The year 2004 was a record year in terms of generated waste in the period between 2000 and 2006 – some 2,874,853 tonnes of waste were sent to the treatment and disposal sites in that year, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday....

At 979, non-fatal accidents at work between October and December decreased by 4.5 per cent when compared to the same quarter in the preceding year...

Competitiveness and Communications Minister Censu Galea yesterday inaugurated a crucial Task Force meeting of the CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations) which is currently discussing reforms within this organisation....

The Malta Transport Authority denied that the St Paul’s Bay by-pass had been closed to traffic “for nothing”, as ONE News reported....

Ghabex, Dar Merhba Bik, Dar Tereza Spinelli, Dar Carolina Gauci, and Dar Qalb ta’ Gesu’, five shelters working against domestic violence shared €700 (Lm300.51) between them...

Family and Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina has opened a day centre for disabled persons in Paola, saying there were two main aims in the social sector, which were to offer equal opportunities to all, and to improve existing services....

Alternattiva Demokratika leader Harry Vassallo said the pensioners’ proposal for direct representation on the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development is fully in line with its policy for effective consultation with civil society. ...

Labour in government would weaken health services, assistance to the elderly, assistance for housing and infrastructural improvements, the Nationalist Party said, interpreting comments by MLP deputy leader and finance spokesperson Charles Mangion....

Accusing the MLP of offering nothing new, the Nationalist Party yesterday said Labour leader Alfred Sant wanted to re-open the EU issue, which would create uncertainty, as had happened in the 22 months Dr Sant was Prime Minister....

The highest levels of care would be achieved in Malta through the service of family doctors, Mater Dei Hospital...