Three kiosk owners yesterday filed a judicial protest against Qrendi local council claiming this year they were not allowed to set up their kiosk in the same place as the last five years....

A man was acquitted of usury charges yesterday due to conflicting evidence....

A man was fined Lm5,587 for evading tax and relapsing in view of previous convictions....

A young man deemed to be a kleptomaniac was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing a car from an Mqabba garage on 22 March 2003....

A British-born young man was conditionally discharged for three years after violently and indecently assaulting a Japanese girl and abducting her with the intent to abuse her....

A young Yugoslav man is being tried for the murder of Joseph Drago, who was found dead under the The Strand pavement in Sliema, opposite Forestals, on 26 June 2002....

A man flying to Gozo by helicopter with his wife recently had his luggage sent to Libya rather than on the same helicopter to Gozo, spoiling his two-day holiday in a hotel to celebrate his silver wedding anniversary....

The government is seriously addressing the country’s fiscal deficit and is taking the necessary measures to continue addressing the problem, parliamentary secretary Tonio Fenech said yesterday....

The police yesterday reported that a large fish had been sighted in the vicinity of Golden Bay in Ghajn Tuffieha just after midday....

Around Lm42,000 was stolen from a company in Ghajn Dwieli Street, Paola, sometime between Sunday and yesterday, the police said yesterday....