Police had issued a European Arrest Warrant, leading to him being arrested in Spain last November

The Malta Police Union takes umbrage at the Attorney General’s decision to drop homicide charge in the plea bargain agreement reached with HSBC heist suspect Daren Debono

Police will prosecute right-wing Catholic cleric David Muscat over online hate speech in January

Archbishop instructs Fr David Muscat to delete his Facebook post saying being gay is worse than being possessed

One TV ran a story suggesting the MP only paid his due taxes after he was caught with pending VAT bills

End of year report for 2021 by Commissioner for Animal Welfare says breeding should be tightly controlled through legal amendments

Condemnation for Fr David Muscat’s homophobic remarks continue to pour in with the University of Malta’s Department for Inclusion at the Education Faculty saying comments incite hatred

MSC Cruises confirms its ship has skipped its Valletta stopover despite having no positive cases of COVID-19 on board

Nationalist Party Deputy Leader Robert Arrigo reiterates calls for the COVID wage supplement to be extended until March

Drachma, a group representing LGBTIQ Christians, says Fr David Muscat's disparaging comments on gay people were 'morally wrong and unacceptable'

Nationalist Party join Repubblika in call for Attorney General to give public an explanation as to why she agreed to a plea bargain with one of the HSBC heist suspects and hopes this could lead to new evidence on the case

Maligned Lands Authority tender for Mellieħa cliff-edge beekeeping facility attracts two bids

Moviment Graffitti had filed an application with the Lands Authority asking to manage Balluta Bay

Markets summary

A judge has postponed the HSBC heist trial of Vincent Muscat, ordering that a key witness, Daren Debono it-Topo, testify first in the compilation of evidence

6 January COVID-19 update | 1,144 new cases • 15,065 active cases • 114 patients in hospital, five in ITU • vaccine booster doses 254,889 • Total deaths 484

Daren Debono known as it-Topo, one of three men accused of carrying out a daring heist on the headquarters of HSBC Bank in 2010, has been jailed for 10 and a half years after a plea bargain agreement

Archbishop Charles Scicluna promises action against controversial Mosta priest Fr David Muscat who said bisexuality and gayness are worse than satanic possession • Ministers report Muscat to police over hate speech

Murder suspect Abner Aquilina is reported to have attended a River of Love ceremony a few hours before he allegedly murdered Paulina Dembska in Sliema

A cyclist was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Wednesday in San Pawl il-Bahar