Colombian Jose Edgar Pena, who was last week found guilty and jailed for conspiring to traffic cocaine back in 2006, yesterday filed an appeal....

Minister for Finance, the Economy and Investment Tonio Fenech was surprised that, in his two-hour speech in reaction to the budget for 2011, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat did not discuss employment....

The Water Services Corporation, saying it is still counting the cost of last week’s storms...

Every year there are between one and four deaths due to asthma in Malta, a figure which can partly be put down to the fact that health centres are rarely too far, according to Professor Stephen Montefort. ...

The legal team representing Helen Milligan, the mother in a custody case before the Gozo courts, has objected to the publication of a letter that the father, Anthony Xuereb, sent to the media. ...

The Justice and Home Affairs Ministry has finalised a bill that proposes the introduction of an offenders’ register aimed at strengthening the legal framework for the protection of minors....

Opposition leader Joseph Muscat yesterday called on Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi to “stop taxing the people dry” and address, rather than shy away from, the country’s most pressing problems. ...

Car enthusiasts will surely remember with fondness Citroën’s DS vehicles produced between 1955 and 1975....

The Balzan local council will be organising a pool marathon between 6pm on Friday, 19 November and 6pm on Sunday, 21 November, at Aurora Hall, in aid of Community Chest Fund. Forty-eight hours of non-stop pool!...

The Gharghur local council will be holding a talk by a social security officer on Tuesday, 9 November at 9.30am....