Serial criminal jailed for 18 months after bus driver catches him red handed stealing car stereo Monday, 15 June 2015, 16:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Camilleri A 39-year-old man with a colourful police record was jailed for eighteen months after a bus driver caught him red handed stealing a stereo from his car. Lawrence Micallef passed his parked car...
Updated (2): ‘It’s political discrimination’- PN; Civil servants should be loyal - government Monday, 15 June 2015, 16:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Therese Bonnici The Nationalist Party today said that two of the civil servants who allegedly passed on information to former minister Tonio Fenech have been placed or forced leave or suspended. Addressing a...
Tunisian who beat his wife for calling him lazy changes plea to guilty, handed suspended sentence Monday, 15 June 2015, 15:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Camilleri A Tunisian man who had previously denied beating up his wife was today handed a suspended sentence after changing his plea and admitting to the charges. The 31-year-old, whose name is not being...
Zebbug man who fell for online sexual predator trap arraigned, granted bail Monday, 15 June 2015, 14:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Camilleri A 26-year-old who engaged in an online chat with who he thought was an underage girl with the aim of seeing her naked today was charged with attempting to participate in cybersex with underage...
Pensioner jailed 9 years for raping girl, 7, who went to his house to play with his cats Monday, 15 June 2015, 14:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Camilleri A 68-year-old man today was jailed for nine years after a court found him guilty of raping a 7-year-old girl who visited his house frequently to see his cats. William Gatt, from St Paul’s...
Marsascala mayor denies any link to petition in favour of University development at Zonqor Point Monday, 15 June 2015, 13:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Marsascala mayor Mario Calleja has denied any link to people soliciting signatures for a petition in favour of the University development at Zonqor Point. A number of Marsascala residents...
Updated: NGOs urge public to join protest on Saturday against 'siege on ODZ' land Monday, 15 June 2015, 11:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Duncan Barry Twenty-one non-governmental organisations today urged the public to join the protest against what they described as a “siege” on outside development zones. The protest will be held on...
Electoral Commission seeking information on Electronic Vote-Counting solution Monday, 15 June 2015, 11:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Could this be the start of something everybody has been suggesting for decades? The Electoral Commission has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to conduct market research for the proof of...
In May, annual rate of inflation as measured by Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices at 1.3% Monday, 15 June 2015, 11:20 Last update: about 11 years ago In May, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices stood at 1.3 per cent. In May, the annual rate of inflation stood at 1.3 per cent. A year earlier the...
Advocating the independence of Public Accounts Committees - Tonio Fenech Monday, 15 June 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago PN MP Tonio Fenech was recently appointed Chairman of the Commonwealth Association for Public Accounts Committees (CAPAC), aimed at ensuring that all Commonwealth countries benefit from strong and...