• Cina Malta

    Birkirkara murder: ‘He kept on telling me that he loved his parents’ - witness recalls

    A witness recalled in court how the victim of a stabbing in Birkirkara, who later died, whispered the nickname of the accused to him.Roderick Grech26, known as 'Ic-Cina', was found unconscious in Triq Tumas Fenech in Birkirkara during the early hours of 29 March 2017. He died following stab wounds ...

  • USA

    Hundreds of public service employees to move onto indefinite contracts

    A circular issued today will result in hundreds of public sector employees receiving indefinite jobs, rather than jobs based on three-year contracts, Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar said this afternoon.He was addressing a press briefing regarding the issue.The circular reads that "in recent years, it has become customary that around ...

  • USA Malta

    Ministry will intervene if Ombudsman is impeded in VGH cases – Chris Fearne

    Health Minister Chris Fearne has given the Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Health assurances that should their ability to exercise their jurisdiction over the Public-Private Partnership health service, VGH, be impeded in any way, the ministry will intervene and address the issues. The Minister said there is already an understanding between ...

  • Nigeria Malta

    FAA welcomes proposal for Wied il-Għomor to be designated as public domain

    Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomed the proposal put forward by Environment Minister Jose Herrera, for Wied il-Għomor to be designated as a public domain site in order to safeguard it from further development.Recently, Environment minister Josè Herrera recommended that Wied Ghomor and the Inwadar Nature Park be considered public ...

  • Regno Unito Malta

    Details of payment to education department by Barts Medical School remain hidden

    Economy Minister Chris Cardona said that he is not in a position to divulge details on the commercial arrangement between Malta Enterprise and Barts Medical School for the latter’s use of the Gozo Sixth Form.Dr Cardona was replying to a parliamentary question by PN MP George Pullicino. Pending the completion ...

  • USA Malta Cipro Italia

    Editorial: Justice with the Justice Scoreboard

    It is rather unfortunate that when ministers or government officials report on reports by international organisations, such as the EU, they tend to give their take on the report in question but they do not, as a rule, provide the link to the report in question.The public is thus left ...

  • USA Malta

    Marlene Mizzi to host public conference on safer cyberworld

    The world wide web brought unlimited access to information and has revolutionised the entire world. The way that we think, conduct business, communicate and entertain ourselves have all changed thanks to the internet. On the other hand, the internet is presenting us with new challenges and, while we must safeguard ...

  • Malta

    English language newspapers call for removal of criminal libel, DOI registration

    The three English language newspapers, The Malta Independent, MaltaToday and Times of Malta, are jointly calling on the government to abolish criminal libel and remove DOI registration, replacing it instead with an accreditation system. The five points below are the common grounds shared by all three english language papers:1. We ...

  • USA Malta

    FIRST: The sweet truth about our sweet tooth

    Sweets, sweets the joy of sweets! Marshmallows, Lollipops, Fruit Pastilles, Double Dip Sherbet, Popping Candy, Flying Saucers, Opal Fruits, Skittles, Love Hearts, Tutti Frutti we love them all! And it isn't just their taste that we love. Sweets fill us with the most wonderful emotions. They touch the lives of ...

  • Malta

    Public land in Gozo to be handed over to private entrepreneur

    The government will be giving public land to a local entrepreneur to build accommodation units in Victoria to provide ancillary housing for sports athletes training in the new aquatic centre to be built by the private sector, The Malta Independent on Sunday can reveal.This newsroom has been trying to establish ...