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‘I made a mistake and I paid for it. Please don’t condemn me for life’
Piles of boxes stacked on top of each other line Karen’s* small apartment, as she prepares to move out – she cannot afford to pay the rent any longer. Karen currently relies on social benefits. Aged...
View ArticleCompanies face funding access problems
Almost a third of companies have problems accessing credit facilities, a study by the Malta Business Bureau has found. The survey, released yesterday, showed the situation was more acute among...
View ArticleWoman, 32, gave drugs to teenagers
A 32-year-old woman was yesterday jailed for 18 months and fined €1,500 after pleading guilty to giving two teenage girls drugs after they ran away from a care home. Chantelle Desira, from Żejtun, had...
View ArticleDJ jailed and fined over 50 ecstasy pills
A 22-year-old DJ was yesterday jailed for two years and fined €3,000 after he admitted to being in possession of about 50 ecstasy pills in a nightclub. Brandon Bartolo was caught with the drugs in St...
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Attard councillor fined €200 for injuring man
An Attard local councillor, John Bonnici, was yesterday fined €200 for slightly injuring the man who ran the locality’s Labour Party club during a fight in 2009. Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit...
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Labour of love for model ship builder
The grandeur of the HMS Victoria will adorn an office in London, 120 years after it sailed out of Grand Harbour and was accidentally rammed and sunk off Tripoli in Lebanon. This is one of some 40...
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FKNK refuse to sack hunter who admitted breaking law
The hunters’ federation (FKNK) yesterday refused to bow to Birdlife’s demand to step down from the board monitoring Malta’s spring hunting derogation or kick out a member who has admitted wrongdoing....
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Dalligate: OLAF may have acted illegally
The EU’s anti fraud agency (OLAF) went beyond its mandate and possibly broke laws in the way it obtained information in the Dalligate investigation, according to a report by its own watchdog. The...
View ArticleGas deal to fix prices at five years – and not 10
Electricity prices generated with gas will not be fixed for 10 years, as promised, but “a minimum of five”, according to the call for expression of interest seen by The Times. No explanation was...
View ArticleROOFING OVER
To read certain columnists, that blinking open space, part of Piano's design for City Gate, remains the be-all and end-all of everything that matters in the country. In fact, the debate has expanded...
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Surfers enjoy the waves
Wind-surfers made the best of the strong wind and high waves which hit the east coast of Malta today. Picture Anthony Vella - mynews@timesofmalta.com
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Inherited breast cancer goes under microscope
A €2.4 million project that will study familial breast cancer among Maltese and Sicilian communities was officially launched yesterday by Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia. The project, work on which...
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How about a chocolate factory in our capital?
A roller coaster around the capital, a water fight at the Palace Armoury and a water slide in St George’s Square would be a perfect way to celebrate Valletta as Europe’s Capital of Culture in 2018,...
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Abela Baldacchino's election 'shows lack of political judgement' - EPP...
The vice-president of the EPP Group in the European Parliament has joined criticism of the election of Labour candidate Claudette Abela Baldacchino as an MEP. "The election of the new Socialist...
View ArticleRestaurant owners see red over fireworks display ban
Owners of two companies are furious because the police have ordered them not to go to a restaurant they run in Għajn Tuffieħa this weekend because of a fireworks display. In a judicial protest,...
View ArticlePupils’ maths skills add up to 28th place
Malta has ranked 28th out of 50 countries in a study gauging mathematical skills. The Trend in International Mathematics and Science Study (Timss) was published inter-nationally in December but was...
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Cyclist killed in China doing sport he lived for
When a cyclist was killed by a motorist in Baħar ic-Cagħaq three years ago, Ishmael Muscat was among the first to offer his condolences and call for cycling safety measures. It did not matter that he...
View ArticleCommission stands by anti-fraud head
The European Commission yesterday reiterated its support for the actions taken by the director general of its anti-fraud agency (OLAF), Giovanni Kessler, and shot down calls for his resignation. Mr...
View Article‘Abela Baldacchino’s election shames Malta’
PN Deputy Leader Simon Busuttil said in Parliament last night that the election of Claudette Abela Baldacchino shamed Malta before Europe and he called Labour’s political ethics into question. Dr...
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Three women elected MEPs
It was a red letter day for female politicians yesterday as Malta went from having no women in the European Parliament to three. The casual elections saw Marlene Mizzi, Roberta Metsola and Claudette...
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