Gonzi’s hotel canteen chat
The hoopla over public transport may have abated but it still cropped up as a concern when the Prime Minister met hotel workers yesterday. The Nationalist Party started its campaign to mark Worker’s...
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Fort will finally get angelic facelift
The beautiful but dilapidated Fort St Angelo will be restored and brought back to its former splendour through three conservation permits granted by the planning authority yesterday. Built by the...
View ArticleSocial partners lay into PM over ‘lack of consultation’
The General Workers Union was the only social partner to come to the defence of the Prime Minister yesterday in a rowdy meeting that discussed the government’s proposal to expand the Malta Council for...
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‘Baby making’ advert shocks web users
An advert offering women the chance to get pregnant with no strings attached was yesterday pulled off shopping and auctioning website MaltaPark after it went viral on social media networks. The seller...
View ArticleDestructive drug addict turned away from home
The cruelty of drug addiction was exposed in a court room yesterday as a woman refused to accept her brother back home after he threatened their mother over the money he needed for his next fix. “Our...
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Contractors fined €4,000 for causing death at site
Two contractors who caused the death of an 84-year-old woman when they forged ahead with excavation too close to her house were yesterday fined €4,000 each. The tragic structural failure of the house...
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‘Reserved’ lawyer found dead in car
Foul play has been ruled out in the mysterious death of a 31-year-old woman who was found slumped in her car parked just off the Coast Road early yesterday afternoon. Sources said there were no signs...
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Chapels at the root of life
Many small churches and chapels dot villages in Malta and the surrounding countryside and visitors to our islands will probably equate them with religious pastoral care only. But a closer look at the...
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Happy to be a slave
A man who has a fetish to serve women in a most servile way has chosen tomorrow’s issue of Pink magazine to explain why he recently placed an advert in his search to be someone’s slave. In the...
View ArticleGift of Life steps up drive against embryo freezing
Anti-abortion group Gift of Life will be stepping up its campaign against embryo freezing as Parliament prepares to discuss a draft law to regulate IVF. The finalised draft has not yet been made...
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State Department gives 'rocking' swearing-in for new ambassador to Malta
The new US ambassador-designate to Malta, Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley had an unusual installation ceremony at the State Department on Wednesday. The Washington Post said that the typical swearing-in...
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Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Times reports how a lawyer and mother-of-two was found dead in a car yesterday. It says the police have said there does not...
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Atletico Madrid a step closer to Europa League final
Atletico Madrid 4 Valencia 2 Atletico Madrid moved a step closer to their second Europa League final in three years as two goals from Radamel Falcao and further strikes from Miranda and Adrian Lopez...
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The right ingredients
Junifa Sundajana I Dewa Made is in love with cooking – for him, it’s not a job but a passion which he follows all around the world. He has worked as a chef in various countries, including Dubai and...
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Cash stolen in gaming outlet hold-up
A man ran off with several thousand euro in cash after a hold-up in a gaming outlet in Rue d'Argens, Gzira, late yesterday. The police said the man, hooded and wielding a knife, entered the outlet at...
View ArticleVietnam baffled by mystery disease
Vietnam has asked the World Health Organisation to help investigate a mystery disease that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in central Vietnam. Le Han Phong, chairman of the People's...
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Amish in court over haircut attacks
Sixteen men and women pleaded not guilty in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in the US state of Ohio. A feud over church discipline allegedly led to attacks in which the beards and...
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A toast to the dragon slayer
The red and white emblem is out in full force and the chilled pints are being prepared as I write this. Despite it not being a national holiday, St George’s Day sees one of Britain’s most beloved...
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Malta looks into deploying more troops to Somalia
The government is considering sending more Maltese soldiers to take part in an EU, anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast. Following a recent EU decision to extend Operation Atalanta by two years...
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‘Bold’ plans for a Grand Harbour bridge, pedestrianising Floriana and dgħajsa...
Imagine Floriana’s main road paved for pedestrians, a bridge crossing the Grand Harbour and two tram lines connecting almost all of Malta’s urban area. Those are just three of the “bold” proposals...
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