The Nationalist Party’s decision to refrain from commenting on Yorgen Fenech’s trial has proved to be the right one, Opposition leader Alex Borg said on Friday. Borg spoke to Times of Malta shortly after Justice Edwina Grima rejected a defence request to dissolve the jury following concerns over court-provided tablets given to jurors. The defence made
A 41-year-old man from Ħal-Qormi has suffered serious injuries after the van he was driving caught fire and crashed into the parapet of a private residence in Ħaż-Żebbuġ. The accident happened at around noon on Friday in Triq il-Mithna. According to a preliminary investigation, the man was driving a Ford Transit van when, for an as-yet unknown reason,
A 39-year-old man was seriously injured on Friday morning when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a parked car in Cospicua. Police assistance was requested at around 7.30am in Triq San Franġisk. According to preliminary investigations, the police found that the man was riding a Honda motorcycle when, for some reason, he lost control and crashed
Part of a rock formation at l-Aħrax above Għadira collapsed on Friday, prompting the mayor of Mellieha to urge people to avoid the area. A video posted by mayor Gabriel Micallef showed a cloud of dust rising after a section of the rock had collapsed. Micallef said no injuries were reported. Police, Civil Protection Department, Public Works and the
