Generous subsidy scheme for Cospicua residents
The Housing Authority has extended a scheme whereby tenants of government housing in Cospicua can purchase their house at a subsidized rate. The scheme has been extended to August 2. The Authority said...
View ArticlePlayground for dogs being set up at Ta' Qali
A playground for dogs is to be set up by the Resources Ministry at Ta' Qali in the first project of its kind in Malta. The park will occupy an area of 1,000 square metres near the picnic area and the...
View ArticleTourism master plan focuses on authenticity
A draft tourism policy for the next five years, focusing heavily on giving tourists 'an authentic Maltese product', was launched today by Tourism Minister Mario de Marco. He told a press conference...
View ArticleUpdated: UHM warns Gozo ferry service may be disrupted or stopped during...
The Union Haddiema Maghqudin today ordered industrial action by staff and crews at Gozo Channel and warned that the service will be disrupted and possibly stopped. The action was called as the ferry...
View ArticleOmbudsman makes recommendations for new Film Classification Board
The Ombudsman has issued recommendations on the composition and functions on the new film classification board which will replace the Board of Fil and State Censors. The recommendations were made as...
View ArticleMan admits stealing €35,000 worth of cigarettes
A man who admitted to stealing €35,000 worth of cigarettes was jailed for two years today. A court heard how Emanuel Farrugia, 47 of Marsa, stole the cigarettes in November 2007 during a hold-up at a...
View ArticleMan acquitted of hacking friend's hi'5 account
A 20-year-old man was today acquitted of having threatened his friend's mother after hacking her son's hi-5 account. Edmond Attard, of Mellieha was accused of having committed the crime two years ago....
View ArticleMoody's Malta downgrade is unfair - Fenech
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech this afternoon said he was “disappointed” by Moody’s decision to downgrade Malta, which he described as unjustified. He invited the credit rating agency to come and see...
View ArticleIHI only equity in positive territory
The share price of International Hotel Investments plc jumped 4% during this morning’s trading session on the Borza to regain the €0.78 level across two trades totalling more than 100,000 shares....
View ArticleUpdated - Drugs found hidden in prisoner's timpana
An attempt to take drugs into the prisons was foiled when the drugs were found hidden in timpana which was being delivered to a prisoner, the Home Affairs Ministry said today. The ministry was reacting...
View ArticleWhitney Houston's hits set to storm music charts
Whitney Houston looks set to storm back into the top 10 following her death. Early sales figures show the late star could have as many as seven singles in the top 40, with the highest - former...
View ArticleKiss and Tell: X Marks The Spot!
A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop speech when words become superfluous. So said Ingrid Bergman. Alas, kissing is the actually mutual exchange of saliva, potentially passing on...
View ArticleFormer nurse convicted of abusive use of hospital information on children
A former nurse at the Child Development Assessment Unit was condemned to a suspended sentence today after he was convicted of making abusive use of children's data for his personal use. Keith Desmond...
View ArticleMUMN protests as extra beds are placed in medical, surgical wards
The MUMN Nurses Union this morning protested about extra beds having been placed in the corridors and 'single' rooms of the medical and surgical wards of Mater Dei Hospital and warned that it would...
View ArticleFrankfurt air controllers strike extended
A strike at Frankfurt Airport is to be extended into tomorrow in a dispute over pay and working conditions for ground workers, a union has said. The GdF union, which represents air traffic control...
View ArticleSalesman duped Mater Dei into believing he was a consultant
A former labelling clerk and salesman led Mater Dei Hospital officials to believe that he was a medical consultant and even administered VAC therapy to speed up the healing of deep wounds, charging the...
View ArticleGWU tells its members to back directives against Gozo Channel
'Go slow' directives and bad weather combined this morning to cause difficulties on the Gozo ferry service while the Union Haddiema Maghqudin insisted that it will not attend a conciliation meeting...
View ArticleBurglar strikes at same house twice
A man who was jailed for 18 months after burgling a house in Mosta struck again at the same house last week, immediately after being released from prison, a court was this morning Bjorn Borg, 29, who...
View ArticleKarozzin owner accused of animal cruelty
Carmel Mallia, a karozzin owner whose horse collapsed and died in Marina Street, Pieta, last summer, was taken to court today and accused of animal cruelty. He pleaded not guilty. Police inspector Anne...
View ArticleXemxija beach set to be replenished and extended
The Malta Tourism Authority is planning to import sand to replenish and extend the small sandy beach at Xemxija. The proposal has been presented to Mepa in a Project Description Statement (PDS) and...
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