Investments and IT Minister Austin Gatt was criticised for political opportunism by MLP IT spokesman Leo Brincat yesterday...

Lou Bondi’s programme BondiPlus of 17 December, dealing with the book by diplomat Evarist Saliba, was yesterday fined €1,164 (Lm500) by the Broadcasting Authority for lack of balance....

Various road projects undertaken in the past years by the Nationalist government prove the incompetence and waste of the administration, said opposition acting leader Charles Mangion yesterday....

HSBC Malta donated some 350 shrubs to embellish recreational spaces in Pembroke, as part of a project coordinated by YMCA Homeless and YWCA, in collaboration with the 34U Campaign and the locality’s local council. ...

A band club yesterday filed a judicial protest in the First Hall of the Civil Court claiming that it is the oldest band club in the island and formally called on another band club to stop claiming that it was founded first. ...

A magistrates' court jailed a 25-year-old man for 26 months and fined e1,863 after he was found guilty of trafficking and possession of heroin in circumstances that were not for his own personal use. ...

A 31-year-old Serbian, who lives in Malta, was found dead in a residence in Swieqi yesterday afternoon, the police said....

The opposition and the government appear increasingly at odds over whether medicinal prices are on the increase or decrease with both parties presenting very contrasting views....

Former PN front-liner Carmel Cacopardo yesterday confirmed he had resigned his membership of the Nationalist Party and has been appointed the green party Alternattiva Demokratika’s spokesman for sustainable development....

Mario Borg, 31, was yesterday jailed for 21 years and fined e70,000 (Lm30,000) after he was found guilty, in a trial by jury, of importing heroin...