Let’s not deceive ourselves: evil is winning

Many individuals who should know better are deceiving themselves into believing their own lies, but especially that our society is mostly, normally, functionally normal. Normality in liberal-democratic society comes with a collective consensus about basic morality and constitutional rights. Let’s…
Mark Camilleri

HSBC Malta’s profits keep falling as bank keeps pruning its books ahead of transition

HSBC Malta has continued its trend of declining income and profits as it reduces its loan book and limits the growth of its business ahead of its handover to CrediaBank. The bank remains strongly capitalised, but its business is being…
Mark Camilleri

No respite for MAPFRE’s Life insurance funds as the underpefromance continues

There is no respite for MAPFRE MSV LIFE PLC, the embattled fund owned by the insurer Mapfre in Malta, which…
Mark Camilleri

Latin America leads the race for the world’s top diplomatic post

Latin America is leading the race for the post of United Nations Secretary-General, despite an orchestrated and well-funded campaign by the United Arab Emirates to promote its own candidate, Lana Nusseibeh. The latest informal straw poll conducted by the United…
Maltese Herald

University of Malta exculpates Vincent Marmara over his survey for Yorgen Fenech

Today, the political party Momentum has submitted to the press the conclusion of a pseudo-“Magisterial Inquiry” into Vince Marmara‘s commissioned survey for Yorgen Fenech’s defence team. Apparently, the Rector, who is also Vince Marmara’s close friend and business partner, commissioned…
Mark Camilleri

State of the Press: surviving

We thank all our small donors who heeded our calls to support us in this very challenging period after we have been demonitised by Google and had our social media accounts on Meta’s platforms restricted. Apart from ongoing SLAPP action…
Mark Camilleri