Andrew Caruana Galizia has publicly thanked former Malta Employers’ Association director general Joseph Farrugia after he returned his Ġieħ ir-Repubblika honour following Yorgen Fenech’s acquittal . Farrugia returned the national honour after saying he “no longer has faith in our republic” in the wake of the verdict. Reacting to the decision, Caruana
A three-year-old boy allegedly tried to protect his mother as his father attacked her inside their home, a court heard. The 47-year-old man was arraigned under arrest over the incident, which allegedly left his wife with grievous injuries. Police were called after receiving a report about a woman who had come out into the street with blood coming from
A 45-year-old bartender living in Valletta was handed a suspended prison sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an assault that left another man grievously injured. John Pierre Farrugia admitted the charges before the Court of Magistrates, which sentenced him to 15 months in prison suspended for two years. The case concerns
Malta has reached a new milestone in cardiac care after a team at Mater Dei Hospital successfully implanted the country’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker, introducing technology that can offer an alternative to conventional pacemakers for selected patients. The procedure was carried out this week by a multidisciplinary cardiac team at Mater Dei,
