Manchester City’s defence of the Premier League title gets underway on Sunday away to Tottenham with both clubs still in limbo over the future of Harry Kane. The England captain returned to training with his Spurs team-mates for th...

The Malta Society of Arts (MSA) has just launched its new schedule of winter courses due to start this October in the fields of visual, applied and performing arts. All courses will take place at MSA’s seat, Palazzo de La Salle in ...

A leading local animal rescue organisation has backed Animal Welfare Commissioner Alison Bezzina’s warning against the potential introduction of “kill shelters” to deal with the exploding problem of abandoned pets. The Malta So...

The main focus for athletes and their coaches is mainly competition day, hence the emphasis and holistic support that is generated particularly around such events. However, what many fail to realise is that athletes need ongoing and ...

The capacity of the Għallis landfill is being increased by the equivalent of 130 Olympic-sized swimming pools, without taking up any more land. The project will see the Naxxar landfill enlarged by 330,000m3 by building a retaining w...

Neymar will face his new clubmate Lionel Messi in a South American grudge match after being named to the Brazil team on Friday for three World Cup qualifiers.  Coach Tite also called up six members of the squad that retained the Oly...

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Thousands of teenagers received their SEC exam results on Friday but there was no improvement in the core subjects, as hundreds again failed their Maltese, maths and English exams. Students who do not obtain a grade between 1 and 7 g...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) closed the week marginally lower, with a 0.2% decline, to finish at 8,007.572. The negative performance suffered by major banks and Santumas Shareholdings plc dragged the equity index lower –...

The Canadian government announced Friday it will require all federal workers and most commercial rail, air and ship passengers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, amid a surge in virus cases due to the Delta variant. "We know that va...

More than two out of every three applications for grants to buy more environmentally-friendly construction equipment have been approved, the developers’ lobby has noted. The Malta Developers Association said it was very pleased to ...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday.  Times of Malta reports that students sitting for their SEC exams have done poorly in core subjects Maltese, English and mathematics once again.  The newspapers also ...

At the moment, a new wave of the pandemic caused by the Delta variant is raging across the globe. It has spread to more than 130 countries and regions, posing a severe challenge to the whole world. While the international community n...

Love him or hate him, Sandro Chetcuti, the outgoing president of the Malta Deve­lopers’ Association, has been a prominent exponent of the construction industry. Indeed, he may be considered as its ‘face’ and a colourful interl...

“The state mentioned in the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is a different state than the one we have today,” Labour president, Ramona Attard told The Malta Independent on Sunday.  “...

GO has  announced the addition of the Coppa Italia matches to its Sports Pass alongside the much-followed Serie A. Sports TV Pass customers will be able to enjoy all Coppa Italia’s 2021/2022 match rounds, which will be broadcast i...

Australia's biggest city announced tighter COVID restrictions including heavier fines and tighter policing on Saturday as authorities battled to contain a Delta outbreak and said they were seeing the "most concerning day of the pande...

Obituaries FRANKS. On August 11 at Mater Dei Hospital, the Rev. JOHN EDWARD FRANKS, aged 92. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Lena, née Debono, his son Johnathan and his daughter Sarah, his stepsons Alfred Daniel Naudi and Simon...

There are two vital debates taking place contemporarily. The first concerns democracy and personal rights in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second deals with the operations of statehood. Both, though seemingly disconnected, ...

A prayer vigil on the eve of the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady will be held at the parvis of Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary at 8pm today. Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma will celebrate Mass, followed by prayers until 10pm. The vigil will then co...