The private sector is investing because it is convinced of the direction that the country is taking, said Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi....

Appogg registered a record caseload of 6,263 in 2003, a 49 per cent increase over 2001, chief executive officer Joe Gerada said yesterday....

The Malta Federation of Industry (FOI) said that Car Free Day should not have been held on 22 September, a Wednesday, but the day before, which is a public holiday....

The three forensic scientists employed at the Forensic Lab who yesterday reported for work at the Finance Ministry in Valletta spent the day in an empty office on the top floor of the ministry....

A father and son yesterday appeared in court to answer charges of attacking and slightly injuring the Xghajra mayor and his wife....

The Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (GRTU) yesterday said the Health Ministry was imposing a total ban on smoking when, earlier this year, the Cabinet had decided that it would not have done so....

Kempinski Hotels and Resorts, the international company that manages the San Lawrenz Resort and Spa in Gozo, is planning to continue running this most upmarket resort in Gozo, The Malta Independent has learnt....

The government is looking into the possibility of splitting the 68 local council elections into two batches rather than three as things stand now, a government spokesman told The Malta Independent....

The work on the Marsa and Burmarrad watercourses, carried out during the summer months, could be put to the test over the coming weekend as weather forecasts issued by the meteorological office predict a storm with heavy showers....

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