General secretary Tony Zarb as revealed in an audio recording by the PN were 'shocking'. Speaking in Brussels,...
View ArticleInterconnector works at Kappara Junction
Enemalta Corporation will be carrying out works at the Kappara Roundabout junction tomorrow and on Tuesday. The junction will remain open for traffic, but motorists were advised to proceed with...
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Pain in the rain for Carnival organiser, but he says the date should not be...
Paul Curmi, a man synonymous with Malta's Carnival, has spoken of his pain whenever the weather disrupts the festival. But, he told Sarah Carabott, he still feels that Carnival should continue to be...
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Homeless Palestinian jailed
A 24-year-old Palestinian man, Khalid Ali Omar, was today jailed for a year after admitting in court to stealing alcohol, harassing a woman, being drunk and living a vagabond life. He also admitted...
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Downpours send carnival float-makers undercover
Heavy showers yesterday kept the colourful carnival floats from entering the capital as planned and participants are hoping the bad weather forecast for today will not ruin the celebration they have...
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Weather holds off for children's Carnival
Children's Carnival was held as planned in Valletta and Floriana this morning, with the weather holding off just long enough for the performances to be held on the Granaries.
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Pictures of the week: Politics with (almost) everything
Politics almost dominated all activity in Malta over the past week, the period being kicked off with Anglu Farrugia's explosive comments in a Sunday Times interview. Gianluca Bezzina's triumph at the...
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Boy hit by motorcycle
A 12-year-old boy is receiving hospital treatment after being hit by a motorcycle yesterday evening. The incident happened at about 6.30 p.m. as the boy crossed Andrea Debono Street in Naxxar. The...
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Oil procurement scandal: Conditions for presidential pardon accepted, pardon...
President George Abela has signed the documents granting a pardon to George Farrugia, the rogue oil trader at the centre of the Enemalta oil procurement scandal. The documents were signed after Mr...
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Valletta Carnival defile' cancelled
The Carnival defile' in Valletta was cancelled this afternoon because of bad weather. Participants said the decision had been taken mostly because of the strong gusts of wind the floats were likely to...
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Sliema ferries €1m project excluded sea water flooding
A €1 million project at the Sliema Ferries did not even attempt to solve the seawater flooding problem there, Transport Malta has admitted. It said solving the seawater flooding problems at the...
View ArticleVal Valente passes away
Well known musician Val Valente has passed away. Valente was born on July 19, 1938 into a family of professional musicians. He played nine different instruments but will be remembered most for his...
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Pressure to strip Peter Andre of Valletta Cultural ambassador title
News that Peter Andre – former pop singer turned reality TV star – has been appointed Cultural Ambassador to Valletta has caused a furore with hundreds calling on the local council to strip him of the...
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Political characters prominent in Nadur Carnival
Hundreds of people enjoyed themselves at the Nadur Carnival last night, with warnings of a thunderstorm having been off the mark. As was to be expected, political characters figured more prominently...
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EU acting against Malta on 'discriminatory' bus fares
The European Commission is to launch formal legal proceedings against Malta over Arriva’s “discriminatory” bus fares, The Sunday Times has learnt. A letter of formal was sent to Malta last month...
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PM: Patients will not pay for 'out of stock' medicines they have to get from...
Patients will not pay anything when they have to get medicines from private pharmacies because they out of stock in government dispensaries, the prime minister said this afternoon. He explained that...
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Bencini says letter to PN was misinterpreted
Former FORUM president John Bencini is insisting that his letter to Nationalist Party general secretary Paul Borg Olivier three years ago was “misinterpreted”. He said he made no corruption...
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Tony Zarb: I do not regret anything I said
GWU General Secretary Tony Zarb has told The Times that he does not regret anything he said in the tapes published by the Nationalist Party this week. Mr Zarb was interviewed yesterday after the prime...
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Update 3 - Anglu Farrugia to represent PL at parliamentary conference
Former PL deputy leader Anglu Farrugia has accepted to represent the Labour Party in a Commonwealth parliamentary conference that will be held in the Falkland Islands in the coming days. Party leader...
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