Richard Spiteri, 39, from Valletta, who is commonly referred to as Raquela, was yesterday granted bail by Magistrate Joseph Apap Bologna after he was charged with loitering with the intent of prostitution and threatening four police officers on Tuesday. ...

Massimo Tivisini, 42, from Sicily, was yesterday jailed for four years after he admitted harassing and assaulting his former girlfriend, Eleonora Camilleri, on Sunday, 29 August. ...

An 18-year-old teenager from Cospicua was yesterday ordered to attend psychological sessions for a year-and-a-half and placed under a probation...

The health authorities have declared Malta free of the A-H1N1 virus, which is now rare also in Europe....

A 30-year-old cleaner was given a three-year probation order after pleading guilty to stealing a Nintendo game, a camera and three memory cards from rooms at the hotel where he worked in Bugibba....

Two US citizens are being held by the police in connection with drug finds made during Tuesday night....

A 56-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison suspended for four years and ordered to pay two fines of €460 and €8,986 after he pleaded guilty to forming part of an organisation that prostituted women. ...

Turnover and employment in services activities increased by 4.1 and 0.4 per cent respectively when compared to the first quarter of 2009....

A Libyan man who was caught importing drugs in February 2008 was yesterday jailed for 15 years and fined €37,000. ...

Special festivities are being held in Birkirkara to mark the centenary of the solemn crowning of the image of the Madonna tal-Herba, venerated in the sanctuary of the town...