Updated: Turkish 25-year-old woman who was reported missing returns home Sunday, 14 June 2015, 15:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Turkish national Irem Sakranli, 25, who resides in Swieqi, and who was reported missing earlier today, has returned safe and sound, the police said....
Would-be-robber with toy pistol leaves gaming shop empty handed after struggle with attendant Sunday, 14 June 2015, 13:51 Last update: about 10 years ago A would-be-robber escaped from a shop ended up empty handed after his hold up plan at gaming shop in St Paul's Bay late this morning went awry. The hooded thief, brandishing what looked like a...
Gaffarena property deal ‘institutionalised corruption’; Busuttil says buck stops with PM Sunday, 14 June 2015, 11:37 Last update: about 10 years ago PN leader Simon Busuttil said Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon admitted that he went on a hunting trip with Mark Gaffarena – who made a killing out of an expropriation deal - and allowed...
Chances of repeat offences lower when inmate remains in contact with relatives Sunday, 14 June 2015, 11:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Therese Bonnici Children of prisoners are often the forgotten victims of crimes. Nearly one million children in Europe have a parent in prison, and they are often subject to stigma, social isolation, shame and fear....
PN survey: Busuttil gaining ground with switchers, Muscat stronger with party faithful Sunday, 14 June 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago An internal survey commissioned by the Nationalist Party that was leaked to this newsroom suggests that PN leader Simon Busuttil has steadily gained ground with those who claim to have voted for...
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says government will not allow shady deals to sully its reputation Sunday, 14 June 2015, 10:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the government will not allow anyone to take advantage of this government's goodwill, referring to the Valletta property expropriation scandal. He also confirmed...
Zonqor project could get Mepa green light with introduction of ‘feasibility’ clause in SPED Sunday, 14 June 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Neil Camilleri The controversial Zonqor university project could be approved by the planning authority after a “feasibility” clause was introduced in the new, “weakened” structure plan,...
Malta’s football league championships are a match-fixing exercise – Federbet Sunday, 14 June 2015, 09:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Duncan Barry Francesco Baranca, the general secretary of Federbet – a non-profit representative body of gaming sector operators based in Belgium - did not mince his words when he said that Malta’s...
‘Abortion would have saved the life of this innocent child’ – Alfred Sant Sunday, 14 June 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Kevin Schembri Orland PL MEP and former Prime Minister Alfred San has abstained on a vote to remove a paragraph relating to abortion in an EU Parliamentary resolution. MEPs held a vote on a resolution for Paraguay;...
‘I will reverse the Gaffarena deal if I find it to have been dishonest’ – Prime Minister Sunday, 14 June 2015, 08:01 Last update: about 10 years ago David Lindsay As controversy continues to rage over Mark Gaffarena's dubious property dealings on Valletta's Old Mint Street, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has pledged that he will seek to undo what has been done by...