Norway princess in secret India trip to play nanny
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit secretly travelled to India in order to care for infant twins born to the surrogate mother of a gay palace employee unable to get a travel visa, the palace said...
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Prince William and Kate expecting a baby
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting a baby, destined to be the country's future monarch, the prince's office said today. "Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of...
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Gatt: Busuttil will make 'excellent' deputy leader
Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt said this evening that Simon Busuttil will be an 'excellent' deputy leader of the Nationalist Party. Dr Gatt made the comment when he wrapped up an interview on...
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Audit report: Most government entities fail to meet government cuts target
Most entities failed to reach the government’s budgetary target of reducing arrears in 2011 by 10%, the Auditor General says in the annual audit report tabled in Parliament this evening. The following...
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A nurse's thoughts at Christmas time
Carols playing in the streets...lights strung from window to window...cardboard stars hanging from various doorways..yes, it's definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Not like I would...
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How to survive the festive season….and stay healthy!
It’s that time of year again! Parties and celebrations, Christmas wrapping and shopping. A time of joy and peace and...for most people, over-indulgence. It’s all too easy to let healthy life-style...
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Christmas Cards: A Dying Tradition?
Although the tradition of Christmas is bigger than ever, it would seem as though Christmas cards are declining rapidly. The tradition was started by Sir Henry Cole in England in 1843. Originally,...
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Woman keeps her cool after fall
A 28-year-old Belgian woman kept her cool when she fell a height of some three storeys down a cliff in Xlendi this afternoon. The woman used her mobile phone to call 112 and raise the alarm. A search...
View ArticleSeverance benefits for CEOs
Transport Minister Austin Gatt gave details in Parliament today on terminal benefits paid to the CEOs of the Malta Maritime Authority and the Malta Transport Authority upon their resignations. The...
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Updated: PL spokesman calls for resignation of Resources Minister
(Adds ministry's reply) PL spokesman Leo Brincat this afternoon called for the resignation of Resources Minister George Pullicino as well as the directors, who were mostly political appointees, of...
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Work well underway on tunnel for interconnector cable
Work is well under way on a 4km tunnel from Maghtab to Kappara distribution centre, which will host the cable linking Malta's power network with that of Sicily. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this...
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The Christmas travel humbug
The festive season is careening towards us with all the momentum of one of the old yellow buses on a downhill stretch of the coast road. We’ll shortly be panicking about presents, tucking into turkey,...
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Maltese oranges for the Queen
To keep with Christmas tradition, the Malta’s High Commissioner in the UK has sent a box of Maltese oranges as a Christmas gift to Her Majesty The Queen. This tradition was revived during the High...
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Prisoners paying over the odds for groceries
The prison tuck shop lacks a procurement procedure and is instead stocked with items bought from small stores located around the Corradino area. The Home Affairs Ministry confirmed this following a...
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Power station handover expected by end of the month
Enemalta this afternoon held out the possibility that the power station extension will be handed over from BWSC by the end of the month. The new plant was shut down during testing after a fault in a...
View ArticleExtreme weather 'is new normal'
Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, as he sought to revive deadlocked global climate change talks. Ban's intervention...
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Media frenzy over UK royal baby news
News that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby has stirred a media frenzy, with international reporters camped outside a London hospital where Kate is receiving treatment for acute morning...
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Updated: Management explains as hospital worker racks up €35,000 in overtime
Updated 4.16 p.m. The management of Mater Dei Hospital said this afternoon that despite a shortage of resources, it had cut down on overtime and other shortcomings, including overpayments, highlighted...
View ArticleMSE Share Index regains the 3,200-points level
The MSE Share Index this morning edged 0.4 per cent higher to regain the 3,200-points level for the first time in a month. Today’s upturn was mainly due to the 0.4 per cent increase in Bank of...
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AFM volunteers on training
Volunteers of the AFM's Emergency Voluntary Reserve Force (EVRF) have completed their annual training exercise. The AFM said in a statement today that the week-long camp grouped volunteer soldiers...
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