Labour media chairman Jason Micallef has asked Standards Czar George Hyzler to investigate Jason Azzopardi’s tax filings.The Labour Party this week said the PN MP had not filed a tax return for his 2018 income. One News published the report aft...

The Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma has asked for forgiveness for the Churh from all victims and their families, for any kind of abuse perpetrated within the context of the Church, in an Open Letter.Recently, two priests were charged with raping an altar boy...

Despite a new measure banning the mixing of more than four households at private events, no mixing is recommended during this phase of the pandemic, Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci said on Friday.On Thursday, the government announced new rules,...

Magistrate Nadine Lia has withdrawn from hearing the compilation of evidence against Adrian Agius, his brother Robert Agius, and their associates Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio.The men are facing charges of involvement in two murders, inc...

A man spent an extra four months in a prison ward and the authorities do not seem to be batting an eyelid over the incident.Fingers have been pointed in all directions and the parties involved have tried to shed the blame, but the unfortunate fact is...

Magistrates and judges have been instructed to defer any non-urgent cases until after April 11 as Covid-19 cases in Malta continue to increase.Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti decreed that the court must help stop the spread and must act to protect those ...

The government will grant €1,000 to each eatery establishment affected by the measures announced on Thursday, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo announced.As part of the government's plan to reduce the spread of Covid-19, it introduced new restric...

Residency permits for third country nationals employed in the public health sector will be valid for three years as opposed to just one year under a new agreement which was reached between the government and the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MU...

The vaccination process in elderly care homes concluded earlier than predicted, Minister for the Elderly Michael Farrugia announced todayHe said that the process has concluded in 39 elderly care homes. "More than 3,700 residents and 2,800 staff have ...

Tax Commissioner Marvin Gaerty has told a panel of three judges that he never accepted gifts or invitations to dine with Yorgen Fenech, as the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia continued this morning.He was replying to que...

Restaurants, kiosks and snack bars will only be allowed to provide a take-away service between tomorrow and 11 April, Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced.The PM, together with Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and Health Superintendent Charmai...

The Archdiocese has suspended all physical group meetings, including catechism lessons for children due to Covid-19.While appreciating that a number of meetings are taking place online, the Archdiocese urged for such initiatives to, where possible, t...

65 new Police Constables were recruited on Friday, the Police Force said. 54 of the 65 are men and 11 are women. Their training within the academy lasted four months, and included both physical and academic training.Home Affairs Minister Byron Camill...

A man was seriously injured in Xghajra at 3.30pm, the police said.The man, 54 from Birkirkara, was hit by a concrete bucket while on a construction site on Triq il-Fortizza tal-Grazzja. The man was taken to Mater Dei Hospital.A Magisterial inquiry wa...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia has published legal advice rebutting claims that he exceeded his powers when he ruled that Standards Czar George Hyzler should not have investigated the 2019 lock-up of journalists at Castille.The Speaker ruled last w...

A teenage activist has dropped court proceedings against two men related to hate speech, after she received an apology from them, she wrote on Facebook.Back in 2019, Eve Borg Bonello - who was a 16-year-old student and activist - delivered a speech a...

Sorrow has befallen a school in Pembroke, as a young girl tragically passed away.In a Facebook message, the St Clare College Secondary School wrote how one of their own, Mariam Bodokia, an 8.5 student, passed away."Our students have reacted different...

There was a slight increase in the number of people seeking treatment for drugs in 2019 when compared to 2018, with 1,943 entrants recorded in 2019 compared to 1,898 entrants in 2018, the National Report on the Drugs Situation in Malta showed.This re...

Further afforestation initiatives are underway in Natura 2000 sites, as another 500 indigenous trees were planted at Majjistral Park, a government statement read. This was announced by Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aa...

The PN General Council has been postponed indefinitely in view of the current Covid-19 situation, the party said.Secretary General Francis Zammit Dimech said this was being done with respect towards the directives and recommendations issued by the he...

