One cannot ignore that a number of state primary schools premises are beyond their carrying capacity not only because of the demographic dynamics in the locality but also due to the number...

Labour Party MEP Alfred Sant has expressed concern about the “hidden but real cost to the economy” caused by traffic jams. Writing his bi-weekly blog on The Malta Independent, the...

The environment will be given greater importance after the MEPA split – or demerger – as what is today only a directorate will be “elevated to an authority,” according to...

A 13-year-old boy saved an infant from drowning at Marsalforn Bay this morning, eyewitnesses told The Malta Independent. The boy, aged around 18 months, was with his grandmother when he...

The relatives of the partner of the young man being accused of assaulting two police officers today told the court that one of the police officers had 'proudly admitted' to them that he had assaulted...

A set of books on diversity are to be distributed to students, teachers and families including ‘Daddy, Papa and Me’, ‘The Sissy Duckling’, ‘Be Who You Are’ and...

A woman and a child were rushed to hospital this afternoon after they were involved in a head-on crash in the Zurrieq by-pass. The crash between a Subaru and a van took place at 12.30pm, and for...

A 32-year-old man today was placed under a three-year probation and ordered to complete his drug rehabilitation programme after he pleaded guilty to theft and breaking and entering. Claudio...

A 24 year-old man from Tarxien, who allegedly is in a relationship with a 15 year-old girl, was remanded in custody this morning, after he was arraigned on charges of corruption of a minor...

The Education Ministry and the Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools will be spending over €18 million in projects related to school grounds for this year, Education Minister Evarist Bartolo said in...