Having investigated over 300 cases in San Francisco, including high-profile murders, Frank Falzon has several impressive achievements under his belt, but he is the proudest when he talks about his Maltese connection. From hunting dow...

The FKNK hunters' federation and the minister responsible for hunting, Clint Camilleri, have had two meetings during which they agreed on legal and practical ways how hunters can hunt turtle dove and capture song birds during the aut...

After 50 years of absence from the moon, the Artemis programme aims to return humans back to the moon by 2025 with the long-term goal of establishing a permanent lunar base on the moon itself. On Monday, the Artemis I mission is plan...

Team chief Toto Wolff on Saturday slammed as “unacceptable” defending constructors’ champions Mercedes’ qualifying performance at the Belgian Grand Prix, saying it was the worst he had known. Wolff said he could not understa...

If anyone wants to have an honest opinion of the struggle women had to go through before eventual liberation and empowerment, look no further than Germaine Greer, the Australian writer and public intellectual who is seen as the prima...

The history of confraternities takes us back to the Middle Ages when the Church began to establish associations for lay people in all kinds of trades or professions. The oldest known confraternity in Malta is that of St Joseph in Rab...

A cyclist was hospitalised on Sunday morning after being hit by a car on the Coast Road. The accident happened near the salt pans in Salina at about 7.45am as the cyclist, a 42-year-old man from Zebbuġ, cycled with a group. The car ...

When top-class football resumed in Ukraine last week, it sent out two clear and distinct messages – one of hope aimed at the Ukrainian people and one of defiance aimed at Vladimir Putin. Yes, the games are being played behind close...

€6,350 was raised during an annual summer barbecue in aid of Id-Dar tal-Providenza in Siġġiewi. Organised by Pierre Vella Petroni and Anne Marie Xuereb, this home BBQ initiative started 10 years ago. For the past two years, due t...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has recorded an average of 125,000 refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean over the last five years to what they hope to be a better life, eventually landing in Italy, ...

The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) placed third in the 2022 European Awards on entrepreneurship and engagement excellence in higher education at an international competition for academic institutions, namely Th...

I shall miss Mario Tabone. He was a fine gentleman of great culture. He would talk extensively on some favourite topic and, a second later, relish a good joke. His head was somewhere up there, but his feet were always secured to the ...

The Malta waterpolo national team is determined to make the country proud when on Monday they kick off their commitments at the European Championships in Split, Croatia. The national team, spearheaded by national coach Karl Izzo, le...

Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island. In a statement, the US Navy said the transit "d...

A 27-year-old woman from Iklin was seriously injured late on Saturday in a collision in Pembroke, the police said. The crash, at 8.15pm in Triq Alamein, involved the Opel Adam being driven by the victim, and a Toyota Hi-Ace van drive...

THEATRE Otto Settembre A group of youths from Xagħra are tonight staging a musical titled Otto Settembre as part of the parish feast celebrations.  The musical is embellished with original songs by Archpriest Carmelo Refalo and mus...

Just after the global economy was seeing signs of a recovery from the pandemic, the war in Ukraine broke out, plunging many countries into economic and social turmoil. Some countries in Africa, Asia and South America are facing famin...

A few weeks ago, the planets aligned: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were visible in the sky in the exact order that they assume in our Solar System. I witnessed that magical alignment with glee. More recently, I witnessed ...

If there’s something that I’ve never understood, it’s the way people cling to their national identities like Jack should have clung to the floating door in Titanic. They emigrate to faraway lands, don’t visit their country of...

The road to hell, they say, is paved with good intentions. So, it seems, is the one leading to safe driving in this country. Hardly a day goes by without hearing about some serious road accident, often resulting in loss of life and l...