The reaction of many good people to the judgement that held that It-Torċa had not libelled Pia Zammit was to be expected. Likewise, I stand with Pia, it need hardly be said. I was going to add ‘and some not so good ones’ or use ‘assorted luvvies’ instead of ‘many good people’, but hey, I said to myself, why be your usual cynical self? Then I answered
While Joseph Muscat the physical person was testifying in the public inquiry this morning , Joseph Muscat the online persona was publishing Facebook posts furiously discrediting he same inquiry he was testifying to . Lovin Malta compared the “unhinged” posts to Donald Trump’s surreal tweetoramas. Matthew Caruana Galizia, rightly, thought Joseph Muscat
We have asked these questions several times in our newsroom meetings – why is it so hard for us to get the truth from politicians? Why does it take so much for politicians to be honest? Why cannot they be more open in their replies? It is our job to ask questions, and not to take matters at face value, but it is impossible to get politicians to be
The Consulate General of Malta to Canada Dr Raymond Xerri, has coordinated a recourse donation to the Maltese-Canadian Museum and Archive Centre in Toronto, Canada. Maltese-Canadians are very proud to have a sizable Museum and Archives Centre with a large quantity of Maltese Community artifacts, documentation, objects and historical information about
Whoever thought that would be a good idea (from his point of view) is either him or someone who never had a conversation with him. Or they never read the report of my interview with him which would have warned them the man would provide the worst possible recommendation for himself. Prison directors are not contesting elections. They should not need
It was a little less than six weeks ago that Prime Minister Robert Abela “inaugurated” the Santa Lucija tunnels project. Infrastructure Malta said, in a press release issued on the day, that the opening of the tunnels had created “an uninterrupted connection between Santa Lucija Avenue and Tal-Barrani Road.” Yet for most of the past six weeks, the
It must have been a very short interview that Times of Malta had with Minister Byron Camilleri. They asked him to react to a court decision by Magistrate Victor Asciak who ordered the immediate release of four migrants who had been languishing in unlawful detention for 166 days. A similar decision was taken a few weeks ago by Magistrate Natasha Galea
The Gozo Ministry recently signed an agreement with the University of Malta, where the latter will be paid €95,000 a year for five years to organise courses in Gozo. This might be a small contract when compared to many others signed over the years, however it is of importance none the less. It is known that Gozitan university students face extra challenges
