The Attorney General’s office has filed its appeal against Yorgen Fenech’s acquittal in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, three weeks after a jury cleared him by an 8-1 vote on both counts and one day before the 15-working-day deadline. The filing sets in motion a narrowly defined legal mechanism for challenging a jury’s not-guilty verdict. Now
Malta’s Cleaning and Maintenance Division carried out almost 800 scheduled interventions every week throughout summer, covering everything from busy streets and public spaces to beaches and coastal areas. According to figures released by the government, workers were responsible for as many as 797 scheduled interventions every week during the peak summer
Animal Welfare Malta has confiscated six unregistered monkeys in a joint operation with the Malta Police Force and the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Welfare Alicia Bugeja Said said. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Bugeja Said said the monkeys were confiscated despite owners having been given an opportunity
A police investigation is underway after a number of relics were stolen from the Parish Church of St Leonard the Abbot in Kirkop. The Archdiocese of Malta confirmed that a report was filed at the Żurrieq Police Station after the relics were discovered missing from a reliquary located behind the church’s main altar. According to the Archdiocese, there