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Catherine Tabone’s precious loot is worth up to €500,000

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Mark Camilleri
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It’s impressive to know that Catherine Tabone, Labour’s favourite government director for culture, has accumulated up to €500,000 in precious jewelry and handbags throughout her time as a director under the Labour government. I could not confirm with Catherine whether she is registering these gifts with the public register, because as a government director, she is surely obliged to do so. This may very well be one of the most brazen and stupid attempts at washing money. Catherine Tabone has also begun a collaborative campaign with Malta’s Philharmonic Orchestra and a cultural organisation of a Russian oligarch.

Here are just some of the items she is openly exhibiting on her social media profiles. The products I list here may not be exactly the same as hers but are the same type and brand and price range.

Catherine Tabone

 

Apparently, these bags are reserved for an exclusive list of clients. I was told that hers costs around €50,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

  1. wacoswacko avatar
    wacoswacko

    Mark, could it be you’re making the same mistake as Daphne’s? not providing your blogs with a Maltese version as well.
    That way those that were told what Daphne wrote without ever having read a line of hers, from you they’ll be getting the Full Monty.

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    1. camillerimark avatar
      camillerimark

      It’s a very long road to get there due to financial constraints.

      Reply
    2. Banquo avatar
      Banquo

      I see nothing wrong with a Maltese version but I do not think bilingualism will grow the readership of the blog significantly, as you seem to be hoping.

      I believe (admittedly, I have no data to support this) that the people who would be happy reading a Maltese version of the blog are the same ones who do not mind reading it in English. Readers of L-Orizzont and Kull?add (both Labour propaganda rags) stick to those particular newspapers, not because other media are not in Maltese, but because they refuse to acknowledge a worldview which does not worship the Labour Party. When an article critical of the Labour Party is published in, for example, the Times of Malta, Labour diehards find no problem making it to the comments section to defend the government, even if they prefer reading in Maltese.

      So who exactly do you think a Maltese version of the blog would attract? It sounds to me like it would be an expensive, time-consuming project which would slow Mark down from publishing posts as soon as they are written (if he has to wait for a translation to materialise before clicking ‘publish’ – I am assuming he would want to have both the English and Maltese versions available at the same time because, otherwise, what is the point?).

      Is there a significant cohort of independent-minded citizens (hence willing to give the blog a chance) intelligent enough to understand Mark’s (or Daphne Caruana Galizia’s) writing but only literate in the Maltese language, and therefore being denied the opportunity to peruse the blog? I seriously doubt it. The real impediment for those who constantly belittled Caruana Galizia without having ever read a word she wrote, I believe, was not linguistic, but intellectual. A closed mind refuses to have one’s worldview challenged, and I don’t see how blogging in Maltese can change that.

      Newsbook has a bilingual model. It would be interesting to know how many users of that website pick the Maltese version instead of the English one, and whether they would refuse to use it if it were only in English. I think creating a Maltese version of this blog would be a lot of work for very little gain, and, if memory serves me right, Caruana Galizia also used to say something on these lines when someone would suggest a Maltese version of her blog.

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  2. wacoswacko avatar
    wacoswacko

    Adjust your computer clock to summertime.

    Reply
  3. wacoswacko avatar
    wacoswacko

    Haven’t you put out feelers for help from friends?
    Isn’t that what friends are for?

    Reply
    1. camillerimark avatar
      camillerimark

      I rarely do. I prefer to pay.

      Reply
  4. Wenzu avatar
    Wenzu

    T?obb is-sriep qisha, din! Mhux ta’b’xejn komda ma’ tal-Labour!

    Reply
  5. Mark Portelli avatar
    Mark Portelli

    Excellent analysis Mark. If only people questioned unexplained wealth. The reason is very simple – No one wants others to question their own unexplained wealth, even if that ?wealth? amounts to a few extra Euros from undeclared income.

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  6. Adam Borg avatar
    Adam Borg

    UNEXPLAINED WEALTH. THE ONLY WAY TO JAIL THESE BASTARDS…..OR BITCHES.

    Reply
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    A case of blatant fraud by Catherine Tabone – Mark Camilleri

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  8. Another reason why government funding is distorting the free press – Mark Camilleri avatar
    Another reason why government funding is distorting the free press – Mark Camilleri

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  9. Marco B avatar
    Marco B

    It seems you do not know her companion is one of the richest businessmen in Italy. Designer bags and jewlery and clothes are little trinkets for a man that owns a private yacht of more than 50 meters in Monte Carlo

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    1. camillerimark avatar
      camillerimark

      No, I don’t know and why would she hide such a fact? I called her and messaged her before I published her story and she never got back. She’s a government executive so it is in the public interest to know the origin of her wealth.

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      1. Marco B avatar
        Marco B

        She cannot say publicly about her companion because of his family situation. I think very much that is why she hides the fact and keeps a secret about him.

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        1. camillerimark avatar
          camillerimark

          That’s ridiculous

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  10. Marco B avatar
    Marco B

    I think his family would not say it is ridiculous especially his wife!

    Reply
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    Labour gets everything wrong, but it is always right on cue with the criminal aesthetic – Mark Camilleri

    […] Supreme Leader Robert Abela met his criminal henchmen today to admire the flower beds in Saint George’s Square laid down by Public Gardner Jason Micallef. This is not a joke and this is seriously what has happened. Some sort of flower of festival sponsored by the Ministry of Culture under the guidance of Handbag Lady Catherine Tabone. […]

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