Eritrean mother lives on €300 a month - 'I can't afford to send my children to school' Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 14:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Therese Bonnici 26-year-old Semihar and her three children live in a room the size of an average living room, equipped with the bare minimum necessities. The room is in a deteriorating state- there's peeling paint on...
Malta registers the highest increase in retail trade in the EU, Economy Minister welcomes the news Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 13:54 Last update: about 12 years ago The highest increases in total retail trade in the EU were registered in Malta (+1.0%), Luxembourg (+0.9%), Hungary and Slovakia (both +0.7%), and the largest decreases in Germany (-3.2%), Portugal...
Investors say they lost €212,000 in investments after company took advantage of their inexperience Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 13:46 Last update: about 12 years ago A group of investors have filed a judicial protest against a financial services company claiming that they lost a total of €212,00 after being tricked into investing their money in unsuitable...
Man jailed 3 years for trafficking cannabis, minor released as no lawyer was present for questioning Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 13:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Neil Camilleri A 27-year-old man from Msida today was jailed three years after he was found guilty trafficking and being in possession of cannabis resin. He was also found guilty of being in possession of...
Businesses donating more than €2,000 to MCCF will have tax exempted from half the donation Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 10:35 Last update: about 12 years ago Tax will be exempted from half the donations exceeding €2,000 made by businesses to the Malta Community Chest Fund, it was announced today. The donation will be listed as a company...
EU figures show people at risk of poverty increased by 20,000 during the last PN administration - PL Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 16:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Eurostat figures show that the number of Maltese at risk of poverty increased by 20,000 during the last PN administration. "On the same day Malta was lauded by the European Commission, which said...
International Speakers for Politics and the Common Good programme Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 15:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Two public lectures will be held in the coming days, forming part of the current programme on Politics and the Common Good - The Call to Public Lifewhich is being co-organised by the Pastoral...
49-year-old man found not guilty of having sex with partner’s 14-year-old daughter Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 15:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Jacob Borg A 49-year-old man has been found not guilty of having sex with his partner's 14-year-old daughter after a court expressed "serious doubts" over the minor's version of events. In her testimony, the...
Facebook page calls for removal of Gieh ir-Repubblika honour awarded to Fr Charles Fenech Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 14:47 Last update: about 12 years ago A Facebook page has been launched calling upon the authorities to remove the honour of Gieh ir-Repubblika awarded to Fr Charles Fenech. Fr Fenech, who was awarded in honour in 2001, is being charged...
TPPI think-tank to hold public conference on the Constitution in preparation for convention Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 14:16 Last update: about 12 years ago A public conference on the Constitution is being organised by the Today Public Policy Institute, Malta's only independent non-partisan think-tank, is holding a public Conference of the Constitution...