**Watch: Construction Waste Dumped and Set Alight in Maltese Countryside** In a shocking display of environmental negligence, construction waste was recently dumped and set alight in the Maltese countryside. This incident, captured on video and shared widely on social media, has sparked outrage among locals and environmental activists alike. The footage shows large piles of…
**Man Seriously Injured in Gozo Construction Site Accident: A Community in Mourning and a Call for Safety** A somber mood has descended upon the picturesque island of Gozo after a tragic construction site accident left a man seriously injured. The incident, which occurred at a prominent building site in the heart of Victoria, has sent…
In the heart of Malta, where the sun often outshines the shadows, the family of a young electrocution victim finds themselves shrouded in darkness, waiting for answers that seem elusive. The tragic incident has shaken the community, highlighting a pressing issue that many in Malta are now discussing: safety regulations and the need for accountability….
# Employer Cleared of Responsibility for Young Worker’s Death: A Community in Turmoil In a case that has sent ripples through the Maltese community, a local employer has been cleared of responsibility for the tragic death of a young worker. The incident has sparked widespread debate, highlighting issues of workplace safety, corporate accountability, and the…
**Nine Months Behind Bars for Umbrella-Wielding Attacker Who Ambushed PA Officers** A Marsa man who turned a humble Maltese umbrella into a weapon against two Planning Authority enforcement officers has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment, in a case that has sent ripples through Malta’s tight-knit community of building-permit enforcers and reignited debate over the…
**Bridging Stone and Policy: How Malta’s Top Build Seminar is Rewriting the Rules of the Islands’ Skyline** Valletta’s 17th-century bastions have survived sieges, sunstroke, and selfie sticks, but they’ve never faced a challenger quite like Malta’s 2024 construction boom. On Friday, inside the vaulted halls of the Mediterranean Conference Centre—once a hospital for the Knights…
**From the Gospel: Money… not funny at all** *By a Hot Malta Correspondent* It’s Sunday morning in Birkirkara. The church bells have just finished echoing across the rooftops, and families spill out of the Baroque parish church onto the sun-bleached square. Nonna kisses the priest’s hand; teenagers scroll TikTok while sipping Kinnie; someone’s uncle complains…
**Our leaders say they are outraged. Really?** Another week, another press conference where Malta’s political class lines up to express “shock”, “disgust” and “zero tolerance”. This time it was the footage of a 15-year-old caught on a construction site during school hours, dangling from three storeys up without a helmet. The Prime Minister called it…
**Architects warn Malta’s construction frenzy is ‘eating the future’ – and the past** Valletta – Walk down any village street at 6 a.m. and the soundtrack is identical: pneumatic hammers, steel cutters and the low rumble of trucks dumping limestone dust into the dawn. To many Maltese, the noise has become the heartbeat of a…
Watch: ‘Animals are treated better than us construction workers’ By Hot Malta Staff | 09 June 2025, 07:00 CEST A 43-second TikTok clip filmed last week on a dusty Ħamrun side-street has detonated across Maltese group chats like a summer firework. In the video, shot on a colleague’s phone at 13:45 under a 36 °C…
From the honey-coloured streets of Valletta to the ever-expanding skyline of St Julian’s, Malta has always been a place where old stone and fresh concrete jostle for space. Yet in the past decade the building boom has left more than just cranes on the horizon; it has littered the islands with half-finished shells—ghosts of apartments,…
No Hammering While We’re Having Ħobż: Momentum Wants Lunchtime & Weekend Peace Malta’s love affair with construction is almost as old as the honey-ring. Cranes slice the skyline like modern luzzus, and jackhammers provide the daily soundtrack from Mellieħa to Marsaxlokk. Yet, after months of local complaints and viral TikToks capturing drilling at 1 p.m….
