Argument over accused's child led to Ħamrun murder
The violent argument which led to the murder of Brandon Pace outside his Ħamrun residence on April 2 was allegedly sparked off by a heated telephone exchange between the victim's partner and the...
View ArticleBlockchain strategy approved by Cabinet
Cabinet has approved a blockchain strategy which would soon be issued for public consultation, making Malta one of the first countries in the world to have a national strategy, Prime Minister Joseph...
View ArticleMIDI registers loss of €2.5 million after tax
A lack of apartment delivery to their respective owners led MIDI to register a loss after tax of €2.5 million for the year ended December 31. This followed a profit of €9.9 million for the previous...
View ArticleHero's welcome for Prime Minister at party's AGM
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was given a hero's welcome this evening as he walked into the main hall of the Labour Party headquarters for the party's annual general meeting. He was greeted with...
View ArticleCorpse found in car underwater
The corpse of a 36-year-old man from Birżebbuġa was found in a car underwater this afternoon. The police said they carried out an inspection in the area known as tal-Magħluq in Marsaxlokk at 2pm. They...
View ArticleWatch: Mizzi says there were no million dollar deposits
Minister Konrad Mizzi today continued to deny allegations that he received money from the Azeri President’s daughter through his Panama company. Replying to questions following a press conference, Dr...
View ArticleSimon Busuttil calls for Prime Minister's resignation
Updated 12.29pm A national demonstration against corruption is being held by the Nationalist Party in Valletta next Sunday following fresh corruption allegations involving Prime Minister Joseph...
View ArticleTranscripts linking Egrant to my wife are falsified, Muscat tells Busuttil
Updated 11.35pm Transcripts of documents connecting Panama company Egrant to Michelle Muscat contained errors proving they were falsified, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told Opposition leader Simon...
View ArticleWatch: Pilatus Bank denies Muscat links as chairman declines to comment on...
Updated at 1.30pm - Added video, bank chairman statements Pilatus Bank has denied that it has any form of banking relationship with the Prime Minister, his wife or any other members of his family. In...
View ArticleWatch: Journalist asking about Mizzi's Dubai account shoved out of the way;...
Updated at 6.46pm with minister's statement A Times of Malta journalist was pushed out of the way as he attempted to continue trying to question Minister Konrad Mizzi about his Panama holdings....
View ArticleWatch: Police raid Pilatus Bank offices in Ta' Xbiex
Updated 1.32pm - Added video of Pilatus Bank chairman Police officers and duty magistrate Aaron Bugeja are at Pilatus Bank offices in Ta' Xbiex as an inquiry into claims that Panama company Egrant is...
View ArticlePrime Minister to debate Opposition leader on Xarabank tonight
Updated 12.05pm - Added PN statement Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning challenged Opposition leader Simon Busuttil to a live televised debate tonight on Xarabank and accused him of trying to...
View ArticleFormer minister gets €5,000 in damages after defamatory press release
A press release issued by the GRTU against former Minister Michael Falzon regarding his testimony in criminal proceedings against Malta Developers Association president Sandro Chetcuti was confirmed...
View ArticleRussians head list for Maltese citizenship
Russians were the main recipients of Maltese citizenship in 2015, EU figures show. A breakdown of the approved citizenship applications provided by the European Union’s statistics office, Eurostat,...
View ArticleA John Grisham novel or a damning indictment?
As Prime Minister Joseph Muscat faces his toughest hour so far, Kurt Sansone looks at how the Egrant story developed on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s blog and elsewhere. April 15: The Leyla and Michelle...
View ArticleEgrant had just one shareholder from July 2013 onwards, says Brian Tonna
Two companies named as Egrant shareholders in transcripts of two alleged declaration of trusts published by blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia ceased to have an interest in the company in July 2013, Nexia...
View ArticleUĦM calls for police commissioner's resignation
The UĦM Voice of the Workers said it will take part in tomorrow's protest against corruption as it called for the police commissioner's resignation. It is "clear" that the institutions tasked with...
View ArticlePoacher's accomplice is a police constable - CABS
A poacher caught on camera and subsequently arrested last Tuesday near Ħal Farruġ was hunting with the help of a police constable, bird conservation activists have said. The constable was sitting in...
View ArticleMizzi, Schembri testify, no comment on inquiry
Updated 12.30pm with Mizzi comments Keith Schembri, the Prime Minister's chief of staff would not say whether he personally owned a bank account at Pilatus Bank after testifying in the Egrant inquiry....
View ArticleWatch: 'Five lies in less than 24 hours', Busuttil accuses Muscat
Updated 10.01pm - Added reference to Brian Tonna statement Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had lied five times in less than 24 hours in his attempt to pull off a “colossal cover-up” of the truth,...
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