Dr Ray Bondin, the executive coordinator of the Mdina Rehabilitation Project within the Resources Ministry, stated that while the Mdina project has only been active since 1998 a number of projects have already been finalised....

A training seminar has been held for Health Division speech language pathologists to instruct them on how to help clients improve their voice and voice quality, which may avoid the need for surgical intervention....

The Rural Affairs and Environment Ministry has no intention of hindering the legal practice of equestrian sports, a Department of Information statement said yesterday....

A postal census to determine the pig population by category has established that the downward trend in pig numbers continued for the second successive year....

Two Chinese nationals were yesterday given an eight month jail sentence, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to being in possession of false passports....

A suspended sentence was yesterday changed to a 16-month jail term after an appeals court upheld the Attorney General’s thesis that a legal provision should not have applied in respect of the accused....

The PES Group in the European Parliament has welcomed agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions which encourages the transfer of advanced, clean technologies to help achieve the targets set out in the Kyoto protocol....

The Malta Labour Party’s Cottonera joint committee has embarked on a process to promote Cottonera as a region. Opposition leader Alfred Sant referred to this during a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise....

United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan yesterday extended his congratulations to Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi on his new appointment....

Seven construction workers were extremely lucky to have escaped with their lives yesterday after a ceiling they were working on in Handaq, Qormi collapsed....