Teens, Thugs and Taunts
A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. Samuel Grafton, liberal newspaper columnist andauthor of the syndicated column I'd Rather Be Right was a wise...
View ArticleUpdated - Malta's resilience cannot be taken forgranted, IMF warns
Updated - Adds statement in full - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this afternoon warned that 2012 will be a tough economic year where nothing can be taken for granted but recognised Malta’s...
View ArticleJailed 11 years, fined €25,000 for importing heroin
Bunch Onyemachi Nnaka, 36, a Nigerian national ordinarily resident in Treviso, Italy, was today jailed for 11 years after he admitted to importing almost a kilo of heroin. He was also fined €25,000. He...
View ArticleWoman locked in bathroom for nine years
Palestinian police say they have freed a young woman whose father kept her locked in the bathroom of their home in the West Bank for about nine years. Spokesman Adnan Damiri says the 20-year-old woman...
View ArticleSkier sets Antarctica record
British skier Felicity Aston has crossed Antarctica, becoming the first woman to cross the icy continent alone. Aston also set another record: the first human to ski across Antarctica using only her...
View ArticleEnrique plotting to end Juve's run
Roma coach Luis Enrique is hoping to come up with a strategy that will finally bring an end to Juventus' unbeaten start to the season when the sides meet in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals tomorrow....
View ArticleServices for businesses grouped under one roof
Business First, a new one-stop shop for businesses, was inaugurated today with a promise of prompt and efficient service. The new initiative was inaugurated by Finance Minister Tonio Fenech at the new...
View ArticleWoman, 65, critical after fall
A 65-year-woman who fell in a street in St Paul's Bay this morning, is in danger of dying, the police said. The woman was given first aid by a medical team soon after she stumbled and fell in Triq...
View ArticleThree held for drugs
Three men aged between 17 and 28 have been arrested for drug possession or use, the police said. The arrests were made last night after searched in entertainment spots in Paceville. The drugs were...
View ArticleScene: Deceptive calm seen on the government benches
Anyone unfamiliar with the current political situation would think it was all cool and relaxed on the government front benches as the first of four sittings allocated to the no confidence vote in the...
View ArticleNo confidence motion - Outcome will be measured by the prime minister's own...
Opposition leader Joseph Muscat stressed this evening that by the prime minister's own benchmarks, the country would not get stability if a motion of no confidence was not defeated by a government...
View ArticleArriva appoints interim managing director
Dave Kaye has been appointed interim managing director of Arriva Malta for six months as managing director Keith Bastow is unable to continue in his role because of ill health, the company said. Mr...
View ArticleJesuit Centre for Faith and Justice condemns attack
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice condemned the alleged violent attack on two lesbian girls in Hamrun on January 13. "As Christians, we believe that all persons are created in the image and...
View ArticleMuscat's declaration exposes his thirst for power - PN
The Labour leader's declaration in Parliament tonight that even if the no confidence motion was defeated, the government would not be in a position to continue administering the country showed his...
View ArticleGaddafi loyalists attack Libyan town
Forces loyal to Libya's late leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked the former regime stronghold of Bani Walid today, killing at least four fighters from the new government, officials and residents said. The...
View ArticleJewellery burgled
A theft was reported this evening at GB Jewellers in Valley Road, Birkirkara. The police confirmed the theft, at about 8 p.m. but said no other details were available. The haul is believed to have been...
View ArticleBritish MP discuss how to manage Big Ben's tilt
Renovations to London's Palace of Westminster will not start for at least eight years, officials said tonight, as they scotched fears the parliamentary estate could sink into the Thames. MPs agreed to...
View ArticleDebono says Buddhist philosophy book is a source of peace to him
Nationalist MP Franco Debono said this afternoon he has had The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which he took with him to Parliament yesterday for years and it was a constant reference for him,...
View ArticleMasterplan on the diving industry open for public consultation
A masterplan to ensure a sustainable future for the diving industry as part of the tourism product, was launched for public consultation today. Tourism Minister Mario de Marco said the plan was drafted...
View ArticleMajor road works 'on time and on budget'
Garibaldi Street and Council of Europe Street in Luqa and Triq l-Ghassara tal-Gheneb in Marsa, will reopen to traffic in April when works on their rebuilding are completed. Transport Minister Austin...
View Article