Road works along the Coast Road
Road works will be carried out along Triq il-Kosta, Naxxar in the vicinity of the Coastline Hotel tomorrow between 5.30am and 5pm, Transport Malta said. It urged motorists are urged to seek...
View ArticleMSE Share Index hits 14-month high
The MSE Share Index rallied by 1.6 per cent on the last trading day of the week to close at a new 14-month high of 3,186.397 points. Today's upturn helped the local equity benchmark to end the week in...
View ArticleNobel winner Mo's dissident plea
Nobel Prize for literature winner Mo Yan has expressed hope that China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo will regain his freedom. Mr Mo told reporters today he hoped Liu could "regain...
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Valletta named European Culture Capital 2018
Valletta has been unanimously nominated European Culture Capital 2018 during a ceremony at St John’s CoCathedral this afternoon. The selection panel was persuaded that there is the will, drive and...
View ArticleMUT warns of industrial action
The Malta Union of Teachers has warned of industrial action if a group of learning support assistants it has been in talks with the government about are not assimilated into the grade of LSA II by...
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Magistrate admonishes couple for registering daughters as having 'unknown...
A man was today acquitted of failing to return his daughter to her mother but the couple were admonished by their magistrate for registering their children as having an unknown father to claim social...
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Taliban shooting suspects arrested
Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the Taliban after promoting girls' education and speaking out about the group's atrocities. A...
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Court condemns every prime minister since 1970
A court has condemned the failure of every Maltese prime minister since 1970 to ratify a cabinet decision which would have given former Malta Electricity Board employees’ pension rights similar to...
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PBS favouring the government - PL spokesman
A web to back GonziPN and which was passing subtle and less subtle messages in favour of the present government was being woven at Public Broadcasting Services, PL spokesman Gino Cauchi told a news...
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Francis Xavier Giorgio named senior of the year
Francis Xavier Giorgio is the winner of the 19th edition of the Senior of the Year Award organised by the Secretariat for the Elderly and Community Care. Mr Giorgio is very active in the field of...
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€50,000 lottery winner receives cheque in Malta
A lucky British man was all smiles yesterday after being whisked away to Malta to be presented with €50,000 by UK celebrity Carol Smillie. Richard Butler received the cheque from The Player’s Lottery,...
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Priests should compensate victims, not Church – Mgr Scicluna
Victims of clerical sex abuse should receive compensation, but from the perpetrators rather than the Church as a whole, Malta’s new Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna tells The Sunday Times in an...
View ArticleAl Qaida chief urges film 'Holy War'
The leader of al Qaida has urged Muslims to wage holy war against the United States and Israel over a film that insulted Islam's Prophet Mohammed. Ayman al-Zawahri praised as "honest and zealous"...
View ArticleThe Republic of Mellieha
In the 1980s the Republic of Zejtun was established in the south of Malta. It was perhaps more akin to anarchy than to a republic. Its citizens were exempt for the laws that bound the rest of us. If...
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Works at Peacock Gardens underway
Works are currently underway to clear Peacock Gardens in Valletta as part of an ERDF project in which €800,000, part-financed by the European Union, are being invested. The project comprises the...
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PL billboard direct reply to PN's
The Labour Party this morning launched a billboard with the message that Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi is just talk and no action Gonzi Jpacpac Biss. The billboard is a direct reply to the one...
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Shuttle makes way through LA streets
The shuttle Endeavour has maintained a heading through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home at a museum. Endeavour's final mission began when it departed from the Los Angeles...
View ArticleChina protest Tibetan man on fire
A human rights group says the grandfather of a revered Tibetan Buddhist figure has died after setting himself on fire in protest at Chinese rule. It is the latest of dozens of self-immolations by...
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Man charged with stealing necklaces from elderly women
A 49-year-old man from Birzebbuga was remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to using violence to steal three necklaces from elderly women. One necklace was stolen from 80-year-old woman in...
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Man jailed six years for jewellery store hold-up
A 43-year-old man from St Paul's Bay has been jailed six years for last Thursday's hold-up on Super Gold Jewellery of Pioneers Road, Bugibba. Joseph Camilleri stole more than €2,300 worth of...
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