180 Maltese pilgrims travel to Lourdes on annual pilgrimage for patients A group of 180 Maltese patients, volunteers and pilgrims travelled to Lourdes last week for the annual four-day pilgrimage organised by the Maltese Association…
Woman accused of theft from Pavi and rental fraud denied bail A 35-year-old woman from Pietà was arraigned in court and accused of stealing various items from the PAVI supermarket in Qormi and defrauding several…
Man arrested for failing to pay alimony admits to threatening magistrate and police sergeant A 42-year-old man from Ħamrun was fined €9,000 after admitting to threatening and insulting a magistrate and a police sergeant, while…
Government to invest €2.8 million in community homes for mental health support The government will invest around €2.8 million over the next three years in three community homes supporting people with mental health challenges under…
Witness says Theuma repeatedly named Fenech in conversations on Daphne murder plot A business associate of Yorgen Fenech told the jury on Tuesday that self-confessed middleman Melvin Theuma consistently alleged that Fenech had ordered the…
Malta Chamber demands long-term power grid plan after recurring outages The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry has called on the government to publish a long-term investment plan for the country’s electricity distribution network,…
557 new STI infections reported in first half of 2026 The national Genitourinary (GU) Clinic recorded 557 new sexually transmitted infection (STI) cases to Malta’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit (IDCU) during the first…
NAO flags inconsistent oversight in government private property leases The National Audit Office (NAO) has identified inconsistent oversight and governance in the government’s leasing of private property, saying the absence of a central framework has…
PN says planning appeals reform repeats proposal launched in 2023 The Nationalist Party has welcomed the government’s proposed reform of the planning appeals system but accused it of reviving a proposal first opened for public…
BCA contraventions amounted to €808,400 since 2022; €166,400 remains unpaid Contraventions issued by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) have amounted to €808,400 from 2022 till 2026, with €642,000 paid to the BCA, leaving the…
