The Planning Authority moved in on Tuesday morning to remove illegal paving outside developer Carlo Stivala’s Piccolo Padre restaurant in Sliema, part of his hotel, following weeks of controversy over the occupation of public land. The operation marks a rare direct intervention by an authority whose chief, Johann Buttigieg, acknowledged last year that
Former Labour MP Silvio Grixti, the alleged mastermind behind the disability benefits fraud racket, was paid €126,000 for medical consultancy services to Transport Malta under an arrangement that continued while he was on police bail. A reply to a parliamentary question by Nationalist MP Julian Borg shows that Grixti worked as a consultant to the government’s
Empty shelves have been spotted at a major Maltese supermarket as ongoing industrial action by truck drivers in Sicily begins to affect food supplies reaching the island. The disruption follows protests by Sicilian hauliers over increasing fuel and transport costs, with drivers refusing to carry goods or unload trailers arriving by sea. The action,
The Public Service Commission identified more than infringements while reviewing government recruitment processes, according to its 2025 annual report, which provides no breakdown of the breaches or their impact on appointments. The findings emerged from 135 compliance checks conducted in 2025 on government selection processes following calls for applications
