Side-letter by former Labour minister Konrad Mizzi allowed Vitals to backtrack on hospital support services and were instead paid for these services

When can our young citizens be taught to use their mind and be critical of everything they see around them?

Omicron does little to deter the erection of billboards all over the island (or stuffing our mailboxes with junk-mail, etc.). And there are also tried-and-tested ways of staging live televised debates, without breaking social distancing regulations

Xtra on TVM News Plus | Education Minister Clifton Grima says the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among educators and students is encouraging and government will not consider making it obligatory

The state broadcaster reports that the autopsy was finalised on Monday evening, indicating that Dembska was raped and choked

Ellul twice missed out on a parliamentary seat in this legislature but will now replace Silvio Grixti 

Christian group River of Love has distanced itself from Abner Aquilina with Pastor Gordon Manche saying that walk-ins occur all the time but the church does not control who visits its premises

The Planning Authority issues a stop order and dishes out a daily fine for illegal works at the former Barracuda restaurant after developer dismantles balcony and windows

Health Minister says two-thirds of new COVID-19 cases are Omicron

As government updates its quarantine policy, we review the new measures that come into force today

Man pleads guilty after attempting to rob another man at knifepoint in Marsa

Women react to the murder of 29-year-old Paulina Dembska, and call on the government to do more to ensure the safety of women

The PN argues that self-testing kits can help bolster government's testing and contact tracing system

A 28-year-old Nigerian man, living in Marsa has been jailed and fined after spitting at police officers who tried to stop him from urinating in the street

A former lotto booth worker wept in the dock as she admitted to defrauding €6,820 from her employer

COVID-19 update 3 January | 812 new cases • 240 recoveries • 13,260 active cases • 122 patients in hospital, 7 in ITU • Vaccine booster doses 227,648

No 12 | Immanuel Mifsud, 54, writer, lecturer at the University of Malta

The Criminal Court is to decree on a request by a former police officer who was shot at during the infamous 2010 HSBC hold up, requesting permission not to testify due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by the incident

Little is known of the murder suspect currently held under observation ahead of charges for murdering Polish woman Paulina Dembska in Sliema

 Artist Gabriel Buttigieg tells all in our Q&A