Updated (3): Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri to remain at Castille; Mallia returns to Cabinet Thursday, 28 April 2016, 16:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Gabriel Schembri Konrad Mizzi has been removed from the position of health and energy minister but will retain the title of minister and will work under the PM’s ministry with responsibility to carry out...
'Falcon Tower', part of Montekristo Estates, being demolished on instruction by Planning Authority Thursday, 28 April 2016, 16:29 Last update: about 10 years ago The 'Falcon Tower', built as a replica of the de Redin tower from the 1600s is being demolished. This tower is part of Charles Polidano's infamous Montekristo Estate in Safi. This demolition is being...
Court rejects self-defence claim in stabbing case, hands down suspended sentence Thursday, 28 April 2016, 15:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Neil Camilleri A 40-year-old man from Birkirkara has been handed a suspended sentence after being found guilty of stabbing his flatmate in 2012. London-born Neil Andrew Vella had originally been charged with...
PN pledges to work hard to strengthen beleaguered financial services sector Thursday, 28 April 2016, 15:50 Last update: about 10 years ago The Nationalist Party pledged to work hard to strengthen Malta’s financial services sector which, leader Simon Busuttil said, has been weakened by the Panama Papers scandal. Dr Busuttil was...
Watch: Former police chief Michael Cassar says he leaves the corps stronger than it was in 2014 Thursday, 28 April 2016, 15:27 Last update: about 10 years ago Former Police Commissioner Michael Cassar, who resigned on Wednesday for health reasons, said that he leaving the Police Corps in a much better state than how he found it when he took over the...
GWU newspaper report on Police Inspector Elton Taliana not defamatory, court rules Thursday, 28 April 2016, 15:15 Last update: about 10 years ago Neil Camilleri Police Inspector Elton Taliana has lost a libel case he had instituted against the editor of GWU Sunday paper it-Torca. The inspector had taken exception to a news report about the wrongful...
Mobile phone roaming fees are 'a practice of the past' – MEP Roberta Metsola Thursday, 28 April 2016, 14:29 Last update: about 10 years ago “Mobile phone roaming fees are part of an outdated business model, and this massive reduction and phaseout is an important victory for consumers,” said Member of the European Parliament...
56.8m counterfeit pills among items seized by Customs Department in three months Thursday, 28 April 2016, 14:23 Last update: about 10 years ago The Malta Customs Department gave a break down of items it seized in the first three months of the year in its work to protect the national and the European Union's citizens from both tax evasion, as...
Updated: Plans for floating billboards suspended after TMI story sparks public outcry, GRTU reacts Thursday, 28 April 2016, 14:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Gabriel Schembri The idea of floating billboards has been indefinitely suspended, Transport Malta confirmed to The Malta Independent today. The indefinite suspension follows the public outrage which broke out...