**St Julian’s man handed suspended sentence for assault in Għargħur field** A 34-year-old man from St Julian’s has been handed a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting another man in a rural field in Għargħur, in a case that has stirred quiet conversations across Malta’s tight-knit villages and sparked renewed debate over rural…
Court hears how suspect described Baħrija double murder to arresting officers ================================================================================ Valletta – The silence that normally settles over Baħrija at dusk was shattered two weeks ago when two gunshots echoed across the vine-laced valley. On Tuesday, a magistrate’s court learned exactly how the man accused of pulling the trigger allegedly explained those shots…
**“All busy”: Wardens’ frantic radio calls lay bare Bidnija’s darkest hour** The pine-scented lanes of Bidnija were supposed to echo with nothing louder than farm dogs and the clink of horse bridles last Sunday morning. Instead, at 06:17, two local wardens parked near the village’s honey-coloured chapel stared at a motionless figure on the tarmac…
# Siġġiewi’s Corner-Shop Post Office Shuts Its Shutter for Good The smell of freshly-baked ftira that used to drift across Siġġiewi’s main square at 7 a.m. still lingers, but the little green-and-yellow sub-post office that shared the doorway with the village bakery is now permanently dark. Last Friday, owner Francine Farrugia taped a handwritten note…
