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Women failed by a nation: Bernice the symbol of Malta’s domestic violence crisis

From the police, to the law courts, and the lawmakers and the media: the nation’s shortcomings laid bare, only too definitively, by the cold-blooded murder of Bernice Cassar

Police treat domestic violence cases on first-come, first-served basis

How Malta's third femicide of the year has laid bare the problems of how domestic violence reports are handled by the police

Giglio: Angelo Gafà must shoulder responsibility for police force’s administrative shortcomings

PN Home Affairs spokesperson Joe Giglio says Opposition insists on the full publication of the inquiry into Iosif Galea arrest warrant saga

PN Home Affairs spokesperson Joe Giglio says Opposition...

Pandemic cost: Government spent €1.7 billion to mitigate impact of COVID-19

The wage supplement was government’s biggest financial outlay during the COVID-19 pandemic, with €380 million spent in 2020, €353 million in...

The wage supplement was government’s biggest...

[WATCH] Minister admits economic recipe has to change ‘otherwise we’re stuck in traffic for two hours’

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana says economy has to move away from recipe he championed that advocated rapid population growth

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana says economy has to move...

PN welcomes agriculture lease amendments tabled in parliament by government

Nationalist Party welcomes proposed changes to agricultural leases

Nationalist Party welcomes proposed changes to agricultural...

Graffitti demands nationalisation of the Malta-Gozo fast ferry service after privatisation flop

Gozitan commuters angered by reduced fast ferry service as Graffitti calls for all winter schedules to be restored and service to be nationalised

Gozitan commuters angered by reduced fast ferry service...

All the reactions to that €1,000 Freshers Week cash dump at the University of Malta

Academics and university staff cringed at the Squid Games money grab on Campus Hub. Where do you stand on the ‘trickle-down’ cash dump at this...

Academics and university staff cringed at the Squid Games...

Concrete plants extracted equivalent of 31 million bottles of water from the ground in 2021

Extraction of ground water by concrete plants peaked in 2019 when the equivalent of 48 million mineral water bottles were pumped out of the ground

Extraction of ground water by concrete plants peaked in...

Justice Minister tables media reform Bills in parliament, shuns calls for more consultation

Three Bills targeting media reforms and the protection of journalists have been given a First Reading in parliament as government shuns calls for public...

Three Bills targeting media reforms and the protection of...

Freeport fire: Birżebbuġa residents asked to keep windows shut

Civil Protection urges Birżebbuġa residents to keep their windows shut as a...

Civil Protection urges Birżebbuġa residents to keep their...

Marsaskala recycling plant to close down earlier than planned, Wasteserv chief says

Marsaskala recycling facility will receive last recyclable waste at the end of the year

Marsaskala recycling facility will receive last recyclable...

PAC to review Electrogas minutes submitted by Tumas CEO Ray Fenech

The PAC's examination of the power station contract continues

The PAC's examination of the power station contract...

Agricultural land not used by farmers could be taxed, reform proposes

Government White Paper to propose reform in private agricultural landholdings

Government White Paper to propose reform in private...

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PA policy that turns rubble into villas still intact five years after start of reform

Planning Authority still assessing submission to draft rural policy guidelines presented in July 2020

Planning Authority still assessing submission to draft...

Parliamentary standing orders earmarked for update

Labour MP Glenn Bedingfield will be coordinating a series of proposals to...

Labour MP Glenn Bedingfield will be coordinating a series...

Two judges, two magistrates will be added to judiciary bench

An open call will be published in the coming days

Beppe Fenech Adami tells Home Affairs Minister to 'come clean' on young girl who died in Maltese waters

Louijin died whilst being airlifted to a hospital after she was left stranded for four days, together with 60 other migrants, in the Maltese Search and Rescue...

Louijin died whilst being airlifted to a hospital after she...

[WATCH] Robert Abela claims ‘no knowledge’ of Marsa flyover probe by EU prosecutor

The Prime Minister says if the Marsa junction project is being investigated by EPPO, he will have to ‘wait and see’ the conclusions •...

The Prime Minister says if the Marsa junction project is...

[WATCH] Higher landfilling charges for mixed waste produced by businesses

Higher landfill charges will apply from 1 January for mixed waste • Tariffs for separated recyclable and organic waste will remain the same •...

Higher landfill charges will apply from 1 January for mixed...