Edwin Vassallo is participating in his first official meeting in his capacity as president of Parliament’s permanent committee on social affairs....

Bank of Valletta has extended a sponsorship to Ohloq Tbissima Marathon 2008, the 60-hour transmission marathon in aid of the missions in Peru, Pakistan and the Philippines and projects at St Joseph Home in Sta Venera. ...

Din l-Art Helwa is pleased to note that the Heritage Team at Mepa was vigilant enough to discover important archaeological remains dating to the Temple Period...

The General Workers’ Union is to draw up proposals relating to a reform of local government, to contribute to this and at the same time ensure the protection of the interests of local council employees....

A group of 27 illegal immigrants, all of them men, made it to shore along Tower Road in Sliema...

A man from Costa Rica who owns a German passport was charged yesterday with grievously injuring a man in St Julian’s on 3 July at 3am....

Finance Minister Tonio Fenech expressed surprise at comments by Labour MP Helena Dalli, who denied in a statement that she knew that the government intended to privatise the Malta Shipyards...

Between January and May, the number of Maltese passengers departing by air and sea amounted to 101,985, an increase of 17.6 per cent over the corresponding period last year. ...

Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono will tomorrow be launching a public consultation process regarding the Eco-Gozo strategy....

The Labour Party agreed with the planned services standards at Mater Dei Hospital, MLP health spokesman Karl Chircop said. ...