Update 3 with photos: Board anticipates date of meeting. Police Board to...
Updated 5pm The Police Board which is chaired by ex Judge Francesco Depasquale and has Victor Grupetta, Keith Chatcuti, Dr Deandra Schembrii and Dr David Farrugia Sacco as members will be handing a...
View ArticlePre Budget document lack economic growth proposals – Tonio Fenech
In giving his reaction to the Government's pre budget document shadow Minister for Finance Tonio fenech said that the government has given the best ever certificate to the PN's administration in...
View ArticleSix consortia short listed for final bid for Power Purchase and Gas supply...
Six consortia have been shortlisted to submit a final bid for the long term power purchase agreement and gas supply agreement. A statement issued by the Ministry for Energy and Conservation of water...
View ArticleMigrants die in Italy shipwreck off Catania
The bodies of six migrants apparently killed in a shipwreck have been recovered on a beach in southern Italy. Officials in the Sicilian port of Catania say some 100 other migrants - reportedly Syrians...
View ArticleUpdate 2: Man drowns in Gozo, girl still missing at sea
Two persons are believed to have drowned earlier this afternoon in Marsalform, Gozo. The accident happened at around 6pm. An AFM helicopter was deployed on the scene were members of the AFM squadron...
View Article16-year-old boys arraigned in Court for using forged currency notes
Two 16-year-old residing in Cospicua were today arraigned in Court before the Duty Magistrate. They were accused of having in the months of July and August, 2013, forged any currency notes or uttered...
View ArticleAnti cyber-harassment group launched
A anti cyber harassment pressure group has just been launched and is currently working on a draft law to be eventually presented by a government's MP as a private members bill. The group will be...
View ArticleAl-Azhar proposes reconciliation talks in Egypt
The Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Egypt's top Islamic institution, has begun inviting different political forces to talks on ending the country's political crisis. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyib hopes to oversee a...
View ArticleElderly man critical after being hit by motorcycle
An elderly man is in critical condition following a traffic accident that happened yesterday around 10pm. The 91 year old man was hit by a motorcycle driven by a 20 year old male. The accident took...
View ArticleDouble red flag warning at certain beaches
The Police have just been informed that several beaches around Malta are being hit with a North-West wind and have been Double Red Flagged. Gnejna, Riviera, Ghajn Tuffieha, Paradise Bay and Sliema are...
View ArticleMalians voting in presidential runoff
Voters in Mali have begun casting their ballots for a president expected to usher in a new era of peace and stability in the West African nation. Polls opened at 8am on Sunday in a run-off that pits...
View ArticleIdaho: Teenager rescued after suspect killed
A man suspected of murdering his long-time friend and her son and kidnapping her 16-year-old daughter has been shot dead by police. James Lee DiMaggio, 40, was found with Hannah Anderson at a campsite...
View ArticleDozens killed in a wave of car bombings across Baghdad
At least 50 people have been killed and around 140 others injured by a series of car bombs in the Iraqi capital. The explosions went off in markets and busy shopping streets in mainly Shi’ite areas of...
View ArticleWedding proposal at Qawra Aquarium
The Malta National Aquarium which is yet to open its doors officially has witnessed an emotional wedding proposal made by a Maltese young lad to his fiancee. The surprise proposal by Edward to...
View ArticleGrech’s resignation denied
Kurt Farrugia the Government's Communications Officer has this morning denied and described 'speculative and fictitious a report on Il-Mument's newspaper front page saying that Deputy Prime Minister...
View ArticleMan from Mali charged with giving false information
Mousa Cisse 21, from Mali was yesterday arraigned in Court charged with making use of a passport belonging to another person. He was also charged with giving false information to immigration...
View ArticleBlue and Red colours to keep tradition alive in Hamrun
The Hamrunizi have today celebrated the feast of their Patron Saint. The Feast of St Gaetan is traditionally celebrated each year on the second Sunday of August. The traditional band march with the...
View ArticleGozo Bishop urges responsibility when using health services
On the occasion of the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Assumption, Archbishop for Gozo Mons Mario Grech has issued a pastoral letter to mark this important feast. Mons Grech appealed for...
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