Twenty-one Africans are feared drowned in another tragedy involving irregular migrants...

Only 2,244 bills in excess of Lm5 were issued after the first month of operation of the Controlled Vehicle Access System in Valletta...

The overwhelming majority of respondents think that the development overlooking Ramla l-Hamra should not go ahead, according to an online poll on The Malta Independent website....

The government explained yesterday why no inquiry was needed into the decision by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority to give the green light to development at Ramla l-Hamra...

A 17-year-old boy from Birkirkara was jailed for two years yesterday, suspended for three years...

A drug trafficker was jailed for two years yesterday, and had a two-year suspended jail term converted to effective imprisonment, after he was found guilty of trafficking heroin in 2004. ...

The government yesterday inaugurated the premises of the Organisation for the Integration and Welfare of Asylum Seekers (OAIWAS) at Beltisebh, just outside the capital....

Civil Protection Department personnel stationed in Gozo successfully managed the very tricky rescue of a German short-haired pointer dog from a well on the outskirts of the village of Sannat last Saturday....

An Alternattiva Demokratika delegation presented their budget proposals to Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday...

Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino called yesterday for more synergy and collaboration between local councils which, he said, would in turn benefit more than one community. ...