A World Health Organization official says the death rate in the current Ebola outbreak has increased to 70 percent. WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce Aylward gave the figure during a news...

The importance of access to nature for child development was the key message of the workshop run by BirdLife Malta as part of a kinder assistant training week held in Gozo. The weeklong training...

In its constant endeavours to support local sports associations, Frank Salt Real Estate has confirmed their sponsorship of the Phoenix Basketball Club for the upcoming season 2014/15. Phoenix...

Students living in Ghana, without access to safe and clean water, will soon benefit from the generosity of HSBC Malta employees. Together they have together contributed €16,000 towards a WaterAid...

Ebola test carried out on a patient under investigation for ebola resulted negative. Further tests confirmed that the patient is suffering from Malaria. Currently he is still being monitored. The...

Taste&Flair is out this Sunday with The Malta Independent - a huge bumper issue packed with more delicious features, wonderful photography and stylish spreads!  This issue is another...

The fastest and surest path to marriage for same-sex couples in some parts of the United States would be for the Supreme Court to surprise everyone and decline to get involved in the issue right...

Silent air guns were used around St Luke's hospital last Sunday at around 7 am, according to an eyewitness who spoke to The Malta Independent.  This was later confirmed by local authorities who...

Societa' Filarmonica Nazionale la Valette this morning launched the programme for its 140th Anniversary. The philharmonic society was founded by Pawlu Darmanin in 1874, and was originally...

A 45-year-old man who set fire to the prison cell he was in - and attempted to set another fire three days later - has been jailed for five years over the two incidents. The incident took place...