In a clear illustration of how much things can change in a year, the US Federal Reserve looks set to kick off a new era of policy tightening in 2022. That could include raising interest rates at least three times this year and possib...

Sirens FC lost one of their key players this season as Argentine schemer Ferdinando Brandan has left the club and will return to his homeland due to personal reasons, the Times of Malta can confirm. The 31-year-old winger was witho...

Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech has been appointed as executive chairperson of the new cannabis authority. In a statement on Monday, the government said Dimech would head the  Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis. Her term w...

Bob Saget, the US comedian who delighted millions as the star of television's Full House in the 1980s and 1990s, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 65. "We are devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today," Sage...

The family of a 20-year-old youth stabbed to death on a Ħamrun street almost five years ago have obtained a €500,000 garnishee order for damages against his alleged murderers.  Silvio and Liza Pace filed a joint action along with...

Floriana FC have settled their dues with former winger Edward Herrera and had their transfer prohibition lifted by the Malta Football Association. Last week, the Premier League club were handed a transfer prohibition after they were ...

Being able to do your job from home instead of an office is something many people have long dreamed of, even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced remote working on many of us for a while. But despite much of the workforce having now r...

Three local councils, residents, and NGOs have taken court action in a last-ditch attempt to block a massive project in St George’s Bay.  In an appeal filed in court last week, the group are hitting out against the approval of a c...

The vast majority of children who took part in a study had traces of second-hand smoke in their bodies even though nearly three-quarters of their parents reported they were not exposed to it at home. The research has provided a snaps...

Nine children were among at least 19 people killed and dozens injured when a fire tore through a high-rise apartment building in New York on Sunday in one of America's worst residential fires in recent memory. At least 200 firefighte...

World tennis number one Novak Djokovic won a shock victory in his bid to remain in Australia Monday, with a judge ordering his immediate release from immigration detention. Judge Anthony Kelly abruptly ended days of legal wrangling, ...

On December 29, the First Hall of the Civil Court delivered a decree in camera on application 659/2021 AD. The application was a request to revoke a precautionary garnishee order. Precautionary acts are inten­ded to safeguard the al...

Hibernians are set to bolster their squad with a quality addition after they reached an agreement to sign Valletta wing back Joseph Zerafa. As reported by the Times of Malta last week, the Paolites have shown a lot of interest in th...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Monday. Times of Malta reports that the Malta Chamber of SMEs is proposing to do away with quarantine requirements for vaccinated people who come in contact with virus cases and...

Those who have not yet made their New Year resolutions might consider improving their political savviness as one of their objectives for 2022. Whether working in the corridors of power, a busy office or a factory floor, it is worth u...

Last week, women in Malta finally found their voice. To be precise, it was the week when their voice was finally heard by all. And it took the tragic silencing of one woman for the rest of us to scream out loud that enough is enough....

Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, who rallied the world behind the anti-apartheid struggle in a way that made him a prophet of reconciliation of our times, died a few days ago at the age of 90. ...

The Malta Chamber of SMEs is proposing to do away with quarantine requirements for vaccinated people who come in contact with virus cases and reduce it to five days for those who test positive. People who have symptoms would have to ...

Obituary FARRUGIA. On January 7, ALEXANDER ADRIAN, at the age of 71, passed away peacefully in Cebu, the Philippines, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Mary Ann, his son José, his brother Pa...

Why PN is being ignored The so-called leader of the opposition, Bernard Grech, had the cheek to open his mouth when it was revealed that Labour backbencher, Ian Castaldi Paris, had a very similar tax-dodging accusation to the one whi...