Author: Mark Camilleri
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Jimmy Magro and Yorgen Fenech share the same specialised division in prison
The corrupt former Secretary General of the Labour Party, Jimmy Magro, who has just been sent to jail over bribery, is currently sharing a prison division with Yorgen Fenech. The division is Division 17, which was recently refurbished mainly to cater for white-collar criminals like Yorgen Fenech. The division currently houses only three people and…
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At least €60 million in additional fuel and electricity subsidies so far
The Maltese government has already spent up to €60 million in additional fuel and electricity subsidies to tamp down fuel and electricity prices which have risen as a result of the war in Iran. This will push the overall bill for the fuel and electricity subsidies for this year way above the €200 million mark.…
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Victims of Lilu l-King have Byron Camilleri to thank for keeping a Libyan criminal warlord in Malta
Like many others, I have been reading with interest about Lilu l-King’s and Jordan Azzopardi’s case of rape and abduction. Lilu l-King (actual name is Mohammed Al-Misrati) is a Libyan warlord and drug-trafficker who came to Malta to escape justice from Libya to peddle and traffic drugs. While in Malta, has abused and victimised multiple…
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Transport Minister Chris Bonett attacks PN’s metro proposal for lack of planning: but his plans come short of solutions and targets
Transport Minister Chris Bonett has crticised the Nationalist Party’s proposal for a metro citing their lack of plans, but the Transport Minister is not in a strong position to defend his plans. The Labour Party has been consistently attacking the Nationalist Party for lacking properly made plans in its proposals and manifesto. You can view…
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Everyone wants a piece of Maltese football (especially Joseph Muscat)
Everyone wants a piece of Maltese football, but especially Joseph Muscat who has taken a very influential position in Maltese as Chairman of the Malta Professional Football Clubs Association with the backing of his friend and associate Joseph Portelli. As Joseph Muscat consolidates his influence in Maltese football, his orbit is being increasingly pulled toward…
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BOV continues its share buy-back programme: two new directors to be appointed
Earlier today, Bank of Valletta announced it is continuing with its share buyback programme. Shareholders originally approved the bank buying back up to 2,800,000 shares before the bonus issue, later adjusted to 3,060,000 shares, each with a nominal value of €1, at prices between €1.55 and €2.55 per share. If used in full at the…
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The Labour Party has become a movement against the free press
Under the leadership of Robert Abela, the Labour Party has been gradually propagating a negative sentiment against the free press, often accusing it of being negative and defamatory. The Labour Party’s accusations against the free press are also often associated with the “negative faction” of the Opposition and this constant attack against the free press…
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President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Maia Sandou conferred with European Order of Merit
During a European Parliament session in Strasbourg, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Moldovan President Maia Sandu were conferred with the newly established European Order of Merit, one of the European Union’s highest civilian distinctions recognising contributions to European integration and European values. Former Polish President and Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel…
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The Labour Party’s regular abuse of school-children for party propaganda (via public funds)
Along the years in government, Prime Minister Robert Abela has normalised the abuse and use of school-children for the purpose of party propaganda. The Prime Minister and other government Ministers are taking the liberty of visiting schools to promote government initiatives and whenever they do, they film themselves interacting with school-children. The videos are produced…
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Serial criminal and most corrupt man of the year to give a speech at the Police Minister’s rally
If it wasn’t enough that disgraced ex-Prime Minister ha been heavily featured in this general election campaign, Joseph Muscat is going to give a speech at the rally of the Home Affairs Minister, Byron Camilleri. The Home Affairs Minister is responsible over the Police, which is run by Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa, who is currently…
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Nationalist Party proposes transparency in public media funding: doesn’t propose libel-symmetry principle
In its electoral manifesto, the Nationalist Party is proposing transparency in public media funding. This would partially bring Malta in line with the European Media Freedom Directive. In contrast, the Labour Party is proposing to increase libel damages. PN however, is not proposing the law previously proposed by its MPs, Karol Aquilina and Claudette Buttigieg…
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Nationalist Party mirrors Labour’s economic Peronism in Electoral Manifesto: proposes metro
Yesterday at its General Council, the Nationalist Party has published its Electoral Manifesto and it contains up to 1000 proposals, many of them in bullet-form. Similar to the Labour Party’s manifesto, the PN’s manifesto lacks deep and holistic thinking about a vision and its mostly composed of a disconnected hotpot of proposals. Many of the…