Having produced just 7.8mm of precipitation, rather than the expected 56.9mm, last February did not live up to its reputation of being a wet month, the Met Office said in a statement."The month went down on record as the sixth driest February since 1...

The Nationalist Party has said that it is expecting the country’s institutions to act decisively and with determination over a magisterial inquiry report which was presented to the Attorney General some days ago.The inquiry was the one requeste...

If the new Covid-19 measures are not properly enforced, the situation may get more serious, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association has warned.On Thursday, the government announced new restrictive measures, including the closure of restaurants u...

An appeal from chef to other chefs for restaurants not to throw away their excess food but to instead donate it to the Victory Kitchen charity which feeds families in need has been launched.In a Facebook which has now been shared over 200 times, Rafe...

The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and the Xaghra local council have raised serious concerns over the proposed development of an apartment block close by to the Ġgantija temples.The site is located on Triq il-Parsott, Xaghra. The applicati...

A new record 362 cases of Covid-19 was registered today, as the number of new cases also climbed to a new high of 3,162, health authorities said.The previous record was 336, which was recorded only last Tuesday while the number of active cases had re...

Itma’ u Libbes is the 2021 Lenten campaign organised by the Archdiocese of Malta through the Caritas Parish Diaconia Network, together with Newsbook.com.mt and 103 Malta’s Heart, aimed at alleviating those struggling in strained circumsta...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech has called for an inquiry to be launched into rumours that people are skipping the vaccine queue."I informed the Health Minister about rumours we received that, in Attard, there might have been people who received the ...

Health Minister Chris Fearne was correct to say, in Parliament last Tuesday, that one of the main reasons for the recent spike in the number of Covid-19 cases is a result of people taking more risks to exposing themselves to the virus.Last Tuesday, M...

Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his f...

MEP Josianne Cutajar, member of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee, and of its Tourism Task Force, has become a signatory of the Future of Tourism Coalition. The Coalition establishes a vision for the tourism sector, setting th...

Malta has acquired new PCR swab testing kits which will be able to identify whether a patient is positive for Covid-19 and, if so, with what variant of the virus the patient is positive with, Minister of Health Chris Fearne said during a press confer...

Prime Minister Robert Abela forcefully defended Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci after fielding questions which put her position under question on Thursday, saying that it was she and her team who had stopped Malta from facing catastrophi...

COVID-19 cases rose 9% last week over a 53-country region of Europe, snapping a six-week run of declines, the World Health Organization said Thursday as its European chief insisted that countries need to get “back to the basics.”Dr. Hans ...

A ruling given by Speaker Anglu Farrugia in which he declared that the Standards Commissioner had gone beyond his legal remit was itself ultra vires and based on an incorrect premise, George Hyzler said.The Speaker’s ruling concerned a report b...

The Nationalist party has filed a Parliamentary motion calling for the review of a ruling delivered by the Speaker earlier this week.In his ruling, Anglu Farrugia declared that Standards Czar George Hyzler should not have investigated the 2019 lock-u...

Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into.Like other countries in the European Union, its national vaccine campaign lags ...

Five straight home losses for the first time in the club’s 128-year history. More than 10 hours since a goal from open play at Anfield.The stadium that was once a fortress for Liverpool is the now the scene of a scarcely believable implosion by...

The police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with a hold-up that took place in San Gwann on Wednesday evening.A man armed with a firearm entered the shop in Naxxar Road and demanded money from the cashier, a 25-year-old Polish woman who l...

Alexis Sánchez scored twice to help Inter Milan win 2-1 at relegation-threatened Parma on Thursday to open up a six-point gap at the top of Serie A.Romelu Lukaku had a hand in both Inter goals in the second half before Hernani pulled one back ...

A 74-year-old woman was grievously injured on Thursday after she was hit by a car in Marsaxlokk.The accident took place in Triq l-Arznell at around noon, the police said.The victim was hit but a Toyota Auris driven by a 42-year-old woman. Both women ...

