Four youths from Hamrun and one from Qormi were given suspended prison sentences yesterday after pleading guilty to no less than 57 charges related to the theft of, or theft from, motor vehicles....

An Msida man who admitted a charge of burglary was put on probation for three years yesterday and fined Lm500 after the court noted that he had turned in his accomplices and therefore deserved leniency to be shown....

Opera singers Miriam Gauci and Joseph Calleja will be sharing the stage for the first time as part of the EU accession celebrations on the night between 30 April and 1 May....

Water Services Corporation chairman Michael Falzon yesterday filed a judicial protest against Labour MP Joe Mizzi ordering him to substantiate or publicly withdraw allegations he had made against him in a newspaper article....

A Fgura man was given a suspended prison term yesterday for seriously injuring another man. Marco Attard, aged 38, pleaded guilty to seriously injuring Jonathan Chircop on 11 July 2003 in Fgura....

Educating guidance counsellors on gender sensitivity to help break down common stereotypes, is the first step towards raising the low rate of female participation in the job market, said Employment and Training Centre (ETC) senior executive Anna Borg...

The total number of cigarettes seized by the Customs Department was of 27.35 million, worth about Lm20 million, the department said yesterday....

Investment minister Austin Gatt yesterday expressed his surprise at the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises’ (GRTU) reaction to an increase in fuel prices....

The Party of European Socialists (PES) yesterday denounced an attack on the Malta Labour Party by a leading European Parliament right-winger as “stunning in its hypocrisy”....

A number of marine turtles were returned to their natural habitat yesterday in an operation carried out jointly by the Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences (MCFS) and the Nature Protection Unit of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority....