Labour MP Glenn Bedingfield has been appointed by the Prime Minister to oversee a review of the Standing Orders.Bedingfield, a former Labour whip, will be coordinating the process leading to the drawing up of a process to adjourn the Standing Orders,...

The Justice Ministry has announced that it will increase the number of members of the judiciary, by adding two new judges and two new magistrates."The aim, is to continue improving the efficiency of our courts and strengthening the judiciary.""In the...

The lack of resources is causing a lot of pressure, resulting in many delays, Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti said during his speech for the opening of the forensic year on Monday morning.During his speech, he spoke about the challenges in the justice sy...

There are a number of worrying children’s issues in Maltese society which have emerged as of late. The first revolves around marriage. The Office of the Commissioner for Children has said that the legal age of marriage should be raised to 18 ye...

As from the beginning of 2023, WasteServ will be increasing the gate fees for waste which is not separated, WasteServ CEO Richard Bilocca saidThe revised gate fees are a green measure in order to discourage the dumping of waste which is not sepa...

The Malta Football Association has referred the allegations made about suspended national coach Devis Mangia to the police.In a statement, the MFA said that it is actively and constantly evaluating all developments in relation to the case concerning ...

PN MP Beppe Fenech Adami has called for a police update after the news broke that the European Union's anti-fraud office is investigating the Marsa junction project.The MP was addressing Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri in Parliament.The Europea...

A number of civil society organisations representing parents, carers, workers and those working for gender equality and the rights of LGBTQI+ people are demanding that the Work-Life Balance law be revisited with the aim of improving it, a statement b...

The cost of the deal between Malta and English footballing giants Manchester United has remained under wraps, as the Tourism Ministry has for weeks refused to answer questions posed by The Malta Independent on Sunday.The government – through it...

BirdLife Malta and Din l-Art Ħelwa, the two organisations responsible for the management of the Foresta 2000 Nature Reserve, have filed separate objections to the Planning Authority in relation to a planning application aiming to redevelop the s...

A Polish woman was grievously injured when she was hit by a glass object in St Julian’s early on Monday morning.The police said that the incident took place in an establishment in St George’s Road at 3.30am.The Polish woman, aged 22, and ...

A bill to amend the laws regulating the Civil Protection Department and explosives ordinances was the first to be debated as Parliament resumed after the summer recess on Monday.Byron Camilleri, Minister of Home Affairs, introduced the bill.He explai...

A motorbike rider has been taken to hospital after a crash in the northbound direction of Regional Road, Santa Venera.His condition is still pending. The crash happened between the motorbike, a Kawasaki Ninja, driven by a 37-year-old male from Kirkop...

In response to a Parliamentary Question, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana revealed that there are currently no active licences to search or drill for oil in 2022.He was responding to a question posed by the PN's spokesperson for energy and enterprise, ...

The government last week announced that it had submitted a planning application for the previously announced rural airfield in Gozo, which came after a public consultation which yielded some 70 recommendations for improvement.The runway, if approved,...

Today was the first working day since free public transport was introduced in Malta.The first day was Saturday but, being a weekend day, the first real test came on Monday.Did more people use public transport? Did more ditch their car in favour of us...

11 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday.No more deaths were reported and currently there are 266 active cases in the country.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 114,730 Covid cases in the country, of which 113,262 recovered. Ther...

PN leader Bernard Grech led a national protest through Valletta’s main streets on Sunday, as he accused the government of being the author of the decline in the quality of life of Maltese and Gozitan people.Grech, who said that thousands had ta...

The legal age of marriage should be raised to 18 years to specifically prevent children from being promised for arranged marriages by their parents, the Office of the Commissioner for Children said.Cultural and legal experts last Sunday told The Malt...

All eyes in Europe were on Italy last week as the country went to the polls to elect what is its 71st government since the end of the Second World War.The result of the polls over the weekend led many to say that Italy had somewhat come full circle s...

The European Union’s anti-fraud office is investigating the Marsa junction project after data found on Yorgen Fenech’s mobile phone indicated the possibility of corruption, the Times of Malta reported on Sunday.The newspaper said that dat...

The deputy president of the Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Philip Fenech said that “there will be blood” if the tourism market does not regulate itself.He was reacting to the study by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants...

Nationalist Party (PN) spokesperson for social housing and poverty, Ivan Bartolo, is seeking a change in the law for organ donations which would make everyone an organ donor unless they “opt-out” of the system.An “opt-out” sys...

The turnout for today’s national protest against government over the “theft of Malta’s quality of life” is of secondary importance, PN Secretary General Michael Piccinino said.“We can discuss calculations and whether the...

PN leader Bernard Grech could attend his party’s protest in Valletta for free if he uses the public transport system, Prime Minister Robert Abela jibed on Sunday, praising his government’s introduction of free public transport.Public tran...

A wide spectrum of viewers can benefit from subtitles on television programmes, said Translation, Terminology and Interpreting Studies lecturer Giselle Spiteri Miggiani. In this respect, the Department is offering consultancy as to which types of pro...

Birkirkara continued with their perfect start when in the main match played at the National Stadium they beat Valletta by three goals to nil. It was another good performance by the Stripes who once again join Hamrun Spartans at the summit both with m...

Atalanta moved joint top in Italy with a 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Sunday while, at Sassuolo, Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi became the first woman to referee a Serie A match.Atalanta's Ademola Lookman scored the only goal of the game in the 59th minute...

Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored hat tricks Sunday as Erik ten Hag was humiliated in his first Manchester derby.Manchester City destroyed rival Manchester United 6-3 at the Etihad and moved to within a point of Premier League leader Arsenal.It wa...

We have said it many times that, sooner or later, the golden passport scheme would have landed Malta into deep trouble.Only the government seemed oblivious to the shame and embarrassment that such a programme brought to the country. Or else, it knew ...

Max Verstappen's Formula One title celebrations were put on hold after the Red Bull driver placed seventh at a chaotic Singapore Grand Prix, won by his teammate Sergio Perez on Sunday.Perez's second win of the season saw him finish 7.6 seconds ahead ...

Just nine new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Sunday, the health authorities said.This has taken the total number of cases registered in Malta to 114,719.Of these, 113,246 have recovered, while the number of deaths remained at 806.The number of activ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has played a role in bringing “me and my husband” together, and keeping us as a couple, Jessica Portelli said.Portelli, in her 30s, was diagnosed with the condition only last year.To commemo...

Anyone who knows musician Vinny Vella knows that he is a Valletta FC and Liverpool supporter. But what else does he like to do? What is his favourite pizza topping and which mjusic event would he have liked to attend? What was the last book you ...

Police firing tear gas after an Indonesian soccer match in an attempt to stop violence triggered a disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits, leaving at least 125 people dead, most of them trampled upon or suffocated.Atten...

38 more people have been found living in Malta illegally by police and are set to be deported.The Police force said in a statement on Sunday that inspections were carried out in St. Paul’s Bay and Bugibba where 38 people were found to be living...

Seven months and nine days later, the quick operation Putin had in mind to take over Ukraine has failed miserably … we can all agree on that. It failed not because of losses the Russians are incurring but rather because of the slow progress at...

Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking st...

The Nationalist Party said Saturday that it has information which indicates that there are plans for Gozo Channel company to be privatised.The claim was later denied by the government.In a news conference held by the PN spokesperson for Gozo Alex Bor...

After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled troops out Saturday from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive that has humiliated and angered ...

A student with a terminal illness has completed his studies and graduated in a special ceremony held a few days ago, the University of Malta website reported.A special graduation ceremony was held a few days ago at the private residence of the gradua...

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who is poised to become Italy’s next premier, vowed Saturday to put national interests first in tackling soaring energy costs as she made her first public outing since her Brothers of Italy party ...

VALLETTA: Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Republic Street; ĦAMRUN: Fra Diego Dispensary, 94, Villambrosa Street; ŻEBBUĠ: Brown's Pharmacy, 47, Vjal il-Ħelsien; BIRKIRKARA: The Local Dispensary, Kan. K. Pirotta Street; SAN ĠWANN...

The Nationalist Party has joined editors, journalists, and civil society organizations, including the management of the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM), in a call for an effective public consultation to take place before Parliament begins to d...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his war. Ukraine's president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance.Putin’s ...

Former PN MP David Thake breached both the Standards in Public Life Act and the Code of Ethics of Members of Parliament when his companies failed to settled unpaid VAT and when he did not declare his shareholding in a company in the declaration of as...

Hamrun Spartans continued with their brilliant start to the season with yet another very good performance, brushing aside another aspirant for the title race.No doubt that the Spartans are the team to beat this season and yesterday they confirmed all...

It's looking increasingly like Arsenal is the real deal in the English Premier League.It's also looking like Liverpool hasn't got what it takes to mount another title challenge.Arsenal made it seven wins from eight games to open the season by be...