Two men were arrested by the police in connection with thefts, the police said today.The men, from Serbia and North Macedonia, were arrested in connection with a robbery which took place in a shop in Constitution Street, Mosta, on 11 December.The Ser...

Increasing accessibility to Gozo can enable a strategy where further economic niches can be created in Gozo, Daniel Borg, CEO of Gozo Business Chamber, said. Asked by The Malta Business Weekly about the newly proposed fast ferry link between the...

The Covid-19 vaccine is not a circuit breaker and will not reduce numbers in the immediate future, and mitigation measures need to be urgently escalated, the Malta College of Pathologists said.Calls for the stepping up of restrictive measures have in...

 For the fourth time so far, Standards Commissioner George Hyzler has found a breach of ethics by former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.The latest case revolves around the lock-up of journalists at the Auberge de Castille after a 3am press confere...

Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure at a London hospital and is expected to remain for several days of “rest and recuperation,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday.The palace said the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II &...

New measures will be introduced in the coming hours, but a lockdown won’t be taken into consideration, Prime Minister Robert Abela told the press on Wednesday. This comes after a surge in Covid-19 cases, with the number active cases reaching 3,...

The number of new Covid-19 cases has dipped from the record 336 registered on Tuesday to 233, but fewer recoveries mean that the number of active cases has now shot up to a record 3,000.Information privded by the health authorities show that the numb...

The Standards Commissioner has found that former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, prima facie, was in breach of ethics in the incident which saw journalists prevented from leave his office in Castille following a late night press conference.But George H...

Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne on Wednesday stood by his claim that a PN MP had asked him to skip the Covid-19 vaccine queue.Fearne first made the claim on Tuesday but, on Wednesday morning, the PN’s Parliamentary Group unanimously denied t...

A story showing PN MP Jason Azzopardi to be a ‘hypocrite’ will soon emerge, Prime Minister Robert Abela said today, arguing that the MP’s allegations about Mario Cutajar were an attempt to deviate attention.Nationalist MP Jason Azzo...

The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) said on Wednesday it was deeply disappointed by the Speaker’s refusal to give it a copy of the Standards Czar’s report on the 2019 journalist lock-up at Castille.George Hyzler had investigated th...

Manoel Island is a critical part of Malta's history, and remains a much-loved part of the local landscape and culture.Preserving this unique heritage is at the heart of the revised MIDI Masterplan to restore and develop Manoel Island, the consortium ...

Family Minister Michael Falzon said that this strategy will provide support and aim to break the vicious cycle that people get themselves into with regards to drug use amongst teens. During a press conference at the Aula Magna Valletta Campus on...

More information regarding moratoriums will be announced in the coming days, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Wednesday. The moratorium was introduced back in April 2020, where people were offered a moratorium on repayments on capital and ...

The most grueling and intense Premier League season appears to be catching up with Manchester United's misfiring players.It may yet cost them a place in next season's Champions League.There were worrying signs in United's third straight 0-0 draw, thi...

ranck Kessié scored a penalty with the last kick of the match to rescue a 1-1 draw for title-chasing AC Milan against Udinese in Serie A on Wednesday.Rodrigo Becão looked to have secured Udinese’s first win at Milan in nearly five...

Mosta booked a place in the quarter finals of the FA Trophy thanks to two second half goals against Santa Lucia.  Mosta deserved the win but the Saints were at times careless in their conclusions.Both teams made it to the round of sixteen after ...

The Malta Employers’ Association said today companies asked to take part in a survey on the Covid-19 pandemic say that recovery will take longer than anticipated.The survey covered more than 200 companies from all economic sectors, the MEA said...

The Malta Association of Public Health Medicine today called for an immediate increase in restrictive measures to curb the current high rate of new COVID-19 infections. Over the past week we have seen the highest number of new infections yet, MAPHM s...

