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Teacher has five-year jail term for traffic accident reduced to suspended...
A five-year jail term for a teacher who involuntarily killed an elderly man in a traffic accident was converted to a suspended sentence and fine on appeal on Wednesday. Dorianne Camilleri, 36, had...
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Law student's statement to police in drugs case deemed inadmissible by the...
A lawyer whose criminal trial over drug-smuggling charges is expected soon, has successfully argued before the Constitutional court that a police statement released 18 years ago upon arrest and...
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Song festival for young people
L-Għanja tal-Poplu – Żgħażagħ, a youth festival launched with the aim of giving space to under-16s to express their wishes and aspirations through song, will be held on Friday. The festival, organised...
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Hotel guests increase by 11.7% in last quarter of 2017
The number of guests in hotels and other collective accommodation for tourists increased by 11.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in the previous year. The National...
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Three Junior College students held after drugs raid
Three students of the Junior College are being questioned by the police after a raid for drugs. The college administration said that after having been tipped off that some students were using illicit...
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Three astronauts return to Earth after five-and-a-half-month mission
Three astronauts have returned from the International Space Station to the snowy, bitingly cold flat lands of Central Asia. The return came after a five-and-a-half-month mission highlighted by robotic...
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Half days are here to stay, says Civil Service head
There are no plans to ditch summer half days for civil servants and there is no indication that half days are hindering the economy, Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar said on Wednesday. Mr...
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Europe pledges to help get Alzheimer's drugs approved
European regulators are following in the footsteps of the US Food and Drug Administration with plans to help pharmaceutical companies win approval for novel Alzheimer's drugs that treat the earliest...
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Hospital patient data system fails for seven hours
Mater Dei Hospital’s clinical patient administration system, the health service’s IT backbone, was down for about seven hours on Wednesday, forcing staff to carry out most of their administrative work...
View ArticleA profession in distress
Few would disagree that teaching is a vocation rather than just another job. The right attitude is the essential requirement when a young person decides to follow a teaching course at the University....
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Relief as soil removal plan at historic Naxxar site is withdrawn
An application for the removal of soil from a Naxxar site, which is deemed to be of archaeological interest possibly dating back to Roman times, has been withdrawn. The application was for the removal...
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Wearing crowns of bullets and carrying assault rifles, couples go to church...
Hundreds of couples toting AR-15 rifles packed a Unification church in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to have their marriages blessed and their weapons celebrated as "rods of iron" that could have saved...
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HSBC Malta announces special dividend after nine-year absence
HSBC Bank Malta plc kicked off the financial reporting season last week with the publication of its 2017 annual financial statements. The bottom-line figure should not have surprised the market. HSBC...
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Albania seizes 613 kilos of cocaine, ship had stopped in Malta
Albanian police seized 613 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container of bananas from Colombia on Wednesday, they said, hailing it as the Balkan nation’s biggest haul of the drug ever and as a triumph for...
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Change referendum law, hunters insist; government not interested in wildlife...
Updated 11.30am with BirdLife reaction The government should not spend another €6 million of taxpayers' money on a spring hunting referendum, the hunters' federation said on Thursday. But in a...
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Multi-sensorial art project brings together 16 artists
AMuSe, the multi-sensorial art project led by the Malta Society of Arts (MSA) announced the 16 selected artists from four different countries. AMuSE brings together different artists from Malta,...
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Blizzards blast Britain and Ireland, drivers trapped in Scotland
Snow storms from Siberia blasted Britain and Ireland on Thursday with the worst weather since 1991, trapping hundreds of motorists on roads overnight in Scotland and closing schools and airports. With...
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Man hit by car at Gżira seafront
A 29-year-old Italian man suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a car at Gżira seafront this morning. The accident happened at 6.30am. He was hit by a Toyota Ractis being driven towards Msida...
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Russia returns to Olympic fold after less than three months in the cold
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted the Russian Olympic Committee's ban for state-sponsored doping only three days after the 2018 Winter Games' closing ceremony. This means Russia's...
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Celebrating World Wildlife Day
Birdlife Malta will be celebrating World Wildlife Day with a guided wildlife walk, bird ringing demonstration, birdwatching and a wildlife talk at the Simar Nature Reserve in Xemxija on Saturday....
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