We cannot measure life by a number but on how much we care about others said Alessandra Dee Crespo, president elect of the Rule of Law NGO, Repubblika.

Although January is already halfway the Christmas spirit is still strong amongst the members of the Police Officers’ Union. Today they presented the beautiful sum of € 1,420 and various vouchers and gifts to a family in need.

A Caritas Europe report shows that over 45% of users of Caritas services in Malta are “Without Income”. That means that the users find themselves completely absent of any form of stable income the study explains.

Addressing gender imbalance is long overdue but it should be addressed properly said ADPD. However, the proposal presented by the government to address this imbalance in Parliament is both degrading and discriminatory declared Sandra Gauci, ADPD spokesperson.

According to Norway’s medicines agency adverse reactions to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may have contributed to the deaths of some frail and elderly patients.

Malta registered 175 new coronavirus cases overnight, the health authorities announced on Saturday.

The world needs multiple vaccines that work in different populations in order to meet global demand and end the COVID-19 outbreak. Ideally, those will be single-dose vaccines that do not require a cold chain, could be delivered without a needle and syringe and are amenable to large-scale manufacture.

The Malta Police Association reiterated its complaint sick leave is being deducted when officers tested positive to Covid-19 must remain at home. The association said that these days should be deducted from quarantine leave.

Malta’s property industry last year managed to pump into Malta’s economy more than €3 billion in property sales, leaving into public coffers hundreds of millions in taxes, despite the unprecedented global pandemic.

Independent candidate Arnold Cassola wrote to the Commissioner for Standards George Hyzler complaining on the alleged blasphemy by Minister for Transport Ian Borg.

HSBC was asked to reconsider its position on Customer Account Fees announced the said Central Bank of Malta and the Malta Financial Services Authority in a joint statement.

Believe it or not, four decades have passed since the first episode of American television series Dynasty, which dealt with the wealthy, dysfunctional Carrington and Colby families.

Gżira Local Council ramps up the action to defend community garden by filing two lawsuits in connection with the relocation of a fuel station to part of the garden.

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) will be declaring an industrial dispute if the logistics for vaccine delivery is not improved.

Six EU member states said in a reaction to Pfizer's temporary delay to the deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines is "unacceptable.”

On this page, newsbook.com.mt is broadcasting daily mass at 9:30am, prayer at 3pm and the rosary at 5:30pm.

During the inauguration, the justice minister underlined the importance of having a premises from which the state advocate could operate.

On Friday, Finance Minister Caruana hinted at possible changes to the taxation system while he spoke about Malta's need to remain competitive and of having a tax regime which is in line with global thinking.

Steward Health Care Malta dismissed claims that it will no longer operate Gozo General Hospital as purely speculative as Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the claims were made to cause panic reiterating that the discussions are still ongoing.

The discussion will be held this evening

He denied having a conflict of interest insisting that he acted according to his conscience.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first to be approved in Europe by the European Medicines Agency and the first doses arrived in Malta on Boxing Day.

The Diocesan Ecumenical Service during the week of prayer will take place on 22 January at 6.30pm.

When UK Covid restrictions meant that her bridal plans were scuppered, Megan Kennedy asked her grandmothers Mary and Gillian to walk her down the aisle.

'T21 – The Transport Malta Quarterly' is a new Transport Malta publication which was launched on the 15th January 2021.

Daily coronavirus update

Malta to start publishing daily vaccine numbers

BOV 2021 calendar celebrates local artists.

This Saturday on 103 Malta’s Heart at 10:00am Prof. Andrew Azzopardi will discuss the subject together with Dr George Vital Zammit, Dr Katya Degiovanni and Sandra Gauci.

The man had never taken a swab test at Saint James Hospital, with the laboratory confirming that the document was not an authentic copy.

HSBC improves digital strategy and increases efficiency.

When compared to 2019 and 2018, there was a 367% and 427% increase respectively in client contact.

The event will be streamed on Newsbook.com.mt.

Dr Zerafa confirmed that in Malta there are around 400 children which are being fostered.

A new mobile app called SOFA which aims at making life easier for persons on the autism spectrum and their relatives/caregivers, was recently launched by Inspire Foundation.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, over 93 million persons were infected with Covid-19

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia has killed at least ten people, injured hundreds and damaged many buildings.

The rehearsal is now planned for Monday, according to POLITICO.

Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to hospital to have cardiac tests. He said that he worries for the Covid-19 victims and their families.

Till the end of this month Steward will be leaving Gozo and the Gozo General Hospital will be returned to the government said Dr Chris Said PN MP.

Lawyers at the Gozo law courts this morning complained about the intolerable situation of overcrowded halls without observance of Covid-19 measures.

MaltaPost allegeady, did not inform its employees that a case of coronavirus was identified at the Sorting Hub in San Gwann.

The Malta Financial Services Authority said that Betal Trade FX is not a Maltese registered Company nor licensed or otherwise authorised by the MFSA.

The Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA) has applied for European funds to run two projects that put the consumer at the heart of the economy.

A number of Medical Specialist Associations are disturbed by the resurgence in the number of Covid-19 cases over the festive season.

The Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committees held a first joint scrutiny meeting on the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

The Public Broadcasting Service is obliged to report what civil society is saying said Repubblika. The proposals published by the Civil Society NGO were ignored by the public tv station.

Matteo Bruni, the Holy See spokesperson, confirmed that both Pope Francis and Pope emeritus received the Covid vaccine.

Siegfried Fischbacher, who together with Roy Horn made up the duo Siegfried & Roy, has died aged 81.

The Government agreed with the Medical Association Malta (MAM) that Dr Kenneth Grech should be reinstated to the Covid-19 advisory team, however, only when his new task is completed.