A court has decreed that there is sufficient evidence to place lawyers Gianluca Caruana Curran and Charles Mercieca under a bill of indictment over an alleged attempt at bribing a Times of Malta journalist.Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras made the ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was also felt in neighbouring Albania and North Macedonia, and as far as Kosovo and Montenegro.One man was injured by falling debris but there were no othe...

The prison agency never received a court judgment that said that an inmate was to be moved from a prison ward in Mount Carmel to the main hospital building, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said on Wednesday.The case was first flagged by Profess...

A woman with Cystic Fibrosis has urged authorities to import life-saving medication to Malta to help with her, as well as others who also suffer from the condition on the island.26 year-old Mandy Vella took to Facebook to explain her situation and ta...

Family doctor Joseph Ferriggi has strongly appealed for every person to look after their health and abide by all measures and regulations as the current situation in Malta is very worrying. This appeal comes following the high rise of Covid-19 c...

The variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is prevalent among Italy's infected schoolchildren and is helping to fuel a “robust” uptick in the curve of COVID-19 contagion in the country, the health minister said Tuesday.Roberto S...

Mario Cutajar categorically denied allegations levelled against him by PN MP Jason Azzopardi in Parliament on Monday.In a statement issued through the Department of Information, the head of the civil service said that while it is not his role to wade...

Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi claimed on Tuesday that a top-level public officer was forced to hand in his resignation after being arrested on “made-up criminal allegations”.Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Azzopardi called for the res...

The Nationalist Party parliamentary group today denied that a PN MP tried to jump the vaccination queue, as alleged by Health Minister Chris Fearne.On Tuesday, Fearne said that a PN MP had asked to be pushed up the Covid-19 vaccination queue.In a sta...

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) has submitted its objection to an application that proposes the construction of 31 apartments close by to the Ggantija temples.The application proposes the demolition of a dwalling and the construction of t...

These past 12 months have taught us to be very careful with making predictions about how the Covid-19 pandemic will develop.Many countries, including Malta, have made many mistakes in the way they tackled the onset of the disease, often taking hasty ...

A record 336 cases of Covid-19 were recorded Tuesday, taking the number of active cases to a new high of 2,931, health authorities said.It is the first time that the number of cases has surpassed 300. The previous record was 263 on 28 February.It is ...

Addressing Parliament this evening, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne spoke about the recent spike in Covid-19 cases and highlighted that the recent spike could be due to the Covid-19 variants present on the island.Fearne said that the record amount...

The government has rejected a shift to exclusive online teaching as opposed to teaching in-person, the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) said.Speaking to The Malta Independent, MUT president Marco Bonnici said that the MUT is closely monitoring the rise ...

A 39-year-old Italian was arrested by the police in St Paul's Bay through a European Arrest Warrant, the police said.The man is wanted by the Italian police for organised crime and drug trafficking.Over the past days, the Central Intelligence and Ana...

The efforts of the health sector and the education sector to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic have been crushed by the Labour Party’s poor governance, the Nationalist Party said today.Spokesperson for Health Stephen Spiteri and Spokesperson for ...

If the daily cases continue to rise as they are right now, the daily cases will go into "the high hundreds", the Medical Association of Malta (MAM) president, Martin Balzan, warned. Speaking to The Malta Independent, Balzan said that the public ...

The husband of the late Miriam Pace said that his life will never be normal again, as he feels like a body without a soul, Carmel Pace said in a Facebook post.Miriam Pace, a 54 year old mother of two, was found dead under the rubble of her own house ...

The Government has to consider stricter enforcement and the introduction of new measures, MUMN president Paul Pace told The Malta Independent.This comes after Malta registered its highest number of daily new cases since the start of the pandemic, wit...

Measures to ensure that the pension of people currently entering retirement are not affected by the Covid-19 pandemic were announced on Tuesday.Social Justice Minister Michael Falzon and Finance Minister Clyde Caruana launched a new measure which eff...