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa earned notice for his physical presence in the Napoli midfield across 30 matches during his first season on loan from Fulham — without a goal.Ten matches into his second season with the southern club — wh...

A proposed public service contract for the Gozo Fast Ferry service will have a value of €12 million over two years and will allow patients who are receiving treatment at Mater Dei Hospital or the Gozo General Hospital to use the service free of ...

PN spokesperson and EU official Peter Agius has today announced his bid to run for an MEP seat at the forthcoming European elections to be held in May 2024.Agius, a senior EU official, formerly Head of the European Parliament Office in Malta, was PN ...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Anthony C. Mifsud, presented the Ombudsplan 2023 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, and the document includes a proposal worthy of discussion.The Ombudsplan highlights the urgent need for an anti-...

Max Verstappen looked on course for pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday when his Red Bull team aborted his lap with just seconds left in qualifying because of a fuel issue and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole instead.“Why? ...

Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida's flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina waited for daylight to assess damage from the storm's second strike as the remnants of one of the strongest an...

The Labour Party on Saturday announced a new call for the LEAD programme which aims to further increase the participation of women in politics.This will be the seventh group of the LEAD programme. In the first six calls, LEAD attracted many people to...

Eighteen new Covid-19 cases have been recorded on Saturday, the health authorities said.This has taken the total number of cases registered in Malta to 114,710.Of these, 113,229 have recovered, while the number of deaths remained at 806.The number of...

The sale of citizenship and passports by the Maltese government runs counter to the principle of loyalty, ADPD leader Carmel Cacopardo said. A Maltese passport grants the holder freedom of movement, rights to residence and employment across the Europ...

Maria Falcone will be in Malta at the invitation of NGO Repubblika for the commemorative activities of the fifth anniversary of the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.Falcone, a professor of law, is the sister of Giovanni Falcone, a j...

Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant has abstained on a European Parliament report on a ‘Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – A new agenda for the Mediterranean’. He stressed that the political top down approach toward...

€123,000 was invested in the Day Centre for persons with disabilities in Fleur-de-Lys to continue improving the facilities offered to more than 60 people with disabilities registered. Works in the centre included a multi-sensory room, improvemen...

Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One sex chromosome is usually inherited from each parent, and they pair up as either XX or XY in every cell of the body. People with XX chromosomes typically identify as female, and p...

Only a limited number of election candidates provided a list of campaign donors as they are required to do by law, a report issued by the Standards Commissioner shows.The report, the last to be compiled by commissioner George Hyzler and published on ...

Malta has successfully negotiated another derogation from a European Commission proposal that imposes on member states mandatory reductions in electricity consumption, the government said in a statement. This derogation was sealed by Minister for the...

The draft legislation purported by government to strengthen media freedom fails to bring about the required change and to establish an enabling environment for free (or independent) journalism, the Media Reform Initiative has said.The group is compos...

NGO Repubblika has presented authenticated copies of International and European arrest warrants against Pilatus Bank officials in court.The copies of these documents were presented in court by the president of Repubblika, Robert Aquilina, on Friday m...

The Ministry for Gozo has submitted a planning application for a rural airfield in Gozo to the Planning Authority.The application was submitted following a public consultation process on the proposed airfield, led by the Gozo Regional Development Aut...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex parts of Ukraine in defiance of international law, saying Moscow would protect the newly incorporated regions by “all available means.”He also urged Ukraine to sit down for ...

Over the past weeks, the Malta Police Force arrested over 208 people living in Malta illegally, the government said in a statement.Out of these 208, 184 people have been deported from Malta, with the government saying that flights were coordinated to...

Alleged drug kingpin Jordan Azzopardi has been released on bail in connection with an incident that happened in July when he tried to evade a police road block.Azzopardi had already been on bail at the time over a separate case from 2019 when police ...

The Nationalist Party said today that the quality of life in Malta is fast deteriorating and it should not happen that workers need multiple jobs to keep up with the cost of living.This is depriving them of quality time with their family, the PN said...

A police inspector facing who is facing disciplinary proceedings following an investigation by the Police Complaints Board into how gaming consultant Iosif Galea was allowed to travel despite a European Arrest Warrant issued against him has filed cou...

There is going to be a €1 million increase in terms of investment in student stipends and grants for the 2022-23 academic year.With the additional €1 million investment, the overall investment into student stipends and grants will reach &eu...

A 17-year-old who was reported missing earlier this week has been found safe and sound, police said in a statement.Kurt Muscat was reported missing by police on Tuesday having been last seen in Siggiewi.Police said on Friday though that he had now be...

