**Man Denies Threatening Ex-Girlfriend in Domestic Violence Case, Prompting National Reckoning** A 34-year-old man from Birkirkara pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of threatening his former partner, reigniting Malta’s ongoing struggle against domestic violence. The case, which prosecutors say involves a series of escalating threats made over several weeks, has struck a nerve in…
A 34-year-old Birkirkara man who was facing a potential two-year jail term for aggravated drug possession has walked out of Malta’s Court of Criminal Appeal with a one-year sentence – fully suspended for 24 months – after judges accepted that his addiction was “a cry for help rather than a criminal vocation.” The decision, delivered…
A 34-year-old Birkirkara man who had been staring at a two-year custodial sentence for a single ecstasy pill walked out of the Court of Criminal Appeal on Wednesday with nothing worse than a suspended sentence and a cautionary lecture that will echo across Malta’s clubbing heartlands. The judgment, delivered by Mr Justice Giovanni Grixti, trims…
Speeding past the illuminated façade of the Casino di Venezia on Tuesday night, a 27-year-old Birkirkara resident thought he could outrun Malta’s thin blue line. He was wrong. At 23:47 his Peugeot 308 clipped a centre-island planter on the Msida traffic fly-over, flipped twice, and came to rest against the newly unveiled “Jannar 2024” billboard…
# St Aloysius College Breaks 118-Year Tradition: Girls Welcome in 2025 Birkirkara’s iconic Jesuit college will open its doors to female students for the first time since 1907, marking a seismic shift in Malta’s educational landscape that has left alumni both celebrating and questioning the end of an era. The announcement, made by the school’s…
A 34-year-old Birkirkara man is facing up to 20 years behind bars after police seized €10,000 worth of cocaine, heroin and cannabis from a lock-up in the shadow of the Santa Maria church, casting a fresh spotlight on Malta’s shifting drug corridors and the tight-knit communities caught in their cross-fire. Officers from the Drugs Squad…
**Cocaine, Chaos and Claims of Divinity: How One Man’s Rampage is Forcing Malta to Confront Its Drug Demons** A 34-year-old Birkirkara man’s weekend cocaine-fuelled assault on his own mother—interrupted only to announce that “God told me to sniff”—has ripped open a very Maltese wound: the island’s ballooning recreational drug scene and the families caught in…
Valletta’s courts handed down a two-year suspended sentence on Tuesday to a 34-year-old Birkirkara man who admitted to stabbing a fellow villager during a late-night argument outside a kazin, lightly injuring him and reigniting debate about how Malta’s tight-knit communities handle simmering feuds. Magistrate Rachel Montebello heard how the accused, construction worker Darren Spiteri, produced…
**Family Tragedy in Birkirkara Sparks Mental Health Debate After Son Accused of Assaulting Father** A 34-year-old Birkirkara man has been charged with grievously injuring his 67-year-old father in what court officials described as a “violent outburst” that left the elderly man hospitalized with multiple fractures. The incident, which occurred in the family’s traditional Maltese townhouse…
**Birkirkara’s Iconic Aqueduct Arch Crashes Down After Traffic Smash: “A Piece of Our Skyline Has Gone”** The unmistakable silhouette that once greeted drivers exiting the Birkirkara bypass—three honey-coloured arches strutting across the valley like Roman sentinels—was abruptly reduced to two on Tuesday evening when a delivery truck slammed into the 18th-century aqueduct, sending one arch…
A 28-year-old Birkirkara man was hauled before a magistrate yesterday after police linked him to a six-month spree of motorcycle thefts that has left riders from Valletta to Mellieħa checking their locks twice before bed. The suspect, whose name is under a court-issued publication ban, was arrested during a dawn raid on a Qormi garage…
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: How Malta’s Quiet Ones Are Finally Being Heard By Luke Briffa On a Wednesday evening in Birkirkara, the parish hall is bathed in golden light and the aroma of imqaret. Folding chairs scrape against the tiles as a hush falls over the room. Carmela, 72, steps up to the…
