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Maria Farrugia’s Sunderland Ladies have season void for second straight year
For the second straight year, Malta women player Maria Farrugia will not have the opportunity to play a full season at Sunderland Ladies after the FA declared their season null and void. On Monday,...
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'I don't want to bury my daughter': father's appeal for life-saving drugs
Updated 5.45pm with Health Ministry's reply The father of 26-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis is pleading for the government to provide his daughter with life-saving EU-approved medicine. Mandy...
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BOV to temporarily limit branch services as of Tuesday
Bank of Valletta will be limiting its branch services from Tuesday (tomorrow), in the wake of tighter restrictions and a spike in COVID cases. Prime Minister Robert Abela last week announced a raft of...
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March Madness ready for return after COVID-19 wipeout
March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament that was wiped out last year by Covid-19, returns with a challenge unlike any it has faced after the bracket was revealed Sunday. The 68-team...
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Watch: Destiny's Eurovision song released
Malta's official song for the Eurovision Song Festival, Destiny Chukunyere's Je Me Casse, was released on Monday. The 18-year-old will be performing the song at the festival in Rotterdam in May, after...
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Joshua, Fury sign two-fight heavyweight unification deal: promoter
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed a deal for two all-British world heavyweight title unification fights, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said on Monday. Confirming the agreement, Hearn told...
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APS Group posts €15.8m in pre-tax profits for 2020
APS Group registered pre-tax profits of €15.8 million in 2020, down from €26.8 million one year earlier. The result - a 41 per cent year-on-year decline – came as increases in the group’s operating...
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Censure of Repubblika not politically motivated - NGO commissioner
The NGO Commissioner has insisted that his censure of rule-of-law group Repubblika was not politically motivated. “The Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations would like to clarify that in his role...
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Edward Zammit Lewis defends controversial changes to Interpretation Act
Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis on Monday defended the proposed changes to the Interpretation Act, saying the proposals allowed the institutions to work. He was addressing Parliament in the...
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Moderna announces start of COVID-19 vaccine trials for children
US manufacturer Moderna on Tuesday said it has started COVID-19 vaccine trials for children aged from 6 months to under 12 years old, with plans to enrol about 6,750 participants. "We are pleased to...
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COVID-19 vaccine letters sent to people who left Malta years ago
People who left Malta years ago are receiving letters at addresses where they lived before emigrating, inviting them to get COVID-19 vaccinations. Times of Malta has received several reports of...
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Yaphet Kotto, first Black Bond villain and 'Alien' actor, dies at 81
Actor Yaphet Kotto, who rose to fame in the 1970s fighting James Bond in Live and Let Die and an extraterrestrial stowaway in Alien, has died, his agent told AFP. He was 81. In a statement Monday on...
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Police chief stands by claim about Daphne murder and politicians
Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà has explained why he declared that "every person involved" in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder has been caught and that there was "no evidence that politicians were...
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‘Return of the God’: Ibrahimovic back in Sweden squad
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return to Sweden’s squad after an almost five-year hiatus to play in World Cup qualifiers at the end of March, head coach Janne Andersson said on Tuesday. The player, known for...
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New discount scheme for Kartanzjan holders launched
More than 100 shops and businesses are offering discounts to residents in Malta and Gozo aged 60 and over as part of a new Kartanzjan scheme. Announcing the scheme on Tuesday, Active Ageing Minister...
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Instagram boosts child protection tools, including age prediction
Facebook-owned Instagram unveiled technology Tuesday aimed at preventing underage children from creating accounts and blocking adults from contacting young users they don't know. It was the latest...
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Home affairs minister rules out building new migrant centres
Byron Camilleri has ruled out building any new centres for migrants and asylum seekers despite a Council of Europe torture committee report that blasted the poor conditions of severely overcrowded...
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EU regulator 'firmly convinced' of AstraZeneca benefits
The EU's drug regulator said Tuesday it remained "firmly convinced" of the benefits of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine despite several countries suspending its use over blood clot fears. "We are...
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Community policing to be extended to nine more localities
Community policing will be extended to nine new localities in an attempt to give residents a more direct connection to their police officers, home affairs minister Byron Camilleri has announced. The...
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Passenger gets suspended sentence, fine after threatening airline manager
A disgruntled passenger who turned aggressive when denied boarding since his COVID-19 test certificate was not recent enough was given a suspended sentence for threatening the airline manager. Abdel...
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