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The viral toast alongside the waste. Photo: Malta Rangers Unit

ERA says €9.90 toast food truck does not need permit

Rangers raise littering concerns

January 20, 2025| Emma Borg
A common sight at Dingli Cliffs: A Mercedes car gives way to Muscat's herd taken out to pasture on a sunny morning. Photo: Daniel Cilia for the Ħad-Dingli and its Environs book published by the Ħad-Dingli local council this year.

Dingli shepherd Ġużu Muscat il-Beżuża proposed for posthumous Ġieħ ir-Repubblika

The 81-year-old has been described as 'an icon', 'national treasure' and 'custodian of indigenous Maltese goat'

October 2, 2024| Sarah Carabott
The activity will kick off with mass outside the St Mary Magdalene chapel on Dingli Cliffs. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Dingli welcoming summer with activity on Sunday

Event will feature blessing of pets, a bonfire and folk music

June 20, 2024| Press Release
Dingli altar boys posing in front of the church model.

Church model exhibited in historic Dingli chapel

Model includes a set of Good Friday statuettes

March 23, 2024| Press Release
Frans Scicluna has been identified as the victim of the fall. Photo: Facebook

Man who died in Dingli garage fall identified as Frans Scicluna

The 71-year-old was pronounced dead after he fell off a ladder

November 28, 2023| Daniel Ellul
The accident happened in Triq ir-Rabat. File photo

Two people hospitalised after early morning Dingli accident

A woman suffered grievous injuries, a man slight

October 15, 2023| Times of Malta
The area where the victim fell. Photo: CMRU, Malta Police Force

Man injured in Dingli Cliffs fall

He fell into a small street

April 2, 2023| Times of Malta
The roadworks in Wied Ħażrun

Wied Ħażrun roadworks stopped after concerns raised about concrete paving

Rabat-Dingli site is a cluster of caves known to be a medieval settlement

October 19, 2022| Jessica Arena
Malta's roads on car-free day. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Car-free day? Just two councils mark the the initiative in seven-year low

Initiatives in Naxxar and Dingli

September 22, 2022| Daniel Ellul
Rapid Intervention Unit officers and district police on site at Wied Ħażrun on the day of the shooting. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Dingli shooting victim thought shot was electric shock

Noel Ciantar testifies after he was shot in the back outside his home

September 1, 2022| Edwina Brincat
The accused, wearing a white shirt, is hiding his face as he is taken to court. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Bahrija farmer, 73, told police he shot man in Dingli because he was 'angry'

Joseph Micallef was charged with attempted murder

August 21, 2022| Giulia Magri
Rapid Intervention Unit officers and district police on site at Wied Ħażrum. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli

73-year-old man to be charged with Wied Ħażrum's shooting

Victim has been moved out of intensive therapy

August 21, 2022| Times of Malta
Rapid Intervention Unit officers and district police are on site at Wied Ħażrun. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Man shot in the back in Dingli, police hunt for attacker

Noel Ciantar in stable condition, as manhunt launched for his aggressor

August 19, 2022| Jessica Arena
Farmland dug up in Luqa by Infrastructure Malta. Inset: Frederick Azzopardi greeted outside court last Tuesday. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Former Infrastructure Malta CEO Fredrick Azzopardi’s bumpy road

A look at past controversies of the former roadworks boss

August 17, 2022| Daniela Peresso
File photo: Times of Malta

Man grievously injured while working with chaser at Dingli construction site

A 67-year-old man was grievously injured on Wednesday while working with a chaser at a Dingli construction site. The police said in a statement the accident - on a farm in Sqaq il-Kalkara - was reported at around 1.30pm. He was rushed to Mater Dei...

July 14, 2022| Times of Malta
A number of rooms previously used for agricultural purposes on Dingli Cliffs are earmarked to be turned into a villa with a pool. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Proposal to build villa at Dingli Cliffs meets wall of objections

ODZ site in area of high landscape value was never used as a residence

January 24, 2022| Matthew Xuereb
A photomontage of the bungalow complex.

Plan scrapped to turn explosives factory into hotel on Dingli cliffs 

Permit for protected site was due to be refused by the PA board

January 10, 2022| Matthew Xuereb
Photo: Shutterstock

Three youths charged with series of motorbike thefts

All accused granted bail

January 4, 2022| Edwina Brincat
Activists had camped out on site for three weeks to prevent controversial works from starting. Photo: Infrastructure Malta

Dingli roadworks began five months before permits were issued

Works did not follow procedure, Environment Commissioner finds

December 8, 2021| Jessica Arena
The scheme was launched at Tas-Salvatur in Rabat. Photo: DOI, MEI

New scheme will enable property owners to turn temporary into perpetual leases

It will not regularise unauthorised buildings in outside development zones

November 28, 2021| Times of Malta
A photomontage of the development proposed instead of an abandoned fireworks factory in Dingli.

Permit for ODZ Dingli cliffs hotel set for refusal

Planning Authority board set to ratify decision in follow-up meeting

November 19, 2021| Times of Malta
A photomontage of the planned development.

Approval of Dingli clifftop development will be 'a travesty', NGO warns

Graffitti slams 'shameless attempt to circumvent constraints on ODZ development'

November 16, 2021| Times of Malta
A photomontage of the development proposed instead of an abandoned fireworks factory in Dingli.

Dingli council objects to bungalow complex in Natura 2000 site

Site forms part of protected area

November 13, 2021| Times of Malta
File photo

Man grievously injured in fall from scaffolding

A man was grievously injured on Thursday when he fell from scaffolding in Dingli. The police said on Friday the accident happened in Triq Dun Xard at 6.30pm. The 58-year-old victim, who is from Dingli, was given first aid by a medical team on site and...

August 13, 2021| Times of Malta
Dingli is one of the six villages that will be the first to get temporary car-free zones. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Six villages named as the first to have car-free zones

Żejtun, Dingli, Qrendi, Żurrieq, Mqabba and Safi on first 'Slow Streets' list

August 2, 2021| Fiona Galea Debono

Tasteful tradition

A year ago chef-patron Jean Pierre Dingli, 29, opened Barbajean, a restaurant in Dingli. He talks about his love for food, inspired by tradition and local ingredients, and tells us how he strives to transmit that passion through the dishes he creates...

July 28, 2021
The project in Daħla tas-Sienja Street, San Gwann Bosco Street and Il-Museum Alley, in Dingli has been completed. Photo: IM

Controversial Dingli roads project completed

Original proposal scaled down following protests

July 19, 2021| Matthew Xuereb
Mike Mansholt’s body had been found at the bottom of a cliff in July, 2016. His father contests the inquiry into his death.

Father goes to court to reopen son’s mysterious death case

Mike Mansholt's body was returned home with his organs missing

July 19, 2021| Claudia Calleja
Owners who spoke to this newspaper claimed that work on their rural land started before the expropriation process had kicked off. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Infrastructure Malta and its expropriation tactics

Landowners say the machines are rolling in before expropriation papers are out

May 10, 2021| Sarah Carabott
A photomontage of the bungalow complex.

Hundreds object to plans to turn Dingli explosives factory into luxury bungalows

PA application for Natura 2000 site draws objections following push by activists

May 3, 2021| Jessica Arena