By the end of August 2022, the government's consolidated fund reported a deficit of €359 million, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said.In the first eight months of 2022, government's recurrent revenue amounted to €3,623.9 million, 12% ...

nflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double digits as prices for electricity and natural gas soar, signaling a looming winter recession for one of the globe's major economies as higher prices undermine consu...

Photos published on the social media show the terrible state of the San Ġorġ Qormi Primary School, where a classroom’s wall is shown to be deteriorating. Concerns have been brought to the PN shadow Minister for Finance Jerome Caruana ...

Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia has said that the decisions he has taken on the proceedings in the Committee for Standards in Public Life, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee, "were always accompanied by a detailed motivation and in line wi...

40 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Friday.No more deaths were recorded.Currently, there are 275 active cases in the country.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had a total of 114,692 Covid cases, of which 113,215 have recovered. A total ...

The European Commission has decided to refer Malta to the Court of Justice of the European Union for its investor citizenship scheme, also referred to as the ‘golden passports', the commission said in a statement Thursday. The Co...

Mosta priest Fr David Muscat was on Thursday cleared of hate speech charges, with the court not finding any malicious intent in his writings on the social media.Muscat was accused of incitement to hatred or violence over comments made in two Facebook...

At the end of the day today, Malta will not have a Standards Commissioner in place.Incumbent George Hyzler will be finishing his term today to take up a post as Malta’s representative on the European Court of Auditors.Hyzler was appointed for a...

Malta definitely cannot take five million tourists, and the government will not be going in the direction of aiming to attract that number of tourists to the country, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo told The Malta Independent on Thursday.Bartolo was...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Anthony C. Mifsud, presented the Ombudsplan 2023 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday.The Ombudsplan 2023 highlights the urgent need for an anti-deadlock mechanism to unblock situations where the req...

A baby was among four persons who were injured in a traffic accident in St Paul's Bay on Thursday afternoon.The accident happened in Triq Għajn Tuffieħa at 1.30pm, the police said.It involved a Toyota Vitz that was being driven by a 71-year...

33,472 students are attending primary and secondary State schools in the scholastic year that has just started.There are 27,484 students in primary and secondary; next week government schools will see an additional 5,988 kindergarten students.In a st...

Anthony Brincat has admitted and was found guilty of hate speech against the co-founder of NGO Repubblika, Robert Aquilina, during a court sitting on Thursday morning.Brincat received a conditional discharge and was fined €100.The court was pres...

Nationalist Party Justice Shadow Minister Karol Aquilina said that the government’s efforts on the media reform 5 years after Daphne’s murder are too little too late.On Wednesday, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard presented the new bill fo...

Malta's first National Policy for Yachting is expected in the coming months, the government has hinted.Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia led a delegation which participated in the Monaco Yacht Show, the world'...

24 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday and no more deaths were recorded.Malta currently has 255 active Covid-19 cases.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had 114,652 cases of the virus, of which 113,195 have recovered. A total of 80...

A man was seriously injured in a crash between a car and a truck in Zebbug on Wednesday evening, the police said.The man, aged 22 of Zebbug, was driving a Renault Megan Classic which was involved in a collision with a Toyota Dyna driven by a 25-year-...

Students attending post-secondary courses can apply for their stipends as from Friday, the Education Ministry said on its Facebook page. Eligible students are to access the online application through this link: https://studentgrants.gov.mt/login.New ...

The Vatican said Thursday that it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo in the past two years, following allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor during the 1990s.The Vatican admission ca...

A man was grievously injured on Wednesday afternoon after falling one storey in a quarry, the police said.The accident took place in Triq Lapsi, Siggiewi, at 2.30pm.The man, aged 57 of Siggiewi, was taken to hospital with grievous injuries. 

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo has announced the launch of the Malta Tourism Observatory.During a press conference, CEO of the Malta Tourism Authority MTA Carlo Micallef stated that "the Observatory shall be the medium through which the delivery an...

Over the past few weeks we have seen something of a clampdown on people living illegally in Malta.The police have carried out a number of raids in varying localities which resulted in tens of arrests which will no doubt result in deportations for the...

Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2 million people before aiming for the Atlantic Coast.One of...

Russia confirmed on Thursday it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigg...

Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.Coolio died at the Los Angeles home of a friend,...

Malta has become a member of an independent international organisation that works to promote different ways that countries can safeguard against threats from other countries or third parties against a democratic country or institution, the government...