Investments Minister Austin Gatt has written to the chairman of parliament’s public accounts committee to point out that no date had yet been set for a committee sitting to investigate claims by the Opposition Leader about the Water Services Corporation....

Revised labour market data indicate that in 2006, the full-time gainfully occupied population increased by 1,017 persons while unemployment decreased by 249 persons when compared to 2002...

At 6,590 persons, registered unemployment in August declined by 582 persons when compared to the same month last year, the National Statistics Office said yesterday, basing figures on data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation....

Alternattiva Demokratika spokesperson on environment and energy Ralph Cassar yesterday called for the strict enforcement of hunting laws and for police authorities “to clamp down on hunters who resort to intimidation”....

The Tourism and Culture Ministry and the Malta Tourism Authority yesterday strongly deplored the “senseless act” committed by irresponsible persons at Nadur Tower in Dwejra last weekend....

A 27-year-old Libyan, residing in the Ta’ Kandja accommodation centre, was yesterday remanded in custody after he was accused of coming back to Malta after a deportation order was issued against him. ...

Two Ethiopian men, residing in the open centres, were yesterday conditionally discharged for one year after they both pleaded guilty to trying to leave Malta without a passport. ...

A man from Rabat was yesterday granted bail after he pleaded not guilty to the charges of insulting and assaulting a police officer in the Rabat police station at around 5.30am yesterday morning. ...

A Bulgarian mother and daughter yesterday pleaded guilty to the charges of pick-pocketing. ...

The Water Services Corporation, referring to remarks by Opposition Leader Alfred Sant on Sunday...