Updated: Man hospitalised after falling one storey with car at Mriehel Bypass Friday, 12 June 2015, 15:06 Last update: about 11 years ago A 27-year-old man, , has been hospitalised after losing control of the car he was driving along the Mriehel Bypass, Qormi, and falling about a storey into a plant nursery below street...
All yellow badge disability holders to receive discount on Malta Public Transport Friday, 12 June 2015, 14:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Jacob Borg All yellow badge disability holders will receive a 2/3rds fare reduction, Justyne Caruana, the parliamentary secretary for persons with a disability announced today. Prior to this, only blue...
Publication of IAID inquiry will not be in breach of the law – government Friday, 12 June 2015, 14:51 Last update: about 11 years ago The government said that the publication of the internal audit investigation department’s inquiry on the Gaffarena property deal will not be in breach of any law. Following a story...
Woman cleared of trying to smuggle drugs in prison by stuffing them into chicken Friday, 12 June 2015, 14:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Therese Bonnici A woman who tried to smuggle drugs into prison by stuffing them into a cooked chicken has been cleared of all charges. In 2006, Tania Calleja, resident in Qormi, was charged with attempting to...
St Paul’s Bay council spent 1.5 times its yearly allocation in four months before election Friday, 12 June 2015, 14:33 Last update: about 11 years ago John Cordina The recently-elected mayor of the St Paul's Bay local council emphasised that her council faced an uphill struggle since its Labour Party-led predecessor has left it saddled with some €425,000 in...
Man cleared of heroin possession charges after prosecution failed to present enough evidence Friday, 12 June 2015, 14:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Therese Bonnici A man was cleared of heroin possession charges after the prosecution failed to bring present enough evidence in court. In 2009, 42-year-old Emanuel Mizzi, resident in Zabbar, was charged with...
Royal Navy Commodore ‘surprised’ by sheer number of migrants in need of saving in the Med Friday, 12 June 2015, 14:09 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Camilleri A senior Royal Navy officer said today he was surprised by the sheer number of migrants in need of saving in the Mediterranean. Commodore Martin Connell, the commander of the Amphibious Task...
Court rules mother acted negligently when baby drowned in bath while she chatted on Facebook Friday, 12 June 2015, 13:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Therese Bonnici The young mother whose nine-month old baby drowned while she was chatting on Facebook today was given a two-year prison term suspended for three years. The incident happened back in 2012, when...
Malta-Sicily windsurfing record attempt to be made Saturday in aid of Community Chest Fund Friday, 12 June 2015, 11:50 Last update: about 11 years ago Veteran windsurfer Paul Ellul has been given the go ahead to attempt a Malta-Sicily record crossing by windsurf on Saturday afternoon in an event being held in aid of the Malta Community Chest...
‘I’m still hoping this is a nightmare’ – Clarissa Ellul after tragic death of friend Ruth Friday, 12 June 2015, 11:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Therese Bonnici Friends of Ruth Attard, the 27-year-old woman who was found dead at Ghar Lapsi on Sunday, are still coming to terms with the fact that their friend is forever gone. “When the news broke...