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Young Motorcyclist Fighting for Life After Marsascala Collision: Community Rallies as Road Safety Concerns Mount
ByHot Malta 26 September 2025

**Motorcyclist grievously injured in Marsascala accident** A 27-year-old motorcyclist from Żabbar is fighting for his life following a horrific collision on Triq il-Qaliet in Marsascala yesterday evening, marking yet another serious traffic incident along Malta’s southeastern coastal route that has left the tight-knit fishing village community shaken. The accident occurred at approximately 6:45 PM when…

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Marsascala ‘Slime’ Mystery Solved: Fish-Farm Foam Sparks Identity Crisis in Malta’s Favourite Seaside Village
ByHot Malta 21 September 2025

**”Slime” Sensation: Marsascala’s Coastal Mystery Solved, But Questions Remain** Marsascala, the sun-kissed fishing village turned weekender magnet, woke up to an alien invasion last Sunday. By dawn, social media was frothing like a badly-poured Kinnie: photos of a glistening, khaki-coloured slick hugging the inner bay, captioned “#SlimeInMalta” and “something’s fishy in Marsa-scare-la”. Parents yanked toddlers…

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‘It’s Just Soap’: Marsascala’s Viral Sea Slime Sparks Fish-Farm Feud
ByHot Malta 21 September 2025

**‘Slime’ off Marsascala coast is foam, fish farm industry says** MARSASCALA – Early risers on the south-eastern promenade got more than their usual dose of sea breeze last weekend when a viscous, khaki-coloured film began creeping onto the rocky shoreline between St Thomas Bay and Żonqor Point. Videos of children poking the mystery goo with…

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Jerma Palace Ruins Split Marsascala: Luxury Flats or Public Park?
ByHot Malta 12 September 2025

Marsascala’s skyline has been dominated by the skeletal silhouette of the Jerma Palace Hotel since 2007, the year the five-star resort closed its doors for good. Once a by-word for 1980s glitz—think penthouse suites, a casino where tuxedos outnumbered T-shirts, and wedding receptions that spilled confetti onto the seafront promenade—the building is now a 12-storey…

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Seven Developers Vie to Build Affordable Homes on Public Land in Malta’s Biggest Housing Bid in a Decade
ByHot Malta 6 September 2025

Seven developers have thrown their hats into the ring to deliver badly-needed affordable homes across Malta, the Planning Authority confirmed this week – the largest single response to any public land call in the last decade. The bids, submitted before Monday’s midnight deadline, cover three publicly-owned sites: the former Żonqor military barracks in Marsascala, the…

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Two rescued at sea from sinking fishing boat off Marsascala
ByHot Malta 3 September 2025

Maltese fishermen have always joked that the sea owns half our calendar—feast days, football finals, even weddings get planned around wind patterns and moon tides. Yesterday afternoon that old adage proved itself in the most dramatic way when a Marsascala trawler, the “Santa Katarina”, began taking on water five nautical miles south-east of St Thomas…

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Sant’Antnin car park, park-and-ride set to be completed by mid 2026
ByHot Malta 3 September 2025

Sant’Antnin car park, park-and-ride set to be completed by mid-2026 By Hot Malta • 14 May 2024 The dusty expanse behind the old Sant’Antnin waste-to-energy plant in Marsascala is about to swap the clang of bulldozers for the soft thud of car doors. Transport Malta has confirmed that the long-heralded park-and-ride facility will open its…

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Man denies sharing indecent photo of his ex and holding her against her will
ByHot Malta 3 September 2025

Man Denies Sharing Indecent Photo of Ex and Holding Her Against Her Will: A Case That Cuts to Malta’s Core Valletta’s ancient stone corridors echoed with more than footsteps this week as a 29-year-old Marsascala man stood in the dock, pleading not guilty to charges that read like a cautionary tale for the digital age:…

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