Malta’s environmental problems have been caused by the Nationalist government’s lack of planning, wrong mentality and brushing of issues under the carpet, said MLP education secretary Aleks Farrugia....

Malta Labour Party spokesman for public investments John Attard Montalto said yesterday that keeping Sea Malta up and running was of vital strategic importance to Malta....

A German subsidiary company in Malta that is making profits after only three years of operations is planning to increase its workforce in the near future....

A man was conditionally discharged for one year yesterday after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis on 15 May 2003 and in the preceding three months....

A 14-year-old boy, who is claiming he was raped by a Moroccan man, yesterday testified before a magistrate’s court using video conferencing – a system used to prevent a victim from meeting the alleged aggressor....

A Libyan man was given a two-year jail sentence, suspended for four years, after pleading guilty to attacking four people, including two police officers, with a penknife....

A man has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of various crimes, including living off immoral earnings, damaging property, causing slight injuries and relapsing....

A man who is facing criminal proceedings for failing to restrain his 20 dogs informed a magistrate’s court yesterday that the dogs are locked up....

Five men, three of them still in their teens, were yesterday charged with a string of crime, ranging from arson to vandalism, and from driving without a licence to drug possession....

A woman was yesterday placed on probation for two years and fined Lm100 after pleading guilty to damaging a hired car....