Gżira United made it to the quarter finals of the FA Trophy defeating Tarxien Rainbows by a 4-2 scoreline. The Maroons turned the tables in their favour after going two goals down, drawing till full time and dominating in extra time.But the matc...

 A 15-point lead, 21 victories in a row, a club record-tying 28 games unbeaten.The extraordinary numbers are stacking up for Manchester City as Pep Guardiola’s winning machine powers to the Premier League title and — whisper it &mdas...

Álvaro Morata made a scoring return to set Juventus on its way to a 3-0 win over Spezia on Tuesday and boost its faltering title defense.Fellow substitute Federico Bernardeschi set up Morata moments after they had both come off the bench. Bern...

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help ...

A new health centre was inaugurated in Gudja today by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Chris Fearne and Parliamentary Secretary for Communities Alex Muscat.The press were not invited to this event.This centre will open daily from Monday t...

Former economy minister Chris Cardona was questioned by police after recent allegations that he was linked to the murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia and lawyer Carmel Chircop, Times of Malta reports.Cardona confirmed with the newspaper that he was tak...

Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi has branded former economy minister Chris Cardona a “liar” after the latter said he was not cautioned when interrogated by the police on Saturday.Cardona confirmed he was taken in for questioning over his al...

A magisterial inquiry into allegations of money laundering and graft by former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and ex-Allied Newspapers managing director Adrian Hillman has been concluded. The inquiry, led by Magistrate Josette Demicoli, was p...

The court will be delivering a decree on the testimony of Vince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, in the case against the Degiorgio brothers.The compilation of evidence against George Degiorgio and Alfred Degiorgio accused of planting and tri...

A 55-year-old Indian man was grievously injured on Monday after he lost control of his scooter and crashed in Gzira.The accident took place at around 10:15am in Rue D’Argens, the police said.The man, who lives in Swieqi, was riding a Peugeot Tw...

An application on a site overlooking the Ġgantija temples in Xaghra, Gozo, proposes the construction of an apartment complex on five levels.The site is located on Triq il-Parsott, Xaghra. It forms part of the Area of Archaeological importance, a...

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Alex Camilleri’s feature debut, “Luzzu,” which world-premiered at Sundance where it won the Special Jury Award for its lead actor, Jesmark Scicluna, Variety reports.Penned, directed ...

A man and a woman were grievously injured in separate accidents in Qormi and Zabbar on Monday afternoon, the police said.In the first accident, at 4.30pm in Mdina Road, Qormi, a Toyota Vitz driven by a 37-year-old woman of Zebbug Gozo and a Kia Rio d...

Today marks one year since the tragic death of Miriam Pace.A wife, a mother, a daughter, she was an innocent, inside her home as her life was stolen away. We all like to think of our homes as a safe space, but that day changed so much for so many.54-...

The European Court of Auditors (ECA), in an opinion publoished today, raises some concerns over the recent proposal for a Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR).This €5 billion fund is a solidarity tool which is intended to support those Member States,...

The alleged organiser of an illegal rave held on Friday night will be charged by police and by commercial authorities over the party, a police spokesperson told The Malta Independent on Monday afternoon.This newsroom reported on Monday morning o...

Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne said in court today that Steward Healthcare was holding parallel talks with Konrad Mizzi as well as with the Office of the Prime Minister without his knowledge, while he was also holding negotiations with them. ...

2021 is shaping up to be a busy year for the Malta Gaming Authority. Online gambling is growing rapidly throughout Europe and a significant percentage of the newcomers will acquire their licenses in Malta.The MGA is arguably the most respected iGamin...

Civil society NGOs Repubblika and Occupy Justice held a protest in front of Parliament on Monday, saying they want to “cut off the tentacles that have taken hold of our institutions.”The protest was held after reports about the alleged in...

Vince Muscat will be testifying against Daphne murder suspects George and Alfred Degiorgio, a court heard today.Muscat had been charged over the murder together with the Degiorgios, but he was sentenced to 15 years last week in a plea-bargaining agre...