A Family Court has granted divorce to a Maltese woman whose husband had abandoned her after she found out he was already married and had four children. Magistate Abigail Lofaro heard how the...

The following is an extensive reproduction of the text of the speech given by President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca during her annual meeting with ambassadors and diplomats today   At...

The Department of Social Policy & Social Work at the University of Malta exprfessed its serious concerns with regard to the proposed Bill, An Act to Amend the Social Work Profession Act, Cap 468,...

NGOs this morning said that amendments to the law regarding social workers will make it impossible for them to employ social workers. Parliament yesterday discussed a Bill proposed by the...

The Maltese Association for Social Workers (MASW) today welcomed the Government’s initiative to amend the Social Work Act which was enacted in the Laws of Malta in 2003. Currently, several...

In December, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices stood at 1.2 per cent, the NSO said today. A year earlier the annual rate was 0.4 per...

Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne has announced that in the coming months, screening for cervical cancer will start being offered in all Heath Centres. The Department of Health will be sending out...

After at least two long and convoluted sittings, the Mepa board today threw out the controversial application regarding the Nadur belvedere not without additional pyrotechnics in the hall. To...

A law which will allow the dependants of police officer killed in action to receive an allowance saw support from both sides of the House this evening in Parliament. The Bill was presented by...

The government spent more than €10 million on roadworks ahead of the Valletta Summit on Migration and CHOGM, according to information tabled this evening by Transport Minister Joe Mizzi.  He...