WHO backs weight-loss drugs, urges cheap generics – what it means for Malta’s battle against the bulge By Sarah Micallef, Hot Malta Health Correspondent Valletta – When the World Health Organization threw its weight—pun intended—behind a new set of anti-obesity medications last week and simultaneously urged manufacturers to “make generics affordable,” Maltese ears pricked up….
Gardener Denied Bail After Biting Ferry Captain’s Finger in Gozo Channel Showdown By Luke Briffa – Hot Malta The usually placid waters between Ċirkewwa and Mġarr turned rowdy on Tuesday evening when a 42-year-old gardener from Żebbuġ, Gozo, allegedly chomped down on the ferry captain’s finger during a quarrel so loud it was heard on…
Woman Tracked by Husband Asks Court to Drop Case: A Maltese Story of Technology, Trust and Tradition The quiet streets of Żebbuġ were jolted last month when a 34-year-old mother-of-two walked into the Malta Police Cybercrime Unit and filed a complaint that sounded more Silicon Valley than Sliema: her husband had hidden an AirTag in…
Valletta – In a courtroom so small that the whir of the old ceiling fan almost drowned out the magistrate’s voice, 32-year-old Darren Micallef from Żabbar was sentenced to 18 months behind bars yesterday for brazenly ignoring not one but two sets of bail conditions. The case, which has ricocheted across Facebook groups from “Żabbar…
Ex-footballer cleared of San Ġwann betting shop robbery in dramatic courtroom verdict San Ġwann, Malta – A former Maltese Premier League striker walked free from the Valletta Courthouse this afternoon after a jury acquitted him of masterminding an armed hold-up at the “Golden Bet” outlet on Triq il-Bahar in San Ġwann last April. The verdict,…
**Good governance is not a priority for Robert Abela: ADPD says** In the shadow of Valletta’s honey-coloured bastions, where the Knights once etched their code of honour into limestone, Malta’s youngest political party has thrown down a gauntlet that echoes across the narrow streets of the capital. ADPD, the Green party forged from the merger…
Gardener Denied Bail After Biting Another Man’s Finger in Sliema Street Brawl A 42-year-old Ħamrun gardener was remanded in custody on Tuesday after a late-night street fight in Sliema ended with one man’s finger almost severed and the other tasting blood—literally. Magistrate Claire Zammit Stafrace denied bail for Joseph “Ġużi” Pace, arguing that the accused…
Freeport terminal expansion will host ships larger than four football pitches – and Marsaxlokk village is watching nervously By the time the ferry from Ħaż-Żabbar docks at Marsaxlokk, the horizon over Delimara is already a moving wall of steel. The latest container giants – each longer than four football pitches laid end-to-end – glide past…
‘Mama, I just need €20 more, I swear I’ll stop tomorrow.’ Those words—repeated for years—left an elderly Gozitan couple so desperate that their kitchen cupboards were bare except for a half-empty jar of għasel tal-ħarrub. Yesterday, at the Gozo Courts in Victoria, their 32-year-old son admitted to “habitually extorting” his parents, forcing them to choose…
Maltese most likely to believe their country would benefit from EU enlargement – and they’re not shy about saying it Walk past any kazin in Birkirkara at sunset and you’ll hear the same spirited debate that’s been echoing across the islands since 2004: “Kemm se jkun ahjar Malta b’aktar pajjiżi fil-UE?” According to the latest…
Woman Tracked by Husband Asks Court to Drop Case: A Quiet Revolution on a Quiet Island By Hot Malta Staff Sliema, Malta – When 38-year-old Maria* stepped into the Civil Court on Tuesday morning, she carried more than a brown leather folder with her filed affidavits. She carried the weight of an island wrestling with…
Two injured after rush-hour smash-up on Gżira seafront as shocked diners look on =============================================================================== Gżira’s normally breezy seafront turned into a scene of shattered glass and urgent sirens on Tuesday evening when a head-on collision between a white Toyota Vitz and a grey Suzuki Swift left two drivers injured and the whole neighbourhood rattled. The…
